Ingredients
- 4.5 oz Coffee (black)
- 2 oz Bourbon Whiskey
- .5 o Maple Syrup
Instructions
- Brew a pot of coffee and let chill until cold,
- Add 4.5 oz of Coffee, Bourbon and Maple Syrup into a cocktail shaker with ice.
- Shake until chilled and foamy and strain into your cocktail glass with ice.
Estimated Nutrition:
Where the name comes from
Bartender named-after-Batman drinks have been around since the 2010s. The Bruce Wayne version of the hot bourbon coffee fits the character. Dark, brooding, no nonsense, no decoration.
It is part of the broader hot-coffee-cocktail category that includes the Irish Coffee, the Spanish Coffee and the Karsk. Bourbon plus coffee plus a sweetener is the universal template.
What it tastes like
Bitter coffee on the lead, vanilla bourbon on the mid, maple sweetness on the finish. The maple is what makes the drink. Sugar would taste flat in the same role.
Strong coffee is non-negotiable. Anything less than a strong filter or a long pull espresso and the bourbon takes over.
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Ingredient Spotlight
The bottles that make or break this drink.
The bourbon
- Use
- Buffalo Trace, Wild Turkey 101 or Maker Mark
- Why
- You want a bold bourbon that holds up against coffee
The coffee
- Use
- Strong filter or a long espresso
- Skip
- Instant coffee, the drink goes thin
The maple
- Use
- Real Grade A maple syrup
- Skip
- Maple-flavoured pancake syrup, it is corn syrup with colouring
What if I don't have…
Quick substitutions for when the bottle shop is closed.
Rye whiskey or even Scotch. Drink stays in shape.
Brown sugar simple syrup or Demerara syrup.
Double the bourbon and cut the coffee.
Top with cream and a dust of cinnamon. Now it is closer to Irish Coffee.
Both work. Pour over ice in a rocks glass for an iced version.
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