Name: Italian Gentleman
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Bourbon whiskey; 30 ml Red bitter liqueur; 15 ml Lemon juice; 5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 1 dash Orange bitters; 3 drop Saline solution 4:1

Italian Gentleman
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Glass:

Photographed in an Urban Bar Plain Retro Coupette 15cl

Ingredients:
1 oz	Bourbon whiskey
1 oz	Italian red bitter liqueur
¹⁄₂ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
3 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist. (Or some prefer a lemon slice wheel).

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

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

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

The Boulevardier meets the Whiskey Sour.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe that emerged 2014-16.

Nutrition:

One serving of Italian Gentleman contains 163 calories

Alcohol content:

1.1 standard drinks
19.29% alc./vol. (19.29° proof)
15.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Chris Brislawn

10th September at 03:00

Took S. McPhail's advice and made this with a 3:2 ratio of whiskey:red bitter (i.e., 1.5 oz whiskey). Even with 1.5 oz bourbon (Oregon Spirits) the whiskey doesn't dominate and the drink seems well-balanced. Lacking Strucchi Red Bitter, I used Martini & Rossi Riserva Speciale Bitter. I also omitted the sugar syrup to see how the drink would fare; it was "lively", i.e., bitter and sour and *just* sweet enough for us. It might be best with 1/2 tsp (1/12 oz) rich sugar syrup, though to each their own and my wife says it's fine with none. Seems like more of an excellent, complex whiskey sour variant than a Boulevardier variant, which is how I'm filing it in my personal cocktail list.