Brown derby cocktail
January 7, 2009
This cocktail was created at the Vendome Club circa 1930 to honor its Hollywood neighbor, the famed Brown Derby restaurant. The restaurant is gone, and its hat-shaped building has been demolished, but the Brown Derby Cocktail lives on.
MAKES 1 DRINK
2 ounces Jim Beam
1 ounces fresh grapefruit juice
½ ounce honey
Add all ingredients to mixing glass. Add ice and shake well. Strain into ice-filled highball glass.
Bridget Albert
