Southern Discomfort

Name: Southern Discomfort
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2 dash Rhubarb Bitters; 38 ml Bourbon; 53 ml Blood Orange Juice; 23 ml Aperol

A stirred bourbon drink on the rocks, where blood orange juice and Aperol bring bittersweet citrus. Rhubarb bitters add a tart, earthy edge.

The name Southern Discomfort comes from a book club evening where the drink was served. That month's book was Gillian Flynn's "Gone Girl", a story with Southern connections, and it inspired the cocktail.

Method

Stirred

Glass

rocks

Difficulty

Medium

Flavor Profile

Bitter

Citrus

Sweet