Derby recipe

The Derby, otherwise known as the sour-style Derby, was first published in the Bartender’s Guide in 1947, but nothing much else is known about the cocktail.

  • 2 mins total
  • 5 ingredients
  • Cocktail glass

This combines lime and orange flavours, which are blended perfectly with Bourbon and Vermouth to produce something magical.

Recipe card

Derby

Prep
1 min
Making
1 min
Total
2 mins
Serves
1
Glass
Cocktail glass

Ingredients

Drinks

Makes 1 drink.

Method

  1. Add ice, bourbon, sweet vermouth, triple sec, and lime juice to a cocktail shaker.
  2. Shake well.
  3. Strain into cocktail glass.
  4. Garnish with a wedge of lime.
Kris Barton, founder of ThatCocktail, enjoying a cocktail

About the author

Kris Barton

Kris has been making, and sometimes inventing, cocktails for more than 20 years, and founded ThatCocktail in 2019 to share quick and easy recipes you can make at home.

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