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Preakness Cocktail

Name: Preakness Cocktail
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 22.5 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 15 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist and skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and discard.
Garnish with skewered cherry.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Preakness Cocktail contains 184 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
30.65% alc./vol. (61.31° proof)
25.4 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Thanks to a 2009 article by Dave Wondrich in The Malt Advocate we know that this cocktail was created in 1936 by a chap called George who was the head bartender at Baltimore's Emerson Hotel. The Preakness Stakes is an American horse race held on the third Saturday in May annually at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. George was the winner of a contest to come up with an official cocktail for the first Preakness Ball held that year. Incidentally, The Pimlico Racetrack is said to be named after Ben Pimlico's Tavern which once stood in the area.

Review

A Sweet Manhattan with a herbal touch of Bénédictine.

Benedictine D.O.M. 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$37.99 $0.76 per cocktail Benedictine D.O.M. image

Angostura Aromatic Bitters 120ml - makes 384 cocktails
$13.99 $0.04 per cocktail Angostura Aromatic Bitters image

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Makes a minimum of 50 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Werd Bmocsil 1y

Sazerac Rye and Carpano Antica Formula in mine. I like Manhattans, so this was a natural. Very nice evening sipper, and I tend to make mine long. Will be interesting to try again with a higher-proof rye, like Old Forester.

Alexandre Perron 4y

WOW ! Exceptionnal !

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