Angels Envy Recipe
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Ingredients
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Whiskey Base
Sweetening & Flavor
Bitters & Aromatics
Ice & Tools
Method
Whiskey Base
- 1
Measure whiskey
Measure 2 oz rye or bourbon whiskey and pour it into a chilled mixing glass or shaker.
Sweetening & Flavor
- 2
Add syrups and liqueur
Add 0.25 oz maple syrup (or 0.25 oz simple syrup) and 0.25 oz dry curaçao (or Cointreau) to the mixing glass with the whiskey.
Bitters & Aromatics
- 3
Add bitters
Add 2 dashes of Angostura bitters to the mixing glass.
- 4
- 5
Prepare glass & strain
Place one large ice cube into a rocks glass. Using a Hawthorne or julep strainer, strain the chilled cocktail from the mixing glass into the rocks glass over the large ice cube.
- 6
Garnish
Express an orange peel over the drink by holding it over the glass and giving it a firm squeeze to release oils, then run the peel around the rim and drop it into the drink.
Serve
- 7
Serve immediately. Sip and enjoy the whiskey-forward profile with citrus and maple highlights. Adjust sweetness by increasing or decreasing the maple/simple syrup by 0.125–0.25 oz on future pours if desired.