Name: Delmarva Cocktail No.2
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Bourbon whiskey; 15 ml Bianco/blanco vermouth; 15 ml White crème de cacao; 10 ml Lemon juice

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Bourbon whiskey

1/2 fl oz

Strucchi Bianco Vermouth

1/2 fl oz

Giffard White Crème de Cacao Liqueur

1/3 fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare mint leaf for garnish.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with mint leaf.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Delmarva Cocktail No.2 contains 214 calories

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
24.38% alc./vol. (48.75° proof)
26.2 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Bianco/blanc/blanco vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Gary Regan adapted Ted Haigh's original Delmarva Cocktail and published both versions in his 2003 Joy of Mixology. Garry's recipe calls for 2oz straight rye whiskey, ½oz dry vermouth, ½oz white crème de cacao and ½oz lemon juice but, depending on your crème de cacao, this can be on the sour side so I've opted for bourbon, bianco vermouth and reduced the lemon a tad.

Comments & Discussion

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Carolina Star 2w

Made this cocktail in an attempt to drink more whiskey based cocktails. As far as whiskey cocktails go, I really enjoyed this one and it felt well balanced. I added a dash of sugar syrup as per some of the below recommendations.

While I think a great quality whiskey would shine in this one, I used a middle of the road whiskey and it tasted great anyways.

Cam McAllister 1y

This really needs sugar syrup. It's very dry and unbalanced. I would add at least a bar spoon of demarara sugar syrup to this.

Guy Daniels Premium Member 1y

Had less Bourbon than I thought.l, so split the base with Rittenhouse Rye. Used my never-ending bottle of Briottet. Wow. For me, this just clicked and worked wonderfully. It’s on my winter repeat list!

William Little 3y

Reduce the bourbon to 1.5 oz and add 1-2 dashes of simple syrup. You’re gonna love it!!!

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

Use 90 proof California Whiskey and it was perfectly balanced. The Whiskey is the dominate flavour, but the others act to soften the cocktail. There is a delicate hint of the white cocoa at the end. Wonderful.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 4y

Have tried and enjoyed this previously with Woodinville 90 proof Bourbon which has a high rye bill. This time I used 45ml Old Forester 100 proof and 15ml Rittenhouse Rye 100 proof and 12ml lemon juice. Excellent cocktail got even better as it warmed a bit.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 4y

Tried this first with 80 proof Evan Williams, and I could understand Andrew's comment. That mix didn't make much of an impression though, upon then reading the history and seeing rye mentioned, I could immediately sense a need for rye in this... Shook another one with Wild Turkey 101 Rye and, voila!, magic... Great specs overall. I'll come back to this.

Andrew Strauss 4y

The vermouth has no reason to be in this recipe in my opinion. It adds a funky flavor and doesn't contribute anything of value. Montenegro or maybe another amaro would better serve this cocktail. Maybe even a sweet vermouth, but not bianco. But thats just my taste.

Bob Cook 5y

I made this cocktail according to the recipe here, except that I used 50-50 lemon juice and lime juice and I added 3/4 ounce of sugar syrup. I thought it was a very enjoyable whiskey cocktail. And my wife, who's not always fond of whiskey, also enjoyed it. I think the addition of creme de cacao and bianco vermouth make this drink more of a crowd pleaser than the standard whiskey sour