Bourbon, stirred

Frisco

Barline 2,h,R

The code is the shorthand off my printed menu; the Key tab decodes every letter.

2 oz Bourbon
1/2 oz Bénédictine

Stir with ice until cold, then strain.

Rocks, iced.

Open in the menu

Taste

Two ounces of bourbon, half an ounce of Bénédictine, nothing else. Honey, baking spice, and herbs against the whiskey. Stirred, rocks with ice. Short, sweet, herbal whiskey.

History

The Frisco first prints in William "Cocktail Bill" Boothby's 1934 The World's Drinks and How to Mix Them as three-quarters of a jigger of whisky and a quarter of Bénédictine, stirred on a lump of ice with a lemon twist and a water chaser. Lucius Beebe repeats it in 1946 as two ounces of bourbon and three-quarters of Bénédictine, up. David Embury, in 1948, allows lemon juice; later books split the drink into a Frisco and a Frisco Sour. This menu keeps Boothby's two-ingredient whiskey and Bénédictine, on bourbon, over ice, no juice and no twist.

Difford's Guide, Frisco Sour

Same shape, other bottles

The Fancy family, with the bottle that changed.

Angel Facegin, apple brandy, and apricot liqueur for bourbon and Bénédictine
Alaskagin and Chartreuse for bourbon and Bénédictine
Casinogin and maraschino liqueur for bourbon and Bénédictine
El Caminomezcal and rye for bourbon
Fancy Freemaraschino liqueur for Bénédictine
Monte Carlorye for bourbon

This is one drink on my home bar's menu. Tick the bottles you own and the menu lists which of all 185 drinks they pour.