Brown Derby
ShakenCoupe
Ingredients
- 2 ozbourbonElijah Craig 12-year (Elijah Craig 12-year)
- 1 ozgrapefruit juice
- 1 tsplemon juice
- ½ oz
Garnish: grapefruit twist
Preparation
- 1.
Shake all the ingredients with ice.
- 2.
Strain into a coupe.
- 3.
Garnish with a grapefruit twist.
Notes
A bit o' history
Created in 1930 at Los Angeles' Vendôme Club and named for the famous hat-shaped Brown Derby restaurant chain, then a popular celebrity hangout. An earlier variation, sometimes called the Brown Derby No. 1, called for dark rum, lime juice, and maple syrup or maple sugar. It also appears in Harry Craddock’s classic 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book as the De Rigueur Cocktail.
