Name: Elmo Cola
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 30 ml Bourbon whiskey; 7.5 ml Maraschino syrup; 8 drop Vanilla bitters; 60 ml Cola

Elmo Cola
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Serve in a Double old-fashioned

Ingredients:
1 oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
1 oz	Bourbon whiskey
¹⁄₄ oz	Syrup from Luxardo Maraschino Cherries
8 drop	Bob's Vanilla bitters
2 oz	Cola (e.g. Coca-Cola or Pepsi)

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Garnish: Orange zest twist and skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherries.

How to make:

STIR first 3 ingredients in mixing glass with ice. ADD cola and then strain into ice-filled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

An easy-drinking cola, cherry and vanilla-flavoured Old Fashioned.

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History:

Adapted from the house cocktail served at the St. Elmo Steak House in Indianapolis, USA, since 2012, when hospitality consultant Tim Kirkland introduced it.

Nutrition:

One serving of Elmo Cola contains 188 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
17.63% alc./vol. (17.63° proof)
22.5 grams of pure alcohol

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