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Lion's Tail

Autumn/fall · Bittersweet (e.g. Negroni) · Classic/vintage

4.2 193 ratings

Ingredients

2 oz Bourbon whiskey
1/3 oz Pimento dram
1/2 oz Lime juice
1/6 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)
1 dash Aromatic bitters

How to make

Serve in a coupe glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of lime zest twist.

Method

  1. 3 SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. 5 Express lime zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour profile

23.9% alc./vol. · 1.7 standard drinks · 206 calories

History

A Daiquiri-like, bourbon-based cocktail heavily influenced by allspice dram liqueur.

William James "Billy" Tarling's Café Royal Cocktail Book, a London publication from 1937, features this drink's earliest known recipe. It is probable, however, that an American bartender, displaced by Prohibition, originated the cocktail. "Twisting the lion's tail" served as an American idiom during the era of anti-British sentiment between the World Wars, meaning to provoke the British. LION'S TAIL Invented by L. A. Clarke 2/3 Seagram's Bourbon Whisky. 1/6 Pimento Liqueur. 1/6 fresh Lime Juice. Teaspoonful Gomme Syrup. Dash Angostura Bitters. Shake.