Themed Cocktail

The Drifter

Name: The Drifter
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 oz bourbon; 0.5 oz sweet vermouth; 0.25 oz Fernet-Branca; 2 dashes Angostura bitters; 1 barspoon demerara syrup

Inspired by Jack Reacher

Ingredients

2 oz bourbon
0.5 oz sweet vermouth
0.25 oz Fernet-Branca
2 dashes Angostura bitters
1 barspoon demerara syrup

Instructions

1Combine bourbon, sweet vermouth, Fernet, bitters, and demerara syrup in a mixing glass.
2Add ice and stir for 30 seconds.
3Strain into a rocks glass over one large ice cube.
4Served neat and no-nonsense, like Reacher himself.

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