Name: Trilby Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz Bourbon; 3/4 oz Sweet Vermouth; 2 dashes Orange Bitters

Why it works: Vermouth and orange work together. They rank in the top 25% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 83 recipes. Both carry linalool, which smells floral, citrus. The science ↓

Trilby Cocktail

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz Bourbon
3/4 oz Sweet Vermouth
2 dashes Orange Bitters

Directions

Stir with ice.
Strain into cocktail glass.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Vermouth + orangetop 25% of all pairs

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Cooked together83 recipes

Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

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What each ingredient does

Bourbon: Provides the spirit base and most of the drink's warm, whiskey character.
Sweet vermouth: Adds sweetness and herbal depth that balances the bourbon's strength.
Orange bitters: Adds aromatic citrus and spice notes that tie the bourbon and vermouth together.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.