Name: Orléans
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Bourbon whiskey; 15 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 7.5 ml American single malt; 15 ml Amaro (e.g. Averna); 7.5 ml Orange-red aperitivo

Orléans
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Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Ingredients:
1 oz	Bourbon whiskey
¹⁄₂ oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
¹⁄₄ oz	American single malt whiskey
¹⁄₂ oz	Amaro (e.g. Averna)
¹⁄₄ oz	Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist and dehydrated orange slice wheel.

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish:

EXPRESS orange zest twist over cocktail and discard.
Garnish with dehydrated orange slice wheel.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

There's a pleasingly bittersweet cola bite to this spirit-forward aperitivo/digestivo.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2022 by Hadi Ktari at the Chandelier Bar, Four Seasons Hotel in New Orleans, USA.

Nutrition:

One serving of Orléans contains 192 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
31.04% alc./vol. (31.04° proof)
23.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Simon Sedgley

23rd July at 09:50

Maybe a kissing cousin of the Old Money No.2? As with that one, a gentle misting of Pimento Dram doesn't go astray for us here; along with a drop or two of Black Walnut Bitters.

John Hinojos

1st August 2023 at 00:21

Perfectly balanced with all the different flavours of each ingredient identifiable. Having done a side-by-side tasting of all our American Whiskeys each have unique characteristics and tastes. Definitely feel all the ingredients are necessary to replicate the flavours.
Perfect aperitif to have before a classic New Orleans Creole Dinner.

Briana Warsing

14th May 2023 at 10:27

perfect combination. can taste all the flavours equally

Chris Brislawn

5th April 2023 at 04:01

It's possible to overthink a cocktail (3 whiskeys??). I tried to keep it simple and focus on the bittersweet cola bite. Used 1 oz WhistlePig 6 year old rye & 1 oz Taylor Garrett "Bourbon mash" whiskey (Albuquerque's finest) with the specified Averna & Aperol. No dehydrated orange so I threw in the twist. After tasting I decided it would benefit from a good dash of Bogart's Bitters; it did. This nicely enlarges and diversifies the Sazerac---Vieux Carre' family of New Orleans whiskey cocktails.

Simon Sedgley

23rd July at 10:39

Maybe what you really wanted was an Old Money No.2. With that one, we sometimes swap Rye for the Bourbon or go 50:50; and swap an Amaro (Nardini comes to mind) for the Nocino.

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