Bitter Old Coot

Name: Bitter Old Coot
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 3 dash Angostura Bitters; 38 ml Rye Whiskey; 1 cube Ice; 23 ml Drambuie; 23 ml Fernet Branca

A stirred rye whiskey drink with Drambuie and Fernet Branca, seasoned with three dashes of Angostura bitters and served over a single cube of ice. Sweet and bitter in a dense, spirit-forward style; created by Derek Coffelt at Justus Drugstore in Smithville, Missouri.

Derek Coffelt created the Bitter Old Coot at Justus Drugstore in Smithville, Missouri, as an after-hours drink for the staff, simpler than the bar's usual, more complex creations. It caught on among the employees and was added to the official menu. The bartenders prefer their own house-made bitters, though The Bitter Truth and Fee Brothers also work.

Method

Stirred

Glass

rocks

Difficulty

Medium

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Dry

Herbal

Spicy

Strong