Name: St Lawrence
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Bourbon whiskey; 20 ml Maple syrup; 20 ml Lemon juice; 5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 2 dash Aromatic bitters

St Lawrence
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Bourbon whiskey
²⁄₃ oz	Maple syrup
²⁄₃ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

A bourbon sour sweetened with maple syrup and served on the rocks, the St. Lawrence also works well served straight-up. Indeed, we first came across it in 2011, served 'up' in a coupe at Bar Rouge, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2001 by Michael Butt of Soulshakers, London, England.

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Nutrition:

One serving of St Lawrence contains 244 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
18.99% alc./vol. (18.99° proof)
20.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Dan Wade

20th November 2024 at 05:33

I got distracted while making this and doubled the maple syrup by accident. I cut the simple to compensate; it was still VERY sweet, but drinkable and pleasant.

Anthony Lynch

15th March 2024 at 23:52

Delicious - when I subbed the sugar syrup for 5ml more of the maple syrup.

G. M. Genovese

9th September 2023 at 12:50

The mistake here is the Ango. I'm not a fan of Fee Bros bitters, but they're serviceable when necessary. Their Black Walnut bitters was a clearly needed sub for the Ango.

Dávid Ugróczi

25th August 2023 at 20:29

I found this too sweet for my taste.
Using 10 ml of maple syrup and 20 ml lemon juice makes a more enjoyable, balanced drink in my opinion.

Ellen Olerud

4th October 2022 at 17:18

Perfect start of the fall cocktails! I also left out the rich sugar syrup - the maple syrup is enough for me.

John Hart

28th October 2021 at 18:37

I replaced the 2:1 rich syrup with 1:1 vanilla syrup and it is quite tasty

John Hinojos

13th October 2021 at 00:45

Great cocktail. We used an amber maple syrup from Canada. Left out the sugar syrup. Well balanced. Light smoky flavour and nice sweetness,

James R

13th September 2021 at 23:55

This is a nice one... almost ended up with an apple cidery sort of flavour, despite no apple being in the drink. Neat flavour evolution

Cameron Carter

9th May 2021 at 23:21

Absolutely delicious, a bit sweet - err on the side of the lemon juice, light on the syrup esp. rich syrup.

arthur aranda

7th March 2021 at 23:28

kind of sweet. but better than the maple leaf. removing the sugar syrup was better for my taste.

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