New Cocktail – The Bossman (Whiskey, Cherry Heering, Vermouth, Lemon, Bitters)
by chris ~ May 25th, 2009. Filed under: Food and Drinks.
This past Wednesday was Crispy Gamer’s CEO’s birthday. Coincidentally, on Wednesdays we often have “Crispy Cocktail Night” where someone – typically me – makes drinks for the office and we hang out playing Rock Band 2. I was asked to come up with a new drink for the occasion, and after some experimenting, created one I like.
I wanted to produce something which was bold but not overpowering, not too sweet, and could be made by the glass or by the pitcher. I decided on a whiskey-based concoction which used Cherry Heering for sweetness, lemon juice for a bit of tang, and dry vermouth to smooth things out. Here’s the recipe:
The Bossman
2 parts Canadian Whiskey (I used Seagrams VO)
2 parts OJ (glass) or 3 parts OJ (pitcher)
.75 parts Dry Vermouth
.75 parts Cherry Heering
.5 parts Lemon Juice
Generous dash of Angostura Bitters
Shake or stir with ice, and serve over ice in a rocks glass. Goes very well with birthday cake!
Hope you enjoy the drink. Incidentally, this is the 100th post to this blog (since I redesigned and switched over to wordpress). Hooray!
May 26th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Happy Blogday my dear!
June 1st, 2009 at 1:59 pm
I was wondering what kind of cocktail I could make with the 10 bottles of Seagrams VO I inherited. I’m going to try this tonight.
Ya got any other cocktail suggestions’ using Seagrams?
Cheers thanks a lot. Trixie
June 1st, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Well, they don’t technically use Seagrams, but you could replace the bourbon in either of the two recipes on this page: fall cocktails with Seagrams, and I bet they’d be good. :)