Fairbanks
3.8 26 ratings
Ingredients
How to make
Serve in a old-fashioned glass
Method
- 1 Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
- 2 STIR all ingredients with ice.
- 3 STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).
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Flavour profile
50.0% alc./vol. · 2 standard drinks · 166 calories
History
Spirit-forward rye whiskey, particularly a 50% ABV straight rye, offers spiced apricot fruitiness. If Boker's Bitters are unavailable, regular aromatic bitters can be used to moderate the apricot liqueur's intensity.
The Fairbanks cocktail made its debut in print in J. A. Grohusko's 1908 manual, "Jack's Manual," and reappeared in Jacques Straub's 1914 publication, "Drinks." Charles Warren Fairbanks (1852 - 1918) was an American politician. He was a senator from Indiana before his tenure as the 26th Vice President of the United States. As an advisor to President William McKinley, Fairbanks was part of a commission that resolved the Alaska boundary dispute. The city of Fairbanks, Alaska, and the Fairbanks North Star Borough are named in his honor, as are other places named Fairbanks in Minnesota, Oregon, and a township in Michigan. FAIRBANKS COCKTAIL. 1 Dash Boker's Bitters 90% rye whiskey 10% apricot brandy ½ glass of fine ice. Shake, strain and serve. Fairbank's Cocktail. 10 dashes apricot brandy. 1 jigger rye whiskey. 1 dash Angostura bitters. Serve in old-fashioned glass.