Ross Collins
Recipe:
- 60ml rye whiskey
- 22.5ml fresh lemon juice
- 22.5ml simple syrup
- 3 thin orange slices
- 3 dashes Angostura bitters
- soda water
"Combine the whiskey, lemon juice, simple syrup, 2 of the orange slices and bitters in a cocktail shaker, fill with ice and shake vigorously until the drink is sufficiently chilled. Strain into a Collins glass, top off with club soda and garnish with the remaining orange slice and the brandied cherry."
One of my favorite long drinks from the "Regarding Cocktails"!
Rye whiskey is, as the spiciest and most assertive whisk(e)y category, a little underused in long drinks in my opinion. Some small advice from my side would be to add 2-3 4x4cm zests to the two orange slices in the shaker to get some of the nice bitterness. Otherwise, there is nothing to complain about, the rye comes through nicely, the orange is really just there as a flavoring agent this way, without watering it down too much. The soda stretches efficiently so the flavors can be nicely diffused in the mouth, very tasty.
Source: Regarding Cocktails - Sasha Petraske & Georgette Moger-Petraske, p. 173
