Welcome to Episode 95 of Thirsty Thursday Cocktails on Your Bourbon Journey! Tonight, Rebecca crafts “The November Hearth“—a bold, brooding, and bone-dry Manhattan variation designed as the ultimate fireside sipper for crisp autumn evenings.
By pairing the uncut 116.8 proof muscle of Wild Turkey Rare Breed Bourbon with the bittersweet alpine depths of Bigallet China-China Amer Liqueur, this build balances heavy alligator char, leather, and vanilla with dark roasted orange peel, gentian root, and cinchona bark. To ensure zero cloying sweetness, Carpano Dry Vermouth brings crisp wine acidity and structure, while cardamom and orange bitters layer in exotic, warming spice.
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Next week on Episode 96: Get ready for “The Green Rickhouse”—an herbaceous, 140-proof absinthe-rinsed kinship riff on the historic New Orleans Sazerac!
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- Mixing Glass: MOFADO Crystal Cocktail Mixing Glass
- Bar Spoons: A Bar Above Bar Spoon Set
- Jigger: A Bar Above Premium Bell Jigger
- Strainer: A Bar Above Antique Copper Hawthorne Strainer
- Bar Mat: BARsics PVC Bar Service Mat
- Glassware: Coupe Glasses for Cocktails
- Cardamom Bitters: Fee Brothers Cardamom Cocktail Bitters
- Orange Bitters: Angostura Orange Bitters
- Cherries: Luxardo Gourmet Maraschino Cherries
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📋 THE RECIPE
- 2.0 oz Wild Turkey Rare Breed Bourbon (116.8 Proof)
- 0.75 oz Bigallet China-China Amer Liqueur
- 0.50 oz Carpano Dry Vermouth
- 2 dashes Fee Brothers Cardamom Cocktail Bitters
- 1 dash Angostura Orange Bitters
- Garnish: Expressed fresh orange peel & Luxardo brandied cherry
👀 TASTING NOTES:
- Aroma: Fresh sweet orange oils, toasted cardamom, pipe tobacco, charred oak staves, and a faint kiss of dark chocolate.
- Palate: Robust, oily bourbon warmth and rich baking spice transitioning into roasted bitter citrus, alpine herbs, and cacao—kept bone-dry by the vermouth.
- Finish: Long, warming, and complex with lingering barrel char, subtle orange pith, and a glowing cardamom warmth.
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NOTE: The spirits and items in this review were purchased by us. We were not compensated by the producers for this review.
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