About
This cocktail was created by Michael McIlroy (@attaboy_mcilroy) at Milk & Honey in New York City around 2005 as the companion to Sam Ross’s Left Hand. The structure is nearly identical, but aged rum replaces bourbon and an orange twist takes the place of the cherry. Both drinks were part of Milk & Honey’s “Hand” family and made use of the then-new Bittermens mole bitters. The rum brings caramel, tropical fruit, and spice, while the bitters pull everything toward cocoa and warm baking spice. If the Left Hand is a chocolate-accented Boulevardier, the Right Hand is its richer rum-based counterpart.Cheers y’all!
Ingredients
- 1½ oz · 45 mlaged rum
- ¾ oz · 22.5 mlCampari
- ¾ oz · 22.5 mlsweet vermouth
- 2 dasheschocolate bitters (Bittermens Xocolatl Mole bitters)
- orange peel oil
Method
- 1
Add all ingredients to a mixing glass.
- 2
Add ice and stir until chilled.
- 3
Strain into a rocks glass over large-format ice.
- 4
Express orange peel oil over the surface.
- 5
Garnish with an orange twist.
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