New Orleans Buck

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (20 ratings)

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 12 oz Rhum Clément Blanc
12 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
16 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
2 dash Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
3 13 oz Thomas Henry Ginger Beer
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lime wedge.
  3. SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into ice-filled glass whilst also pouring ginger beer.
  5. Garnish with lime wedge.

Review:

Agricole character bursts out of this refreshing ginger-spiced cocktail.

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History:

Created in 2008 by Jonny Raglin at Absinthe in San Francisco, USA. A 'Buck' is any cocktail with a spirit + lime + ginger beer or ginger ale.

Nutrition:

One serving of New Orleans Buck contains 171 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1 standard drinks
  • 8.09% alc./vol. (8.09° proof)
  • 13.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Andy Parnell-Hopkinson’s Avatar Andy Parnell-Hopkinson
13th April at 20:06
Very easy to drink - yes, Big Easy.
4th July 2024 at 17:50
The Archer in Jersey City has a great variation that includes Orange.
G. M. Genovese’s Avatar G. M. Genovese
15th July 2023 at 02:37
I am very confused about all the words here... Good drink though. Mighty pink. Used lemon juice. Rhum J.M 50, Fever Tree Ginger.. Sublime summer sipping. (14 Jul 2023, 22:36p)
John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
30th March 2021 at 02:52
Wow. The tastes of Agricole and spiciness of ginger. Great combination. Outstanding after dinner.