Boulevardier

Yield: 1.0 Glass: Rocks glass, 8–10 oz
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Adjust for any number of servings while keeping the ingredient proportions intact.

classic cocktail whiskey bitter stirred seeded
Ingredients
  • 1.5 oz bourbon or rye whiskey
  • 1 oz Campari
  • 1 oz sweet vermouth
  • Orange twist, for garnish
Instructions
Stir with ice and strain into a rocks glass over one large cube.

Behind the drink

A little history

1927 Paris

The Boulevardier was published in Harry MacElhone’s 1927 Barflies and Cocktails and attributed to Erskine Gwynne, an American expatriate who edited a Paris magazine called The Boulevardier.

Boulevardier history