Learn how to make a Revolver worthy of being called a James Bond cocktail using Bourbon Whiskey, Coffee Liqueur, Orange Bitters and a flamed Orange Peel. The series, Cocktails and Pussy Galore, shows you how to drink like 007 using the Ian Fleming books (not the movies) as the source, which takes you beyond the typical James Bond Martini.
In the books James Bond drank a lot of coffee, cold brew, black coffee, espresso, Irish coffee ( https://youtu.be/VcGBRy6fn6M), whatever he could get his hands on. His love for coffee was only rivaled by a few things, among them, was whiks(e)y. He drank all sorts of whisk(e)y: Irish, Canadian Rye, Tennessee whiskey, but in particular Scotch and Bourbon.
On more than one occasion he combined his two favorite beverages. He had a little nip of Bourbon in his morning coffee in The Living Daylights. And he also made up a little pick me up juice for an assassination mission in For Your Eyes Only. He combined 3 parts whiskey to 1 part coffee in a thermos and drank it throughout his mission. He also used it to in an attempt to sterilize a bullet wound in the arm of his accidental assassination accomplice, Judy Havelock, after she was shot.
Unfortunately, Bond’s mixture of room-temperature, undiluted 3:1 Bourbon and coffee is not the greatest drink. Fortunately—and coincidentally—Bond’s recipe was improved 43-years later by Bay-Area bartender and founder of Prizefighter in Emeryville, Jon Santer, when he came up with the Revolver.
The drink was conceived to be made with non-archaic ingredients so that it could be easily replicated by other bars and home-bartenders. It was originally made with Bulleit Bourbon (hence the name) and Tia Maria Coffee Liqueur. I love this drink with my favorite coffee liqueur, St. George NOLA Coffee Liqueur. It's made from coffee and chicory cold brewed in 95% alcohol then mixed in a 4:1 ratio with regular coffee and chicory cold brew (in other words with water) then lightly sweetened. There is sweetness in this coffee liqueur, but it is one of the least sweet coffee liqueurs out there. So, the drink is intended to be a little sweeter.
The original Bourbon used was Bulleit, which is a high-rye Bourbon. Bourbons are made with mostly corn, some rye and a little malted barley. The ones with a mash bill over 18% rye, are considered high-rye, which are often characterized with more of a spicy character than Bourbons with lower rye or no rye (wheated Bourbons). If you only have a wheated Bourbon at home, you might want to consider subbing in a Rye for this drink.
One of James Bond’s favorite Bourbons was Old Granddad. In Diamonds Are Forever and Live and Let Die, he practically drank his weight in Old Granddad. So, that’s the Bourbon I like to use for Bond drinks. Luckily, for this drink, Old Granddad is also a high-rye Bourbon. In fact it’s a very similar mash bill. Both with approximately 27%-28% rye. Not to mention, it’s a really solid Bourbon and makes a great Revolver.
The Revolver is a modern and delicious riff on a classic Manhattan ( https://youtu.be/pu3lWPjaLJI)—well, a Manhattan made with Bourbon anyway. And it’s similar to a Black Watch ( https://youtu.be/q9Vqc0T1dOg). But it makes great use of that bottle of coffee liqueur you bought to make White Russians ( https://youtu.be/FsBmI5v5xbs) while hosting a little home Lebowskifest. It also, by kismet, happened to be a more palatable version of an original James Bond concoction. Enjoy!
Recipe:
2 oz Bourbon
0.5 oz Coffee Liqueur
1 dash Orange Bitters
flamed Orange Twist
Stir with ice. Strain into chilled Nick & Nora glass. Garnish with a flamed orange twist.
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The Heist by Auracle
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