Garnish:
Lime zest twist
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
| 1 1/2 fl oz | Bourbon whiskey |
| 1/2 fl oz | Elderflower liqueur |
| 1/3 fl oz | Lime juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1/6 fl oz | Difford's Falernum liqueur |
| 1/4 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix) |
| 2 dash | Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters |
| 1/3 fl oz | Chilled water (omit if using wet ice) |
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Review:
Brother, forgive me, I've tweaked your cocktail in the quest for harmony between whiskey, elderflower, falernum, and lime. Ideally, I also add 5ml (1 spoon) bottled-in-bond rye whiskey. The Ninth Ward cocktail is also perhaps best served on-the-rocks rather than straight-up.
History:
Adapted from a recipe created in 2008 by Robert "Brother Cleve" Toomey in Boston, USA for Tales of the Cocktail. The cocktail is a play on the classic Ward Eight and a homage to one of the New Orleans neighbourhoods hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina. His original recipe comprised:
45ml (1½oz) Bourbon
22.5ml (¾oz) Lime juice
22.5ml (¾oz) Falernum
15ml (½oz) Elderflower liqueur
2 dash Peychaud's bitters
Alcohol content:
- 1.2 standard drinks
- 17.49% alc./vol. (34.98° proof)
- 16.3 grams of pure alcohol
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