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06-17-2020, 08:00 PM #1
A Boulevardier is really a compelling beverage
Built up like a Negroni...
(gin, campari, sweet vermouth; 1:1:1 w/ orange peel twist)
...a high class beverage, no doubt, but swap in some rye bourbon, and you have:
the Boulevardier
(rye bourbon, campari, sweet vermouth; 1:1:1 w/ an orange peel twist)
i like a full-on orange slice to soak in the flavors and eaten last once the libation is done
Beautiful warm color
Complementary flavors, challenging but not overwhelming, tasty
Bitter, boozy, sweet
Maybe more comforting in colder weather, but refreshing in any season
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06-17-2020, 08:04 PM #2
plus 1
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06-17-2020, 08:05 PM #3
Full agreement, as I have posted elsewhere here.
My preferred Negroni and Boulevardier recipe is 2:1:1 however, as I prefer a bit of booze over equal balance.
For some reason it's cold here today so I moved to a Negroni from the usual evening G&T. This just may push me into a Boulevardier to round out the evening. Thank you sir for contributing to my midweek drinking.I still call it The Jake.
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06-17-2020, 08:06 PM #4
I think Rye Bourbon is an oxymoron...
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06-17-2020, 08:22 PM #5Funky But Chic
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More of a contradiction. There's rye, and there's boutbon.
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06-17-2020, 08:25 PM #6
Rye heavy bourbon like Bulleit perhaps? Some say rye heavy mashbills stand up better in cocktails. Maybe so, but I'll take 2 oz of smooth Woodford in my Boulevardier please.
I still call it The Jake.
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06-17-2020, 08:59 PM #7
Tried some Ransom sweet vermouth for my Manhattans instead of the typical Carpano. Probably the new go-to considering the bottle size, price, and local origin.
Campari, eh? Sounds pretty fruity, but if you say it's good, I'll have to get some.
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06-17-2020, 09:04 PM #8
I learned about the Boulevardier here a little while back and have very much been on the bandwagon since then. Delicious in any weather.
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06-17-2020, 09:19 PM #9
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06-17-2020, 09:20 PM #10
Bulleit is what I use
I find the rye has a little more developed flavor (does that make any sense?)
@mattig, looking forward to your fruity review...
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06-17-2020, 09:34 PM #11
Sans campari, but flush with the wife's quarantine prepper garden foliage, I have instructed my son to make me a mint julep. I'll put campari on the delivery list for my next shipment.
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06-17-2020, 09:37 PM #12
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06-17-2020, 09:38 PM #13
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06-17-2020, 09:47 PM #14
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06-17-2020, 10:04 PM #15
Is Campari no longer for Italian old men?
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06-17-2020, 10:04 PM #16Brandine: Now Cletus, if I catch you with pig lipstick on your collar one more time you ain't gonna be allowed to sleep in the barn no more!
Cletus: Duly noted.
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06-17-2020, 10:14 PM #17
^^ cruiser that looks fucking legit, well done.
never had the leopold bros aperitivo, gonna have to keep an eye out for it.
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06-17-2020, 10:16 PM #18
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06-17-2020, 11:03 PM #19
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06-18-2020, 12:31 AM #20Good-lookin' wool
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Hope oftpiste joins this thread because he made me a solid one in a past life and when this craziness is over I’d like a another.
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06-18-2020, 08:43 AM #21
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06-18-2020, 08:48 AM #22
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06-18-2020, 08:50 AM #23
Thurs afternoon is a good afternoon for a cocktail
esp when we’re all WFH anyway
cheers to starting a long weekend
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06-18-2020, 08:52 AM #24guy who skis
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Fully agree with the Boulevardier love. I like a rye-heavy bourbon. Boulevardiers and Negronis are also two of the three cocktails I actually measure (third is an Aviation), since they taste off to me if the ratios aren't right.
Also, if you're mixing these with Gallo vermouth or something of the sort, quit it. Carpano Antica is the answer.
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06-18-2020, 08:54 AM #25
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