Name: Easy Speak
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Bourbon whiskey; 22.5 ml Cynar/carciofo amaro; 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 4 drop Chocolate bitters

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Bourbon whiskey

3/4 fl oz

Cynar or other carciofo amaro

1/3 fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix (2 sugar to 1 water)

4 drop

Bob's Chocolate bitters

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon 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 lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Easy Speak contains 219 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
26.15% alc./vol. (52.29° proof)
24.3 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Max Planar 15w

Did a further riff on the maple syrup suggestions and split the base with half peated scotch and half bourbon. It was absolutely delicious with just a little smokiness coming through. A new favourite.

Micah Wilkinson Premium Member 30w

I agree with the suggestion to use maple syrup. I reduced it to 1/4 oz, with Old Grand-dad 114 proof bourbon, 1/2 oz Cynar, & 1/4 oz Campari. Angustura cocoa bitters and orange zest since chocolate & orange are a match made in heaven.
Now my wife is going to want one of these every night!

Erik Taylor Premium Member 29w

I tried this tonight. Excellent balance. I like my drinks a touch more bitter so the addition of the Campari I think is genius. I might play with using an Averna or another amaro to see where it leads.

Gareth Hives Premium Member 36w

Excellent, didn’t have chocolate bitters (must get some) so used orange bitters. Into the favourites she goes.

Troy Premium Member 51w

Substituted Cyanar with Fernet Branca (one of my absolutely favorite cocktail ingredients). It counters the sweetness well and everything plays well together. A new favorite - especially in the 3 (+bitters) ingredients category.

Vaclav Alex Kyslik 37w

Hello Troy, you have substituted this cocktail with a different cocktail altogether ^^.

Eduardo B 1y

This bourbon/cynar ration is really interesting, I didn't expect it to combine so well. I didn't add sugar syrup as suggested by others here. I used angostura cocoa bitters and found it better to go a few extra than the 4 suggested dashes.
On my second one I wanted to try adding a little funkyness so I added a barspoon of grappa and the result was good.

Justin Aniello 1y

I don't find it too sweet so much as the cynar plus bourbon and chocolate don't quite work together for me, unfortunate as cynar is one of my favorite amaros.

Antonio Costa 1y

My two cents. Forget the syrup, already too sweet because of Bourbon and cynar. If you want a really worth it upgrade, cynar 70. Thats all.

Calvin Grant Premium Member 1y

Tried before, it was excellent. This time around (used a 99 proof bourbon) it was a bit sweet. My rich syrup has been covered, in the fridge, for a while so perhaps evaporation has concentrated it. A strong dash of chocolate bitters completely corrected the balance. Certainly served with ice. ♡

Joseph Hillyard 1y

My unsolicited advice: sub maple syrup (half the amount, maybe less!) for the simple. Adds to the complexity and helps it last longer!

Ian T 1y

Cheers for the tip. Agree it add extra complexity.

Peter Pendergest Premium Member 1y

I completely agree, a splash of maple syrup in place of the simple makes for a much more interesting drink. This was a favorite as written, even better with maple syrup.