MB Cocktail Contest: Brian Lee vs. Bryan Swanson

Brian Lee Ingredients:1 oz blended Scotch (I like Famous Grouse) 1/2 oz Cointreau 1/2 oz ruby Port 1/2 oz lemon juice 1/4 oz Benedictine 2 dashes orange bitters (I used Fee Bros. West Indian but Regan's would be just as good) Instructions: 1) Mix all in a shaking tin. 2) Fill tin with ice. 3) Shake until your hands are numb. 4) Pour into a pre-chilled cocktail glass. 5) Garnish with a flamed orange peel (warm the peel with a flame to release the oils, rub it around the rim of the glass, then squeeze the peel so the oils spray through the flame and into the cocktail). |
Bryan Swanson Ingredients:2 oz Bulleit bourbon 1 oz Berentzen Apfelkorn 1/8 oz Laphroaig 10-year scotch 2 dashes Angostura bitters Instructions: Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass filled with ice. Stir vigorously for 20-30 seconds. Strain into ice-filled rocks glass. |
Winner: Bryan Swanson
Score: 4-1
Game Summary: Lee's cocktail was too one-note and tasted a little like a purple Sunny D. Swanson didn't win rather than Lee lost.
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