CLASSIC · BOURBON WHISKEY

Lion's Tail

Name: Lion's Tail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Bourbon whiskey; 10 ml Pimento dram / Allspice liqueur; 15 ml Fresh lime juice; 5 ml Rich sugar syrup; 2 ml Angostura Aromatic Bitters

Adapted from a recipe that first appeared in William James 'Billy' Tarling's Café Royal Cocktail Book, published in London in 1937.

Ingredients

Bourbon whiskey60 ml

Pimento dram / Allspice liqueur10 ml

Fresh lime juice15 ml

Rich sugar syrup5 ml

Angostura Aromatic Bitters2 ml

Glassware

Coupe glass

Chilled.

Method

1
Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass. Prepare garnish of lime zest twist. Shake all ingredients with ice. Strain into chilled glass. Express lime zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

From the Bartender

Adapted from a recipe that first appeared in William James 'Billy' Tarling's Café Royal Cocktail Book, published in London in 1937. The drinks creator is likely to have been an American bartender driven to London by Prohibition. The name 'Lion's Tail' is an American slang expression from between the World Wars, referring to provoking the British.

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