Name: Union Club Cocktail
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Bourbon whiskey; 12.5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 12.5 ml Red bitter liqueur; 37.5 ml Orange juice

Ingredients

1 2/3 fl oz

Bourbon whiskey

5/12 fl oz

Luxardo Maraschino liqueur

5/12 fl oz

Italian red bitter liqueur

1 1/4 fl oz

Orange juice (freshly squeezed)

How to make

Glass

Photographed in a Retro Coupe

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Union Club Cocktail contains 200 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
19.36% alc./vol. (38.72° proof)
23.4 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2008 by Jamie Boudreau at Tini Bigs, Seattle, USA and named after a gambling joint Wyatt Earp opened in Seattle in 1899.
The above recipe is scaled back (maintaining relative proportions of ingredients) from the original recipe:
2 oz Bourbon whiskey
½ oz Maraschino liqueur
½ oz Italian red bitter liqueur
1½ oz Orange juice

Comments & Discussion

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Tuber Magnatum Premium Member 18w

So tried this again as per the recipe, i.e. using Campari (as opposed to using Aperol or Amer Picon to cut bitterness which some found overpowering). As is so often the case, Difford's / Jamie Boudreaux's recipe is perfect unlike my first modification. Campari is definitely the way to go with this cocktail in my view.

Monkey Beng 1y

10-30-40 is easier. More simple

David Teager 1y

Just OK, but fit my desire for a cocktail with bourbon and orange juice. I may try this again using apricot liquor in place of maraschino. And I think grapefruit bitters would be a good idea.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 18w

Yes, a few drops of Bob's Grapefruit Bitters sits well here. And then a spritz of absinthe for the aroma completed the picture.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 1y

Was looking for a drink with bourbon and Campari and came upon this. While making it to Jamie's proportions came up a half ounce short squeezing a rather dry Cara Cara orange and made up the difference with Ocean Spray white grapefruit juice (what a variable beast orange juice can be). Frankly the results tasted weird. Tried a dash of Chartreuse Vegetal Elixer which added complexity but still tasted weird. Then added a dash of Hella ginger bitters and miraculously the weirdness was vanquished.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 18w

Finally revisited with sufficient orange juice. Didn't taste weird, just took a while for the bourbon to wake up. Basil Hayden's perhaps a bit wimpy here. Considering a high rye and or a higher proof bourbon.

Jon French 2y

This was a little too boozy & bitter for some, so I was looking for a way to lengthen & sweeten it. So swapped out half the bourbon for limoncello & upped the orange juice. Found the result a refreshing bittersweet long drink for a summer's evening (recipe below)...

https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/28758/holy-union

Lynn Garvie 2y

This "Union Club Cocktail" is superior to "Union Club". They seem like very different cocktails to have such similar names.
This one is a fruitier.
Great depth of flavour.

Tuber Magnatum Premium Member 4y

Interesting re comments on Campari being a tad "heavy". Given that, I tried using Amer Picon instead thinking the orange notes would complement the drink. While enjoyable, I think I will opt for the Campari next time as I think the drink would actually benefit from a little more bitterness given the sweetness of the Maraschino and OJ. All in all though, a very nice drink well suited for the summer.