Billionaire Cocktail

Adapted from Speakeasy by Jason Kosmas and Dushan Zaric

This Employees Only take on the Prohibition classic Millionaire was named the Billionaire “because of inflation and the fact that ours is a ‘richer’ cocktail,” the authors quip. While their version uses house-made grenadine, Kala Brooks of Top of the Monk in Asheville, North Carolina, puts her own spin on the drink by swapping in bittersweet Campari for grenadine: “The amaro, fresh lemon and overproof whiskey, dance nicely with the absinthe bitters,” she notes. “It doesn’t even taste like Campari anymore, it’s so weird!”

Ingredients

Serving: 1

  • 2 ounces overproof bourbon, preferably Baker’s 107 Proof
  • 2 ounces overproof bourbon, preferably Baker’s 107 Proof
  • 1 ounce lemon juice
  • 1 ounce lemon juice
  • 1/2 ounce simple syrup
  • 1/2 ounce simple syrup
  • 1/2 ounce Campari
  • 1/2 ounce Campari
  • 1/4 ounce absinthe bitters (see Editor’s Note)
  • 1/4 ounce absinthe bitters (see Editor’s Note)

Garnish: lemon wheel

Directions
  1. Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass over ice and stir until chilled.
  2. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
  3. Garnish with lemon wheel.
Editor's Note

Absinthe Bitters:
3 cups Pernod 68 absinthe
½ cup green Chartreuse
1 teaspoon Peychaud’s bitters
1 teaspoon Angostura bitters
2 tablespoons mint bitters, preferably Fee Brothers

Combine all ingredients and funnel into a bottle, cover or cork and gently turn it upside down three times to blend thoroughly. Store at room temperature. Will keep indefinitely.

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