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Expense of Honesty

Name: Expense of Honesty
Ingredients: 1 oz Old Forester Signature bourbon; 1 oz Brugal añejo rum; 1/2 oz Arehucas Ron Miel Guanche rum; 1 tsp Honey; 1 tsp Demerara sugar; 1 dash Peychaud’s bitters; 1 dash Angostura bitters; Garnish: Orange peel

Written by

Matthew Tocco

Updated 01/10/18

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Expense of Honesty. Image: Ashley Hylbert

Admittedly, Strategic Hospitality beverage director Matthew Tocco says guests are less apt to order a cocktail if it has rum or brandy as a base, so he paired this drink at Nashville’s Pinewood Social with bourbon to make it a tad more accessible.

This recipe originally appeared as part of “So You Love a Whiskey Old Fashioned. How About the Rise of the Rum Old Fashioned?”

1 oz Old Forester Signature bourbon
1 oz Brugal añejo rum
1/2 oz Arehucas Ron Miel Guanche rum
1 tsp Honey
1 tsp Demerara sugar
1 dash Peychaud’s bitters
1 dash Angostura bitters
Garnish: Orange peel

Add all the ingredients into a mixing glass with ice, and stir until well-chilled.
Strain into a rocks glass over 1 large ice cube.
Garnish with an expressed orange peel.

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