Name: Oldfield
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 15 ml Fernet liqueur; 10 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 1 dash Aromatic bitters; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Oldfield
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Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₃ oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
¹⁄₂ oz	Fernet Branca liqueur
¹⁄₃ oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
2 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 skewered Fragata Green Olive.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with skewered olive.

Strength & taste guide:

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Medium

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Review:

This bittersweet classic is almost medicinal in style.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in the 1934 book Pioneers of Mixing at Elite Bars.

OLDFIELD
2/3 Rye
1/4 Frenet Branca
Dash Benedictine
Dash Angostura Biters
Glass No. 1. Shake
Pioneers of Mixing at Elite Bars, 1934

Nutrition:

One serving of Oldfield contains 154 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
36.17% alc./vol. (36.17° proof)
23.6 grams of pure alcohol

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