Dry West

Name: Dry West
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz High West American Prairie Bourbon; 1/2 oz Lustau PX Sherry; 3/4 oz Dry Vermouth; 3/4 oz Lemon Juice; 3/4 oz Cinnamon Simple Syrup; 1 ea Egg White; 5 drop(s) Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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By Mike Vander Horn

5.0 Submitted on: November 18, 2021

Spirit Forward

After Dinner

Coming up with a new cocktail from scratch with no competition or specifics in mind is something I tend not to do often. Usually I’m inspired by a recipe, spirit, modifier, fruit, idea, concept, the list goes on. For this one, I had nothin’ except that I was going to the store for the last time before vacation (who am I kidding, I’ll be back to Walmart before then) so I wanted to plot out some cocktails. I already had 1 in the notes, knew I wanted to try to do a Death & Co cocktail or two, but a...

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz
High West American Prairie Bourbon

1/2 oz
Lustau PX Sherry

3/4 oz
Dry Vermouth

3/4 oz
Lemon Juice

3/4 oz
Cinnamon Simple Syrup

1 ea
Egg White

5 drop(s)
Angostura Aromatic Bitters

Instructions

Garnish

Angostura Bitters

Build

Dry Shake

Glass

Nick & Nora

Estimated strength

About 15% ABV (estimate)

By Mike Vander Horn

Mixologist

I hope to see my creations out in the wild!

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Add all ingredients to a shaker tin with ice and shake well. Double-strain back into mixing tin and dry shake. Strain into a chilled Nick and Nora glass. Add 5 drops of Angostura Bitters on top

Editor's Note

A complex Whiskey Sour where dry vermouth and rich PX sherry create a push-pull of herbal dryness and raisined sweetness. Cinnamon and bourbon spice tie it all together.