Brown Derby

The brown derby, originally called the "de rigueur" in cocktail books, is a three-ingredient cocktail that was named after the brown derby hat-shaped los angeles diner. it consists of bourbon, grapefruit juice, and honey syrup. the cocktail was created at the hollywood reporter founder billy wilkerson's vendôme club on sunset boulevard in 1930. the brown derby is considered a brunch cocktail in that it is "tart enough to wake up the palate, but not tangy enough to jolt". it has also been described as "an edgy riff on a daiquiri" and "wholly unlike most popular whiskey cocktails in that it comes across as light and fresh." one advantage of the brown derby is that its ingredients are easy t...

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