Left Hand / Right Hand Cocktail

Name: Left Hand / Right Hand Cocktail
Yield: 10
Cuisine: American

Recipe: Sam Ross & Michael McIlroy , Milk & Honey / Attaboy , New York City

Photo: Eric Medsker

September 01, 2026

Two iconic Boulevardier riffs from Milk & Honey.

Before there was Attaboy there was Milk & Honey, the influential cocktail bar where Sam Ross (Left Hand) and Michael McIlroy (Right Hand) made these companion cocktails around 2005 as part of a “Hand” family. Simple takes on the Boulevardier, these cocktails tapped the flavor power of the then-new mole chocolate bitters.

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz. bourbon (for the Left Hand) or aged rum (for the Right Hand)
3/4 oz. sweet vermouth
3/4 oz. Campari
2 dashes mole chocolate bitters

Tools:barspoon, strainer
Glass:coupe (Left Hand) or rocks (Right Hand)
Garnish:cherry (Left Hand) or orange twist (Right Hand)

Preparation

Stir all of the ingredients with ice, then, for the Left Hand, strain into a chilled coupe and garnish. For the Right Hand, strain into a rocks glass over a large cube (or optionally serve up), and garnish.