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Southgate

Classic/vintage · Short and stirred · Spirit-forward

3.9 5 ratings

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Ingredients

2 oz Rye whiskey 50% abv
1/4 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)
1 dash Underberg

How to make

Serve in a old-fashioned glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

  1. 3 STIR all ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish

  1. 5 EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

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Flavour profile

50.0% alc./vol. · 1.7 standard drinks

History

An Old Fashioned Whiskey Cocktail made with Underberg bitters.

Albert Stevens Crockett's 1931 book, "Ol Waldorf Astoria Bar Days," provides the basis for this recipe. It lists: "Southgate One-fourth lump Sugar dissolved in one-half pony of Water Dash of Boonekamp Bitters One jigger Whiskey One piece twisted Lemon Peel" It is noted that Underburg bitters were originally known as Underburg Boonekamp Bitters, and "One-fourth lump Sugar dissolved in one-half pony of Water" is a simple sugar syrup.