Expense of Honesty Cocktail Recipe

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About The Expense of Honesty Cocktail

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?”

Ingredients in The Expense of Honesty Cocktail

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

How to make The Expense of Honesty Cocktail

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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