WhiskeyBoozy

Boulevardier

The Negroni's whiskey-wearing cousin.

Experienced5 minStir
Bitter • Warming • Orange

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Bartender adding ice to the glass: Add ingredients to a mixing glass with ice.
MAKINGBoulevardierStir5 min
STEP 1OF 4

Add ingredients to a mixing glass with ice.

Bartender adding ice to the glass

Make it

Method

  1. 1

    Add ingredients to a mixing glass with ice.

  2. 2

    Stir for 25 seconds.

  3. 3

    Strain over a large cube or serve up.

  4. 4

    Express an orange peel over the drink.

PRO TIP

Rye sharpens the bitter edge; bourbon gives a rounder finish.

A little bar lore

Where it came from

Documented in Paris during the 1920s and associated with American expatriate writer Erskine Gwynne.

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