Master The Classics: Liberal

The Liberal cocktail was first published in 1895 in his book "Modern American Drinks" by George J. Kappeler who was the head bartender at The Holland House Hotel. The Holland house was one of the most influential bars in it's day like Milk & Honey or Death and Co. these days.

Modern American Drinks was a very influential book in it's day as it had published never before seen recipes. I know that I said it was the Brooklyn which sparked the interest in making Manhattan variations named after neighborhoods in NYC and that is true. The Brooklyn was actually published in a book the year before (1884) and this drink is basically a Brooklyn where we subtract the Maraschino and sub Sweet for dry vermouth. So never mind what I said, it is definitive, and I was right the first time, the Brooklyn was the first and the Liberal was the second and the rest as they say, is history.

Also I use Amer Picon in this drink as I have it available but there are a few notes. Firstly the Amer Picon of today is a different formula than what they had in the 1800's so this drink is a bit different than when it was created. A lot of people swear that Bigalet China-China Amaro is closer to the original formula (not sure how anyone knows that). Again other people claim that Amaro CioCiaro is closest to the old school Picon. Luckily both of those subs are widely available in the US and of course Picon is available in Europe but not the US. If you live in the states (or another country Picon isn't available) and you want to splurge on a bottle you can do so here:
https://store.belgianshop.com/spirits/1374-picon-amer-21-70cl.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwtMvlBRDmARIsAEoQ8zTOXbCyl0DR_tFD2IEejIJtGeo0j7bYheyHiWYM9jHsKrs5s3JK45oaAgx0EALw_wcB

Tutorial Starts: 1:16

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Here's The Specs:

2oz (60ml) Rye Whiskey
.5oz (15ml) Sweet Vermouth
.5oz (15ml) Amer Picon or Bigalet China-China or Amaro CioCiaro
2 dashes Orange Bitters
Lemon Twist

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