Southgate
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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 Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
- 2 Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
Method
- 3 STIR all ingredients with ice.
- 4 STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).
Garnish
- 5 EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.
Flavour profile
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
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.