“Dude” Cocktail

I got the idea for this odd-but-delightful deconstructed drink from “Cocktail Bill” Boothby’s 1890s book, American Bar-Tender. Though this source comes over forty years after the gold rush began, it’s a testament to how San Francisco remained a locus of cocktail culture and has remained so, though not necessarily continually, to this day. I based this on Boothby’s Dude Cocktail, which is a simple sweet soda or lemon soda laced with lime juice and crème de vanille.

INGREDIENTS

For cocktail:
1 oz. bourbon
1 barspoon vanilla syrup
3 dashes Peychaud’s bitters

For soda back:
1 oz. pineapple cordial
¾ oz. lemon juice
3 oz. club soda

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ABV LEVEL

In a mixing glass, stir bourbon, vanilla syrup, and Peychaud’s bitters with ice. Strain into a single rocks glass over fresh ice. Build soda in a small, but tall, glass (i.e. an 8-oz. juice glass) and serve with a straw.