Name: Smoky Old Bastard
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Bourbon whiskey; 1 bag Cold Lapsang Souchong; 7.5 ml Maple syrup; 2 dash Boker's style bitters

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Bourbon whiskey

1 bag

Lapsang Souchong tea (cold)

1/4 fl oz

Maple syrup

2 dash

Difford's Bokers Bitters By Bob's Bitters

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

STIR half the bourbon, tea bag and four ice cubes in glass for 60 seconds.

Remove tea bag, add maple syrup and bitters, and STIR some more.

Add more ice and the rest of the bourbon and STIR some more.

Garnish

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

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

21.5 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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G. M. Genovese Premium Member 27w

No tea bag. Sloughed off about a bag's worth of loose tea in my hand for it. Quebec maple syrup. Wild Turkey 101 and Bitter Truth Bogart's bitters... Wow, does the loose tea impart a crazy dynamic flavor, even with my standard 5-10 sec "let's workshop this" stir. Served it up... Pretty mesmerizing result.

Mike Taylor 2y

I’m confused by the recipe. It calls for a cold tea bag. Is it supposed to be a quantity of cold tea?

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 2y

As per method, this recipe calls for ingredients to be stirred with a tea bag. As you say, usually cocktails use a volume of tea so our database only has options for hot or cold Lapsang Souchong tea.

Moe Breadbaker 4y

A great drink in the same ballpark is the Dirty Old Bastard from Klaus St. Rainer of Die Goldene Bar in Munich.
5 cl Ardbeg Ten
1 cl Lapsang-Souchong-Syrup
a few dashes "Sexy Bitters" (Klaus St. Rainers own brand, but any aromatic bitters should work well)
a little (about 1 centimeter) Sriracha Chili Sauce
Stir well and serve on the rocks

chris wheeler 4y

Should this read: "STIR half of the bourbon" at the start? Later on it suggests adding the remaining bourbon but doesn't mention splitting it anywhere