Name: Fogerty No. 2
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 15 ml Red bitter liqueur; 10 ml Crème de cassis; 2 dash Orange bitters; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Fogerty No. 2
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Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
¹⁄₃ oz	Joseph Cartron Double Crème de Cassis de Bourgogne
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
3 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Spirit-forward, fruity and bittersweet with a balance that makes another sip compelling.

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Variant:

Fogerty
Bourbon Renewal

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2010 by Ryan 'Jesus' Fitzgerald at Beretta in San Francisco, USA. According to my notes, when at Beretta in 2010, Ryan's original recipe comprised 60ml (2oz) Rye whisky, 15ml (½oz) Campari, 7.5ml (¼oz) crème de cassis, and 2 dash orange bitters. However, it transpires that Ryan's Fogerty is made with white crème de cacao and not crème de cassis.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Fogerty No. 2 contains 163 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
31.59% alc./vol. (31.59° proof)
22.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Romina

15th May at 21:27

Interesting

Caspian Berggren

21st February at 16:13

I don't know why but I wanted to think that this was going to be too sweet. Maybe it's the Cassis, maybe it's that I'm not a fan of Campari, but nonetheless I loved it. The rye I used (Bulleit) stood up to the Campari and subdued it so it merely acted as a balancing component to the cassis and rye, resulting in a boozy cocktail that could be served as both a digestif and an aperitif (maybe if you upped the Campari just a tad, or added some Aperol).

Tuber Magnatum

12th January at 23:32

Another excellent drink. I was hesitant about the 3 drops of saline but it works well given the bitter element from the Campari. Difford's suggestion for the "original" Fogerty cocktail (using De Kuyper 'Dutch Cacao' Creme de Cacao instead of Crème de cassis) of serving on-the-rocks if one finds it too spiritous / bitter even with the saline, would work equally well here.

Peter McCarthy

2nd January at 08:01

Made this with Wild Turkey 101 Rye, Campari, DeKuyper (US) Creme De Cassis, Orange Bitters by Angostura. Not as sweet as I expected (First time using the DeKuyper (US) Creme De Cassis; I couldn't easily find a better quality brand...).. At first, I was a little undecided on this, but it ended up being pretty sippable, as Difford's review claims... Sweet, subtle blackcurrant up front, fading into the rye whiskey, then the bitter orange of the Campari. The orange zest twist is an appreciated addition to the mix.

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson

4th August 2024 at 07:14

Bit of a jumble of overpowering flavours. Definitely prefer the no. 1.

Mike Gibb

8th July 2024 at 21:02

Ryan Fitzgerald's Fogerty is 8:2:1 but the 1 is white crème de cacao, not crème de cassis.

John Hinojos

16th May 2023 at 03:38

Tried per the recipe. Decided it was a bit too sweet for our tastes, so we added about 1/3 oz more rye. Cut the sweetness down and made it delightful.

Michael McCormick

14th February 2023 at 00:38

Interesting play of Spice(Rye), sweet(rye and Cassis) and Bitter (Compari). Rye is the king here so chose wisely. Might play with ratios a little and swap the bitters.

Simon Difford

14th February 2023 at 07:42

Thanks, Michael. I've added a link to Bourbon Renewal above.

Richard Christmas

16th December 2022 at 19:09

I have yet to try this with Cassis, but it works very well indeed with Chambord and with cherry brandy, and invites one to carry on experimenting. Campari really is a most extraordinary ingredient - up there with garlic and black truffles!

Rylan Spenrath

27th September 2022 at 14:52

I also used WT 101. I fiddled with the quantities since I like very little campari. I used 0.5 oz of Cassis and 0.25 oz of campari and I enjoyed the result quite a bit.