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Pioneer Spirit

2 ds Bitters, Angostura
1 bsp Orgeat
1 1⁄2 oz Rye, Whistlepig 10
1⁄2 oz Apple brandy, Lairds 7.5
1 twst Orange peel (as garnish)
Instructions

Build in order in a double Old Fashioned glass with a large ice cube. Twist peel over top and garnish.

Cocktail summary
Created by
The Raines Law Room
Year
2012
Is an
authentic recipe
Reference

http://www.foodrepublic.com/2012/01/13/pioneer-spirit-old-fashioned-coc…

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Comments
bza commented on 1/14/2012:

Laird's makes a 7 and 1/2 year apple brandy (not applejack - though I believe their bonded is also technically an apple brandy?). I assume that's what they are referring to here.

Zachary Pearson commented on 1/15/2012:

OK, I figured this out, and curated this somewhat. Naming convention within KC is to simply have the numerical year after the product, so El Dorado 5, Lagavulin 16. I changed the Whistlepig to Whistlepig 10 to reflect that. 

Laird's makes an applejack (GNS + apple brandy) without an age statement. They also make a BIB apple brandy, a 7.5 year and a 12 year. So... either this is meant to be applejack without an age statement, or the ingredient should be changed to apple brandy. I chose to keep the applejack, and removed the age statement. By the way, Food Republic (the source) has it wrong, not the poster.

lesliec commented on 3/21/2017:

Quite thin and 'hot'. One bsp of simple syrup helps a lot.

yarm commented on 12/10/2024:

Missing a big ice cube and a stir step in the instructions here. The source article includes the cube but no instructions (but that should be obvious).

Shawn C commented on 12/11/2024:

Food Republic (website reference) must have giant barspoons. Recipe said, "1 barspoon (.8 ounces)". Not sure what they were going for, might have been half a barspoon which is 1/12 oz and rounds to 0.08 oz. However, the full barspoon/teaspoon makes more sense based on the heat level.

yarm commented on 12/11/2024:

I assumed it was a reporter screwing up 1/8 oz.

I made this last night with 1 tsp (1/6 oz) orgeat (which is the way it appears in the Idlewild recipe set) and both bonded spirits, and it needed a little extra simple to get the heat down and put the bitters into balance more (a fat 1/8 oz/thin 1/4 oz).