Preakness

Name: Preakness
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 dash Angostura Bitters; 8 ml Bénédictine; 45 ml Bourbon; 1 twst Orange Peel; 23 ml Sweet Vermouth

Bourbon and sweet vermouth stirred with a little Bénédictine, Angostura and orange peel, giving a rich, spiced, herbal-sweet drink. Created by George Backert at the Emerson Hotel in Baltimore in 1936.

Similar names: Preakness Cocktail, Preakness Manhattan

George Backert created the Preakness in 1936 at the Emerson Hotel in Baltimore for the first Preakness Ball. The original used rye whiskey with only half a teaspoon of Benedictine, and the version given here is an adjusted one from Death & Co.

Method

Stirred

Glass

coupe

Difficulty

Medium

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Herbal

Sweet

Warm