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Blood Orange Brown Derby

From The Cocktail Notebook · Drinks · Sours & Shaken


Blood Orange Brown Derby

Classic

Makes 2 cocktails

A riff on the 1930s Hollywood classic—bourbon, honey, and lemon, blood orange for the grapefruit.

Ingredients
  • 4 oz bourbon (Buffalo Trace)
  • 1 ½ oz blood orange juice
  • 1 ½ oz fresh lemon juice
  • 1 oz honey syrup
Method
  1. Shake with ice.
  2. Strain into a chilled coupe; express an orange twist.

Note. A riff on the 1930s Brown Derby—blood orange in place of the classic's grapefruit.

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