Whiskey Cocktails: Bourbon

Brown Derby

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Ingredients

2 oz. Buffalo Trace Bourbon

0.75 oz. Fresh grapefruit juice

0.75 oz. Honey syrup

Garnish

none

Preparation

Combine all ingredients in a shaker and add ice. Shake hard. Fine strain into a coupe glass.

Cocktail Story

The star cocktail to emerge from the Vendome Club, owned by Hollywood Reporter founder Billy Wilkerson,the Brown Derby was named after a chain of iconic Derby hat-shaped diners once located throughout Los Angeles - one of which was near the Vendome. In its heyday, the Vendome Club was the epicenter of Hollywood gossip and off-screen drama. While patrons likely frequented the Vendome to see and be seen rather than sample cocktails, the Brown Derby’s bittersweet mix of honey and grapefruit became an instant classic, earning its appearance in 1933’s Hollywood Cocktails.