Name: Devil's Share
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 slice Fresh ginger; 60 ml Bourbon whiskey; 22.5 ml Orange juice; 22.5 ml Lemon juice; 12.5 ml Maple syrup

Ingredients

2 slice

Fresh ginger root (thumbnail-sized slice)

2 fl oz

Bourbon whiskey

³⁄₄ fl oz

Orange juice (freshly squeezed)

³⁄₄ fl oz

Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)

⁵⁄₁₂ fl oz

Maple syrup

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

MUDDLE ginger in base of shaker.

Add other ingredients.

SHAKE with ice.

FINE STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

21.3 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

Having read the comments, did a rough chop to our ginger before muddling. Had to do a fine strain, but it worked perfect. Got a lot of ginger spicy with the bourbon. The citrus added a nice sour taste. On my favourites.

Michael Jones 5y

We first tried the original recipe above, and whilst having a kick we thought it had to sour an aftertaste (due to the Lemon). We then tweaked the recipe To have 3 slices of Ginger, 2 shots of OJ and 1 Shot of Lemon Juice. Sweeter, but still with the kick from the Ginger and a manageable amount of sourness from the Lemon. Delicious! 4*

Rick DuBois 6y

To my taste, this is not balanced, and the ginger is lost in the citrus. I increased the ginger from 2 slices to 4, reduced the lemon juice by 1/4 oz and increased the OJ by 1/4 oz, and liked it much better.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 6y

Agreed. The lemon was a tad overwhelming so I have cut this back to 3/4oz (1oz) and to maintain balance I've also reduced the maple syrup a to 12.5ml (but some may prefer to leave this at the original 1/2oz). I tried more ginger but personally I prefer this subtler.

Cynthia Horen 5y

I followed Rick's variation, but--having no gingerroot at hand--used a "shot" (1.5 oz) of Q's Ginger Beer, which has got a bite. We like it! An unexpected combo of flavors.