American Trilogy
Ingredients
- 5⁄6 oz Applejack brandy bottled-in-bond
- 5⁄6 oz WhistlePig 10yo Straight Rye Whisky
- 1⁄4 oz Demerara/Muscovado/brown sugar syrup
- 2 dash Orange Bitters by Angostura
Method
Glass:
Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl
Prepare:
- Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
- Prepare garnish of fat and long orange zest twist.
Method:
- STIR all ingredients with ice.
- STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).
Garnish:
- EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.
Nutrition:
One serving of American Trilogy contains 159 calories
History:
Adapted from a recipe created in 2006 by Richard Boccato and Michael McIlroy at Milk & Honey in New York City. By the following year it was a staple at sibling bar Little Branch bar and American Trilogy continues to be a popular cocktail at Attaboy, the bar that occupies the former Milk & Honey site.
Originally built in the glass with a sugar cube and made with three American ingredients, hence the name: rye whisky, applejack and Regan's Orange Bitters.
Review:
To adhere to the original recipe, you should smash a sugar cube and then painstakingly stir this with bitters into a paste. Life is just too short to faff around, so instead, I've used pre-dissolved sugar (syrup). Depending on your personal tastes you may want to reduce this syrup to a mere 5ml or it up to 10ml. Syrup allows you to find your personal sweet spot and then consistently hit it. Once achieved, you've a delicious subtly cider-influenced Rye Old-Fashioned.
