We're diving into the archives today at Cocktail College as we resurface an episode and cocktail we think you might have missed first go around: The American Trilogy. We're exploring it with the Applejack-based drink's co-creator, and owner of New York’s Dutch Kills bar and Hundredweight Ice Company, Richie Boccato. Listen on to learn the story behind the American Trilogy and to learn Boccato’s recipe — and don’t forget to like, review, and subscribe!

Richie Boccato’s American Triology Recipe 

Ingredients 

- 1 ounce applejack, such as Laird’s Bottled in Bond 

- 1 ounce rye whiskey, such as Michter’s 

- 1 cube Demerara sugar 

- 2 dashes orange bitters (1:1 mix of Fee Brothers and Regans’) 

- 1 splash soda water 

Directions 

1. Add sugar cube to a chilled Old Fashined glass and saturate with bitters and a splash of soda water. 

2. Crush cube using a muddler and work to form a rough paste. 

3. Add applejack, rye, and a large, singule cube of ice. Stir a few times to incorporate the sugar paste.  

4. Garnish with an orange twist. 

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