Name: Improved Whiskey Cocktail
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Whisk(e)y - Rye whiskey (100 proof / 50% alc./vol.); 30 ml Whisk(e)y - Bourbon whiskey; 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' 2 sugar to 1 water; 2.5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 1 Boker's bitters

Serve in an

Old-fashioned glass

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass (preferably over a chunk of block ice).

1 fl oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof / 50% alc./vol.)
1 fl oz	Bourbon whiskey
1/6 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°brix)
1/12 fl oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1 dash	Boker's bitters
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Review:

An Old-Fashioned "improved" by the addition of maraschino liqueur.

Variant:

Irish Cocktail

History:

The Whiskey Cocktail, along with this Improved version appeared in Jerry Thomas's 1887 The Bar-tender's Guide. The book also includes "Improved" versions of the Brandy Cocktail, and Gin Cocktail which are all what we today call Old Fashioned cocktails . In the words of Jerry Thomas, they have been "improved by moistening the edge of the cocktail glass with a piece of lemon." Such "improved" American cocktails, from the period, are also distinguished by using European ingredients, particularly maraschino liqueur and/or absinthe.

Nutrition:

One serving of Improved Whiskey Cocktail contains 165 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
34.85% alc./vol. (69.7° proof)
23.6 grams of pure alcohol

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