10 Boulevardier Renditions You Need to Make
10 Renditions of my favorite classic cocktail? Yup.
WEEKLY COCKTAIL ROUND-UP | BOULEVARDIERS
Back in 2022, I had 10 Charleston-based bartenders make their most creative take on my favorite classic cocktail: The Boulevardier.I honestly can’t pick a favorite out of the bunch so y’all will just have to try them out for yourselves and let me know. Drop a line below and tell me what you want to see in the next round up, cheers y’all.
VINE LAVARDIER
Recipe by: Koky Lopez
ingredients:
1 oz | 30 ml Bourbon
¾ oz | 22.5 ml Passion Fruit Infused Dry Vermouth
¾ oz | 22.5 ml Campari
1 Orange Twist
insTRUCTIONS:
Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass with ice. Stir for 10 seconds. Strain and pour over a crystal clear ice cube. Express an orange peel over the glass. Serve and Enjoy!
THE CLASSIC
ingredients:
1 oz | 30 ml Bourbon
1 oz | 30 ml Campari
1 oz | 30 ml Sweet Vermouth
Orange peel (for garnish)
insTRUCTIONS:
Add tequila, basil leaf, cucumber and jalapeño slices to a shaking tin, lightly muddle. Add all ingredients except garnishes in to the shaking tin and add ice. Shake, strain, pour cocktail into a rocks glass over crushed ice. Garnish with a salted cucumber spear and sprig of basil. Serve and enjoy!
MARE-LY PERFECT RIDE
recipe by : caroline woodruff
ingredients:
1½ oz | 45 ml Bourbon
¾ oz | 22.5 ml Campari
½ oz | 15 ml Sweet Vermouth
½ oz | 15 ml Dry Vermouth
4 Drops Leather Bitters
instructions:
Stir with ice. Serve over big rock. Hay/grass garnish (can elaborate more soon)
CLOUD 9
recipe by : darren fallon
ingredients:
1 oz | 30 ml Bourbon
1 oz | 30 ml Campari
1 oz | 30 ml Cinnamon Infused Blanco Vermouth
¾ oz | 22.5 ml part Lemon Juice
¾ oz | 22.5 ml Part Simple
1 Egg White
Peychaud Bitter and Orange Peel Garnish
instructions:
Dry shake all non-alcohol ingredients together. Add Liquor and wet shake. Double strain into a coupe. Add your garnish and enjoy!
BRULEE BANANA BOULEVARDIER
ingredients:
1½ oz | 45 ml Bourbon
¾ oz | 22.5 ml Campari
½ oz | 15 ml Banana Liqueur
¾ oz | 22.5 ml Amontillado Sherry
Brûlée’d Banana Garnish
inSTRUCTIONS:
Combine all ingredients into a mixing glass. Add ice, stir, pour over clear ice in a rocks glass and garnish with a caramelized banana.
A1A BEACHFRONT
recipe by : anna lazaridis
ingredients:
1 oz | 30 ml Bourbon
1 oz | 30 ml Cappeletti/Aperol Blend
¾ oz | 22.5 ml China-China
1 oz | 30 ml Pineapple Cordial
½ oz | 15 ml Coconut Cream (Coco López)
2 Dashes Orange bitter
inSTRUCTIONS:
Combine all ingredients. Shake. Strain over crushed or pebble ice.
FUNKY COLD MODENA
recipe by : koky lopez
ingredients:
1½ oz | 45 ml Bourbon
1 oz | 30 ml Dry Vermouth
1 oz | 30 ml Campari
3 Dashes Rich Balsamic Vinegar
2 Dashes Orange Bitters
1 Orange Twist
inSTRUCTIONS:
Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass with ice. Stir for 10 seconds. Strain and pour over a crystal clear ice cube. Express an orange peel over the glass. Serve and Enjoy!
BEE-LAVARDIER
recipe by : michael leslie
ingredients:
1 oz | 30 ml Bourbon
¾ oz | 22.5 ml Sweet Vermouth
¾ oz | 22.5 ml Campari
¼ oz | 7.5 ml Honey Liqueur
Amaro Rinse
1 Orange Twist with a Honey Swizzle
inSTRUCTIONS:
Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass with ice. Stir for 10 seconds. Rinse a glass with amaro. Strain and pour over crushed/pebble ice. Express an orange peel over the glass. Garnish with a honey swizzle Serve and Enjoy!
THE QUEEN IS DEAD
recipe by : joy wolters
ingredients:
1 oz | 30 ml Bourbon
1 oz | 30 ml Gin-based Fruit Liqueur (Pimm’s)
1 oz | 30 ml Campari
3 Dashes Orange Bitters
Coconut Water Ice Cubes
1 Blood Orange Wheel
inSTRUCTIONS:
Combine all ingredients except coconut water ice cube and twist in a mixing glass with ice. Stir for 10 seconds. Strain and pour over coconut water ice cube. Garnish with Blood Orange Wheel. Serve and Enjoy!
CHENGDU BOULEVARDIER
recipe by : caroline woodruff
ingredients:
1 oz | 30 ml Bourbon
1 oz | 30 ml Toasted Sesame Sweet Vermouth
1 oz | 30 ml Campari
1 tsp Black/white Sesame Seeds (garnish)
inSTRUCTIONS:
Combine Coopers; Craft, Sichuan pepper-infused bitter aperitif and toasted sesame-infused sweet vermouth in a mixing glass with ice. Stir for 10 seconds. Rim half of a rocks glass with the sesame seed mixture. Strain and pour cocktail into the rocks glass over a crystal clear ice cube. Serve and enjoy!
