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Country Life

Name: Country Life
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Bourbon whiskey; 22.5 ml Aged Jamaican rum; 22.5 ml Tawny port; 2 dash Aromatic bitters; 1 dash Orange bitters

Difford’s Guide

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Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Bourbon whiskey
³⁄₄ fl oz	Crossfire Hurricane Jamaican Rum
³⁄₄ fl oz	Cockburn's Tawny Eyes Tawny Port
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange 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 Country Life contains 193 calories

Alcohol content:

1.9 standard drinks
29.35% alc./vol. (58.69° proof)
26.7 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Tawny port — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe in Crosby Gaige's 1944 Standard Cocktail Guide

COUNTRY LIFE
½ jigger Jamaica Rum
½ jigger Port Wine
1 jigger Bourbon Whiskey
3 dashes Angostura Bitters
Dash of Orange Bitters
Shake with ice and strain into Cocktail glass.
Crosby Gaige, Standard Cocktail Guide, 1944

Review

I've tried white port, tawny port and ruby port in this vintage cocktail. Tawny works best, with white port a close second, especially if a sweeter style of white port. Your choice of rum is also crucial, with the largest component, bourbon, arguably the least critical. Choose brands well, and you'll be delighted.

Maker's Mark bourbon 375ml - makes 8 cocktails
$18.99 $2.37 per cocktail Maker's Mark bourbon image

Cockburn's Tawny Eyes Port 750ml - makes 33 cocktails
$31.99 $0.97 per cocktail Cockburn's Tawny Eyes Port image

Angostura Aromatic Bitters 120ml - makes 192 cocktails
$13.99 $0.07 per cocktail Angostura Aromatic Bitters image

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

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Comments & Discussion

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Chris Brislawn 16w

Delightful combination of ingredients not usually found together. Hamilton Jamaican Pot-Still Black Rum gave the rum some prominence in this mix, but the Carvalhas Tawny contributed its share. Not sure sweet white port would work as well; this doesn't need extra sweetener. I added both orange and lemon twists.

Bruce Bowman 25w

Why have you left out the bitters? If you omit two ingredients, is it really the same drink?

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 25w

Sorry! Now corrected.

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