# Bywater

Chris Hannah’s current New Orleans rum-Brooklyn branch joins aged rum to Averna, green alpine herbs, falernum, and two aromatic bitters.

Strength: 37% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 52.5 ml [Aged rum](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/aged-rum.md)
- 22.5 ml [Averna](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/averna.md)
- 15 ml [Green Chartreuse](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/green-chartreuse.md)
- 7.5 ml [Falernum](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/falernum.md)
- 2 dashes [Peychaud’s bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/peychauds-bitters.md)
- 2 dashes [Orange bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/orange-bitters.md)

## Glassware

Coupe glass

## Garnish

- Orange twist — Express the peel oils over the drink and discard the twist.
- Cocktail cherry — Use one good brandied cherry.

## Method

1. Stir all the ingredients with cubed ice until thoroughly chilled and diluted.
2. Fine-strain into a chilled coupe.

## Related drinks

- [100-Year-Old Cigar](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/100-year-old-cigar.md): Aged rum becomes a dark after-dinner drink under Cynar, Bénédictine, peat, bitters, and the lingering aroma of an absinthe-rinsed glass.
- [Right Hand](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/right-hand.md): Aged rum takes bourbon's place beside Campari, sweet vermouth, and mole bitters in Michael McIlroy's warmer, orange-scented companion to the Left Hand.
- [Art of Choke](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/art-of-choke.md): Cynar and rum absorb lime, rich demerara, bitters, and muddled mint in a stirred drink whose fresh ingredients behave nothing like a conventional sour.
- [Black Manhattan](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/black-manhattan.md): A dark, bittersweet Manhattan that replaces vermouth with rich Sicilian Averna.
- [Midnight Mass](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/midnight-mass.md): Joaquín Simó’s lean rum Preakness lets dry Trinidad rum carry wine-dark Cardamaro, a small Bénédictine measure, and deep citrus-spice bitters.
- [Oh, My Word!](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/oh-my-word.md): Sother Teague rebuilds the Last Word without citrus, stirring Old Tom gin, Montenegro, Chartreuse, maraschino, and orange bitters into a lush herbal nightcap.
- [Nuclear Daiquiri](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/nuclear-daiquiri.md): Unaged overproof Jamaican rum, Green Chartreuse, lime, and falernum make Gregor de Gruyther’s equal-parts core ferocious but exact.
- [Three Dots and a Dash](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/three-dots-and-a-dash.md): Donn Beach's wartime victory drink, joining aged agricole and blended rum with honeyed citrus and a precise current of island spice.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bywater
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/bywater-dd84ca09.webp
- Recipe source: https://imbibemagazine.com/recipe/bywater-cocktail/