Boulevardier Recipe

Prepare glass

Select an Old Fashioned (rocks) glass. If you prefer the Boulevardier served up, chill a coupe or Nick & Nora glass by filling with ice and water, or place in freezer for several minutes.

Combine ingredients

In a mixing glass or a cocktail shaker without the top, add 1 oz bourbon (or rye), 1 oz Campari, and 1 oz sweet vermouth.

Add ice and stir

Fill the mixing glass with large ice cubes until nearly full. Stir gently but thoroughly for 20–30 seconds (about 15–20 revolutions) until the mixture is well chilled and slightly diluted. The exterior of the mixing glass should feel cold and slightly frosted.

Strain

Discard the ice/water from your chilled serving glass if you chilled it. Using a julep or Hawthorne strainer, strain the chilled cocktail into the Old Fashioned glass over one large ice cube (for on-the-rocks) or into the chilled coupe (for up) without ice.

Garnish and finish

Express the oils of an orange peel by holding it skin-side down above the drink and giving it a firm twist to spray oils across the surface. Rim the glass with the peel, then drop it into the drink as garnish.

Serve

Serve immediately. Cocktail yields one generous serving.