Brown Derby Cocktail
- Strong
- sweet
- sour
A sweet and sour, strong cocktail, shaken over ice, served in a coupe glass.
Serve in: coupe glass
Ingredients
- 2 ozbourbon
- 1 ozgrapefruit juice
- 0.5 ozhoney syrup
- Crushed iceoptional
How to Make a Brown Derby
Instructions
- Add the bourbon, grapefruit juice and honey syrup into a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled.
- Strain into the prepared coupe glass.
Garnish
Express the oil from a grapefruit twist over the drink and drop it into the drink to garnish.
Tips & substitutions
- No bourbon? Try whisky or scotch.
- No grapefruit juice? Try pink grapefruit juice.
- No honey syrup? Try simple syrup, agave syrup or maple syrup.
The glass
Serve this one in a coupe glass. Also known as Champagne Coupe or Champagne saucer. Fancy looking glass invented in the mid 17th century in England.
Did you know
A classic bourbon cocktail that originated in the 1930s at the Vendôme Club in Los Angeles, named after the famous Brown Derby hat-shaped restaurant.
