Nixon

Name: Nixon
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Bourbon whiskey; 45 ml Sloe gin liqueur; 2 dash Peach bitters

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Bourbon whiskey
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Hayman's Sloe Gin liqueur
2 dash	Fee Brothers Peach Bitters

How to make

Glassware

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish

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

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
27.77% alc./vol. (55.54° proof)
25.2 grams of pure alcohol

History

Created in February 1969 by Joe Gilmore at The American Bar in The Savoy Hotel, London, in honour of President "Tricky Dicky" Nixon's visit to Great Britain.

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Review

Best described as a fruity riff on an Old Fashioned. The oils from the orange zest twist are crucial to this cocktail's success.

Maker's Mark bourbon 375ml - makes 8 cocktails
$18.99 $2.37 per cocktail Maker's Mark bourbon image

Hayman's Sloe Gin 750ml - makes 16.5 cocktails
$34.99 $2.12 per cocktail Hayman's Sloe Gin image

Fee Brothers Peach Bitters 150ml - makes 240 cocktails
$10.49 $0.04 per cocktail Fee Brothers Peach Bitters image

$4.53 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 8 cocktails.
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