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The Ninth Ward

Citrusy · Floral (e.g. Elderflower spritz) · Sours (citrus)

4.2 149 ratings

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz Bourbon whiskey
1/2 oz Elderflower liqueur
1/3 oz Lime juice
1/6 oz Falernum liqueur
1/4 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)
2 dash Creole bitters
1/3 oz Chilled water

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 FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

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

Flavour profile

19.0% alc./vol. · 1.4 standard drinks · 192 calories

History

This cocktail has been tweaked for harmony between whiskey, elderflower, falernum, and lime. Adding 5ml (1 spoon) bottled-in-bond rye whiskey is ideal. The Ninth Ward is also perhaps best served on-the-rocks.

This drink is an adaptation of a recipe created in 2008 by Robert "Brother Cleve" Toomey in Boston, USA, for Tales of the Cocktail. It reimagines the classic Ward Eight and pays tribute to one of the New Orleans neighborhoods severely impacted by Hurricane Katrina. His original recipe included: 45ml (1½oz) Bourbon 22.5ml (¾oz) Lime juice 22.5ml (¾oz) Falernum 15ml (½oz) Elderflower liqueur 2 dash Peychaud's bitters

Created by Robert 'Brother Cleve' Toomey