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For the batter: Separate 3 eggs into two bowls. Beat the whites with 1/8 tsp. cream of tartar until soft peaks form. Beat the yolks with 1/2 oz. aged rum, then beat in 1 c. superfine sugar, and ground spices (1/8 tsp. each cinnamon, mace, and allspice plus a small pinch of cloves). Fold in the beaten egg whites.

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Bourbon: Tasting the Good Stuff, Neat

This is the eighth installment in a series on Bourbon by Zach Pearson. Read them all: Bourbon, Bourbon After the Act, Bourbon: What it is ... and isn't, Making Bourbon, Who Makes My Bourbon, Producer Capsules., Finding the Good Stuff, Tasting the Good Stuff, Neat, Mashbills, Geeky Information and Resources.

Old Fitzgerald Bonded Bourbon

(100 proof) DSP #1 – Bernheim, bottled DSP 31 – Heaven Hill, bottled 2013? $16

Golden amber color. Candy floss, honey and golden citrus on the nose, not sharp. Typical cream of wheat/plaster of Paris sweetness as well. Oily and slightly viscous, with alcohol burn fading into maple and corn sweetness at first, then more citrus and dusty-wheaty notes. The empty glass smells like bananas. Incredible value, if you like wheat Bourbons and can find it.

Very Old Fitzgerald 12 Year Bourbon

(90 proof), bottled 2009? $30

Moderate amber in color. Creamy nose, vanilla and marzipan, old furniture finish. The decrease is alcohol is evident, but there’s a drag of wood tannins across the front of the palate that takes a moment to turn from furniture shop (e.g. good wood aromatized by hot metal) to the cream of wheat sweetness. There’s some ornamentation of green spicy notes that must be from the wood, and this just feels heavier and more contemplative.

Old Weller Antique Bourbon

(107 proof) $26.50

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Re Not So Good, 17 hours 58 minutes ago fmoehl commented:
I added a q
1/4 oz. Lime and used a Canvas 12y. ****
Re The Sicilian Conquistador, 9 hours 5 minutes ago Mixed up in Na… commented:
Used Planteray dark rum. Didn’t have dell’Etna amaro, Lucano, or Abano; B.T. Parsons’s book, AMARO, described Nardini & Segesta as being light on orange notes; flipped a coin; used Nardini: delicious.
Re Don Draper's Bitter End, 2 days 12 hours ago Shawn C commented:
Good find on that early menu with the drink listed as "The bitter end of Don Draper." Yes, switching to a 90 proof bourbon would cut the heat and reduce the rye pepper as well (although Four Roses does have substantial rye in the blend, probably close to Bulleit Bourbon?) I could see deleting the orange liqueur to test the original recipe. Now I wonder if the ratios are correct or if something was reshuffled to add the orange. Was it a 3 oz or 2.75...or something else? Maybe 2 bourbon, 1/2 Averna, 1/2 Fernet Branca? Or 2 : 3/4 : 1/4?
Re Don Draper's Bitter End, 3 days 2 hours ago noksagt commented:
Fair. Archived menus call for Four Roses Small Batch Bourbon, 90-proof. So: original was lower proof and likely to lean sweeter and less spicy than say BIB rye.
Re Don Draper's Bitter End, 3 days 13 hours ago Shawn C commented:
Tastes differ, but the fact that folks have found the need to add 1/4 oz of Grand Marnier or Dry Curacao to the original recipe is itself a commentary on the dry high ABV nature of the drink, particularly if using 100 proof rye. One of the things I have noticed is that with recipes that are past about 80 proof prior to ice dilution, the alcohol heat often dominates, suppressing other flavors. It can be the difference between a "meh" cocktail like this one, or something I want to have again. FWIW, I generally make Black Manhattan's with 90 proof rye...which is the same as using an ounce each of 100 rye and 80 cognac here. The difference in heat with this recipe is that half the 58 proof Averna is replaced by 80 proof Marnier/Curacao and 78 proof Fernet.