Southern Discomfort

1 1⁄4 oz Bourbon, Buffalo Trace
1 3⁄4 oz Blood Orange Juice
3⁄4 oz Aperol
2 ds Rhubarb bitters, Brooklyn Hemispherical Bitters Rhubarb
Instructions

Stir with ice, serve up garnished with a sprig of mint

History

Named for its association with wife's Book Club meeting, for which this was concocted. The Book o' the Month was a murder mystery with Southern connections (Gone Girl by GIllian Flynn).

Cocktail summary
Year
2013
Is the
author's original creation
Reference

Adapted from http://rosemarried.com/2013/03/05/blood-orange-bourbon-cocktail/

Curator
Not yet rated
Average
3.5 stars
(6 ratings)
YieldsDrink
Cocktail Book
Log in or sign up to start building your Cocktail Book.
From other users
  • No brainer - you can't go wrong with fresh blood orange juice. I upped the bourbon a little and made it a bit less juicy. — ★★★★
  • Used Buffalo Trace, Fee's Rhubarb bitters and freshly squeezed Blood Oranges. Found it to taste medicinal. Buffalo Trace was wasted on this one. Perhaps will try less Aperol and a single dash of bitters before we abandon i — ★★
Similar cocktails
  • Tallahassee — Whiskey, Aperol, Raspberry liqueur, Blood Orange Juice, Lime juice, Simple syrup, Blood orange peel
  • Calvados Cocktail — Calvados, Triple sec, Orange bitters, Orange juice
Comments

Made this with equal parts Bourbon, Blood Orange Juice, and Aperol, with a few dashes of Angostura bitters. Really good.