Allegheny

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (28 ratings)

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 13 oz Bourbon whiskey
23 oz Strucchi Dry Vermouth
23 oz Strucchi Bianco Vermouth
13 oz Giffard Crème de Mûre liqueur
13 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 6/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 7/10

Review:

I've used a 50/50 mix of dry and bianco vermouths to add some (I believe) much-needed honeyed richness to the all-dry vermouth vintage recipe. Depending on your lemons and crème de mûre, the subtle richness added by splitting the vermouth in this way will hopefully help achieve a perfectly balanced cocktail.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Stanley M. Jones' 1977 Jones' Complete Barguide.

ALLEGHENY
Cocktail Glass
Stir
1 oz Bourbon
1 oz dry vermouth
¼ oz Blackberry flavoured brandy
¼ oz lemon juice
1 dash bitters
Lemon juice

Stanley M. Jones, 1977

Allegheny is an unusual name that originates from the Lenape, an indigenous people from present-day northeastern Delaware, New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania, USA. Allegheny is a Lenape word meaning "best flowing river of the hills" or "beautiful stream." The word may originate from an ancient mythical tribe called Allegewi, who it's said lived on the Allegheny River before the land was taken over by the Lenape. Allegheny was the first county in Pennsylvania to be given a Native American name.

Nutrition:

One serving of Allegheny contains 179 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 19.45% alc./vol. (19.45° proof)
  • 19.5 grams of pure alcohol

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Justine Fehley’s Avatar Justine Fehley
8th December 2024 at 21:16
Great recipe for trying use up some extra vermouth. I use Resurgent Custom Cask (100 proof), Contratto Bianco, Cinzano 1757 Extra Dry, and Giffard Muroise du Val de Loire.

That last one has been out of production for years, but I found a dusty old bottle at a small shop recently, and it still tastes great.
Matt Wilson’s Avatar Matt Wilson
27th April 2024 at 20:12
Is this deliberately only single-strained, as opposed to fine straining it? I’m curious why!
Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
28th April 2024 at 07:27
It should have said fine strain. Now corrected. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
Calvin Grant’s Avatar Calvin Grant
1st February 2022 at 04:49
This one improved as it warmed up.