Home on the Range

 

Story

This drink is based on a recipe found by veteran Australian bartender Michael Madrusan in the 1941 book Crosby Gaige’s Cocktail Guide and Ladies’ Companion.  Madrusan worked under the legendary Sasha Petraske at New York’s famous Milk & Honey.  Madrusan modernized the cocktail by swapping out the original Dubonnet rouge in favor of sweet vermouth.  Sasha liked this cocktail so much that it appeared on the menus of all of his many bars.   Home on the Range is a strong cocktail that to me is like an Old Fashioned with a cool citrus note.  It’s great over a single large cube of ice, to be sipped as it evolves in the glass.  I honestly like it better after it sits for a few minutes so the flavors open up.

Recipe

3 dashes Angostura bitters
0.25 oz sweet vermouth (preferably Cocchi Vermouth di Torino)
0.25 oz Cointreau
2 oz bourbon
Lemon twist
Orange twist
-build the drink in a rocks glass, starting with the bitters and ending with the bourbon.
-add one large cube of ice and stir a few times.  Garnish with lemon and orange twists.