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
Makes 1 drink.
Method
- Add ice, bourbon, sweet vermouth, triple sec, and lime juice to a cocktail shaker.
- Shake well.
- Strain into cocktail glass.
- Garnish with a wedge of lime.
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