Name: Old Barrel
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Whiskey - Rye whiskey (100 proof / 50% alc./vol.); 15 ml Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur; 15 ml Sherry - Amontillado; 2 Angostura or other aromatic bitters

Serve in an

Old-fashioned glass

Photographed in an

UB Ginza Old Fashioned 10.5oz

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.)
1/2 fl oz	Bénédictine D.O.M.
1/2 fl oz	Amontillado sherry
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
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Review:

Rye whiskey spice, herbal liqueur complexity and vinous sherry sit alongside each other in a harmonious trinity with dashes of aromatic bitters and lemon zest freshness in this riff on a classic Old Fashioned.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Old Barrel contains 133 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
32.89% alc./vol. (65.78° proof)
19.9 grams of pure alcohol

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