Name: Bourbon Crusta
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Whiskey - Bourbon whiskey; 7.5 ml Triple sec liqueur (40%); 5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 15 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 7.5 ml Sugar syrup (rich) 2 sugar to 1 water; 2 Orange bitters; 15 ml Chilled water (omit if using wet ice)

Serve in a

Flute glass

Garnish:

Find a lemon which fits into a small wineglass tightly enough to act as a watertight extension to the glass. Cut off both ends of the fruit and carefully remove the pulp to leave a barrel-shaped shell of skin. Place in the top of the glass. Wet the edge of the glass and exposed fruit shell with sugar syrup and dip in caster sugar to frost the edge of both peel and glass. Leave for a couple of hours to form a hard crust.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into pre-prepared glass.

2 fl oz	Bourbon whiskey
1/4 fl oz	Triple sec liqueur (40%)
1/6 fl oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1/2 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/4 fl oz	Sugar syrup (65.0°brix, 2 sugar to 1 water rich syrup)
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
1/2 fl oz	Chilled water (omit if using wet ice)
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Review:

Beautifully balanced bourbon and fresh lemon.

Variant:

Brandy Crusta

History:

For more Crusta cocktail information see our page.

Nutrition:

One serving of Bourbon Crusta contains 206 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
20.98% alc./vol. (41.96° proof)
23.2 grams of pure alcohol

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