Name: Home On The Range
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 45 ml Red quinquina e.g. Dubonnet, Byrrh; 5 ml Triple sec; 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Home On The Range
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Photographed in a Libbey Old Fashioned 11oz

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Dubonnet, Byrrh etc. rouge light quinquina
¹⁄₆ oz	Cointreau triple sec liqueur
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon and orange zest twists.

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (or serve straight-up in a coupe).

Garnish:

Express lemon and orange zest twists over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Spirit-forward and complex with delicate fruit, spice and bitterness. A very agreeable late-night tipple.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe (served straight-up) in the 1941 book Crosby Gaige's Cocktail Guide and Ladies' Companion.

Home on the Range
½ part Rye Whiskey
1/2part Dubonnet
3 dashes Cointreau
Dash of Angostura Bitters
1 piece Lemn peel
1 piece Orange peel
Shake with cracked ice and strain into cocktail glass.
Crosby Gaige, Cocktail Guide and Ladies' Companion, 1941

This cocktail was a favourite of the late Sasha Petraske who served it over a chunk of block ice in a rocks glass based on bourbon rather than straight rye and with sweet vermouth in place of Dubonnet: 60ml bourbon, 7.5ml triple sec, 7.5ml sweet vermouth and 3 dashes Angostura bitters.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Home On The Range contains 147 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
25.89% alc./vol. (25.89° proof)
24.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Morten Carlsbaek

20th August at 20:17

Excellent if a bit enhanced. Firstly, I tried according to the specs (I used 20 ml Danish Stauning Rye whisky and 25 ml Nikka Whisky from the barrel, and 1 drop of Bob's orange & mandarin bitter, since I had no oranges) and found it a bit bland.

Then I added another 5 ml Cointreau and 1 more dash Angostura. Now it is really to my liking, kind of complex Old Fashioned.

John CARR

20th July at 15:11

Better than expected - I find a lot of whisky plus liqueur drinks end up being rather confectionary-like, but not so in this case. The bitters definitely help in that regard. I feel like Dubonnet has more natural affinity for bourbon rather than rye, so interested to see if mein host comes up with something interesting re Sasha Petraske’s version!

Mike

3rd June at 15:09

I suggest a new entry for Sasha's version, e.g. "Home on the Range (Sasha Petraske version)". I think his version is prominent enough to deserve its own entry. A new entry will make it easier to find.

Simon Difford

4th June at 06:47

I'll be sure to implement your suggestion. Thanks.

Matt

22nd November 2024 at 04:11

Made following the recipe, albeit with U.S. Dubonnet. An excellent cocktail that takes the component and creates something novel and delicious. Fruit of the Dubonnet and spice of the rye are critical and obvious, and I believe the Cointreau and Ango also add breadth of flavor. Somehow becomes a bit nutty, and a bit savory, and not as boozy hot as many rye-based drinks.

Amy Louisiana

22nd November 2024 at 02:44

Today I added a sixth of an ounce China China and used Combier orange since I didn't have any Cointreau. Some day I'll try it exactly as written, but this is great.

Amy Louisiana

2nd April 2024 at 23:37

I squeezed the juice of a small mandarine orange into this. Tasted great and added some Vitamin C.

John Hinojos

18th November 2023 at 01:23

Delightful. You can taste the rye and hints of spice. Used red Italian sweet vermouth which gave just the right amount of sweetness without overpowering the cocktail.

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