| 1 1/2 fl oz | Bourbon whiskey |
| 3/4 fl oz | Strucchi Rosso Vermouth |
| 3/4 fl oz | Strucchi Red Bitter Liqueur |
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How to make:
- Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
- Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
- STIR all ingredients with ice.
- STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).
- EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.
Allergens:
Recipe contains the following allergens:
- Strucchi Rosso Vermouth – Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites
Strength & taste guide:
Review:
Basically a Negroni with bourbon replacing gin. The original 1927 recipe calls for equal parts, but I've previously favoured a 3:2:2 (45ml bourbon, 30ml rosso vermouth, 30ml Italian red bitter liqueur) recipe. Popular demand (see comments) has led me to adopt a 2:1:1 recipe as I have to concede it's better balanced.
Variant:
Banana Boulevardier
Irish whiskey-based Boulevardier
Casa Savoia Boulevardier
Rye whisky-based Boulevardier
Left Hand
Right Hand (aged rum-based Boulevardier/Negroni)
History:
The Boulevardier first appears in Harry McElhone's Barflies and Cocktails, not among the book's A-Z listing of recipes but in a piece called "Cocktails Round Town" contributed by Arthur Moss, the "Around the Town" columnist of the New York Herald, Paris.
Now is the time for all good Barflies to come to the aid of the party, since Erskinne Gwynne crashed in with his Boulevardier Cocktail: 1/3 Campari, 1/3 Italian vermouth, 1/3 Bourbon whisky.
Arthur Moss, 1927
This suggests that the recipe was not one of McElhone's but was created by Erskine Gwynne, a regular at McElhone's Harry's New York Bar in Paris. Like McElhone, Erskine Gwynne was an American expatriate, but he was also a socialite, nephew of railroad tycoon Alfred Vanderbilt, and, most importantly for this story, edited a monthly magazine called The Boulevardier, hence the drink's name.
See: Negroni cocktail history and how the The Boulevardier fits in
Nutrition:
One serving of Boulevardier Cocktail contains 196 calories.
Alcohol content:
- 1.5 standard drinks
- 23.82% alc./vol. (47.64° proof)
- 21.4 grams of pure alcohol
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