Home On The Range

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (42 ratings)

Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 12 oz Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
1 12 oz Dubonnet/French rouge aromatised wine
16 oz Cointreau triple sec liqueur
1 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Lemon & orange zest twists

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass (or straight-up in a coupe).

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10

Review:

Boozy and complex with delicate fruit, spice and bitterness. A very agreeable late-night tipple.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe (served straight-up) in the 1941 book Crosby Gaige's Cocktail Guide and Ladies' Companion.

Home on the Range
½ part Rye Whiskey
1/2part Dubonnet
3 dashes Cointreau
Dash of Angostura Bitters
1 piece Lemn peel
1 piece Orange peel
Shake with cracked ice and strain into cocktail glass.

Crosby Gaige, Cocktail Guide and Ladies' Companion, 1941

This cocktail was a favourite of the late Sasha Petraske who served it over a chunk of block ice in a rocks glass based on bourbon rather than straight rye and with sweet vermouth in place of Dubonnet: 60ml bourbon, 7.5ml triple sec, 7.5ml sweet vermouth and 3 dashes Angostura bitters.

Nutrition:

One serving of Home On The Range contains 147 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.8 standard drinks
  • 25.89% alc./vol. (25.89° proof)
  • 24.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Matt’s Avatar Matt
22nd November 2024 at 04:11
Made following the recipe, albeit with U.S. Dubonnet. An excellent cocktail that takes the component and creates something novel and delicious. Fruit of the Dubonnet and spice of the rye are critical and obvious, and I believe the Cointreau and Ango also add breadth of flavor. Somehow becomes a bit nutty, and a bit savory, and not as boozy hot as many rye-based drinks.
22nd November 2024 at 02:44
Today I added a sixth of an ounce China China and used Combier orange since I didn't have any Cointreau. Some day I'll try it exactly as written, but this is great.
2nd April 2024 at 23:37
I squeezed the juice of a small mandarine orange into this. Tasted great and added some Vitamin C.
John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
18th November 2023 at 01:23
Delightful. You can taste the rye and hints of spice. Used red Italian sweet vermouth which gave just the right amount of sweetness without overpowering the cocktail.