Country Cocktail
Source:
Modern American Drinks
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Boker's bitters
Ingredient: Boker's bitters
What it is: BittersBrand of proprietary, aromatic bitters no longer available. Appears mostly in 19th century cocktail books. Other barnds such as Angostura or Fee Brothers can be used as substitutes.
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orange bitters
Substitution:
bitter
Ingredient: orange bitters
What it is: BittersA bitters is an alcoholic beverage that contains herbal essences, has a bitter or bittersweet flavor, and
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lemon
peel
1
jigger
rye whiskey
Ingredient: rye whiskey
What it is: WhiskeyAmerican rye whiskey, must be distilled from at least 51 percent rye. Canadian rye whisky, may or may not include rye, so long as it possesses the aroma, taste and character generally attributed to Canadian whisky it may legally be labeled "rye". Rye whiskey is less sweet than Bourbon whiskey.
A mixing-glass half-full fine ice, two dashes of orange bitters, two dashes Boker bitters, one piece lemon-peel, one jigger rye whiskey—no sweetening. Mix and strain into a cocktail-glass.
