Name: Sawyer
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Gin; 15 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 14 dash Aromatic bitters; 7 dash Creole bitters; 7 dash Orange bitters

Sawyer
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Ingredients:
2 oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
14 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
7 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
7 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass (no ice in glass).

Garnish:

Garnish with lime wedge on rim.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

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Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A whopping 14 dashes of bitters with two full measures of gin makes for a robust cocktail.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2010 by Don Lee in New York City. First made for WD-50 chef, Wylie Dufresne, and is named after his daughter.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Sawyer contains 162 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
22.61% alc./vol. (22.61° proof)
20.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Caspian Berggren

31st August at 17:04

This is one of those drinks where I really wanted to be harsh and criticise the gin because it doesn't show up but it does in the end. It adds a certain freshness that vodka and glycerin water can't add. It certainly straddles the line though. It's mostly bitters forward — Ango, Peychauds and Orange all show up — but it kind of falls flat on not feeling like a *cocktail*. All the ingredients make themselves known but they're all independent, not contributing to the overall drink. It's still a 4/5 because it's well balanced and well worth serving. It's just not better than the other Ango heavy drinks.

Mike

30th August at 21:48

The Sawyer feels like a missed opportunity. With three bitters and gin’s botanicals, it should sing, but it falls flat—complexity without harmony, leaving the drink underwhelming.

Olga María Gómez Henderson

11th August 2023 at 12:46

That's an amazing cocktail, bitter yet tasteful.

J S

11th May 2021 at 17:16

I love this one! It's very complex and not nearly as bitter as I expected. The cardamom of the Ango tends to dominate the other bitters so I might try cutting that back a bit next time.