Revolver
ClassicBourbon and coffee liqueur, stirred and flamed — a modern coffee Manhattan.
Rich and spirituous. Bourbon's vanilla-and-oak warmth meets the dark, roasted bitterness of coffee liqueur, with orange bitters and a flamed peel lifting the whole thing with citrus oil. Deep, faintly sweet and grown-up — a Manhattan for coffee lovers.
Ingredients
- 2 oz Bourbon
- 0.5 oz Coffee Liqueur
- 2 dashes Orange Bitters
- Flamed orange peel · optional garnish
Method
- 1
Add every ingredient to a mixing glass with ice.
- 2
Stir until well chilled.
- 3
Strain into a chilled coupe.
- 4
Flame an orange peel over the surface and drop it in.
The Story
The Revolver was created in the mid-2000s by San Francisco bartender Jon Santer, a barrel-aged riff on the Manhattan that swaps the vermouth for coffee liqueur and the aromatic bitters for orange. It became a signature of the city's craft-cocktail revival and one of the era's most-copied modern classics — proof that coffee belongs in a spirit-forward, stirred drink, not just a shaken one.
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