Improved 1794

Name: Improved 1794
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 dash Angostura Bitters; 45 ml Rye Whiskey; 1 twst Orange Peel; 2 dash Absinthe; 8 ml Maraschino Liqueur; 23 ml Campari; 23 ml Sweet Vermouth

Rye whiskey stirred with Campari, sweet vermouth and maraschino liqueur, with absinthe, Angostura and an orange twist. Bitter, spicy and herbal, with a little cherry sweetness. Created by Frederic Yarm in Boston in 2019.

Frederic Yarm created Improved 1794 in Boston in 2019, applying Jerry Thomas's Improved technique to the 1794 cocktail from the early 2000s. The creator considers that approach to work very well with whiskey.

Method

Stirred

Glass

coupe

Difficulty

Hard

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Dry

Herbal

Spicy