Here in the South, we LOVE our cocktails. Every Friday we like to share a new Southern Traditional, Southern-Created or Southern-Inspired Cocktail Recipe that we know you will enjoy.
Today’s Southern Cocktail, a riff on the popular Negroni is the Boulevardier Cocktail which substitutes bourbon for the gin – making it Southern and far more delicious.
Southern Cocktail #10 is Boulevardier Cocktail
The Boulevardier cocktail was first concocted by Erskine Gwynne, an American socialite with ties to the Vanderbilts. As was normal for the ultra rich and upper class of the early 20th century, Gwynne expatriated to Paris. Once there he founded a literary magazine he call Boulevardier. It was described in an early advertisement as best “read before, between and after cocktails.”
The Boulevardier cocktail surely followed shortly after.
It is first mentioned in Scottish bartender Harry McElhone’s 1927 recipe collection, Bar Flies and Cocktails, and credited to Gwynne.
The drink’s close relationship to the ever-popular Negroni has led to its recent rediscovery and increasing popularity.
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Boulevardier Cocktail Recipe
A riff on the Negroni, the Boulevardier cocktail substitutes bourbon for the gin - making it Southern and far more delicious.
Yield: 1
Materials
- 1 ounce Bourbon
- 1 ounce Sweet Vermouth
- 1 ounce Campari
Instructions
- Stir all ingredients in an ice-filled mixing glass.
- Strain into a chilled glass.
- Garnish with an Orange Twist and Cherry (Be fancy, like I did for the photo, or just throw them in. It's all good.)
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Recipe created by Erskine Gwynne and courtesy of Imbibe Magazine, Issue #75, Sep/Oct 2018, page 22. Information courtesy of Imbibe Magazine. Additional Information Courtesy of Wikipedia and is used by permission.
