Although the Big Lebowski helped to re-popularize the White Russian around 1998, the Cohen Brothers nor Jeff Lebowski himself were responsible for the creation of this Cocktail. Let’s take a look at where it actually comes from.

This one dates all the way back to 1949 when Bartender Gustav Tops created the cocktail, along with it’s counterpart the Black Russian ( a White Russian without any cream) at the Hotel Metropole in Brussels in honor of Perle Mesta who was then the US Ambassador to Luxembourg.

In this episode I decided to reconstruct the White Russian, using some craft ingredients and giving it a little bit slicker appearance. I want to stress that I am not advertising for the brands I use in the video, I use them because I stand by them as quality spirits that maybe some of you have yet to try.

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White Russian

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Servings 1 Cocktail

Ingredients

 

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• 2 oz Vodka
• 1 oz Coffee Liqueur
• .25 oz Simple Syrup
• Top Hand Whipped Heavy Cream

Instructions

 

• Add ice to rocks glass
• Add ingredients to glass
• Stir until chilled
• Top with Hand Whipped Heavy Cream (see below for heavy cream)

Notes

Add heavy cream to squeeze bottle and add coil from Hawthorne strainer and shake until it stay as a bead on your finger.

If you want your cream to be a little more complex infuse with

.25oz(7.5ml) Irish Cream
25oz (7.5ml) Creme de Cacao

 

Keyword coffee liqueur, kahlua, Vodka, white russian