Name: Atomic Cocktail
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Vodka; 30 ml Cognac (brandy); 5 ml Amontillado sherry; 37.5 ml Brut sparkling wine

Ingredients

1 fl oz

Ketel One Vodka

1 fl oz

Cognac (brandy)

1/6 fl oz

Lustau Amontillado Los Arcos Sherry

1 1/4 fl oz

Brut champagne/sparkling wine

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

STIR first 3 ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into chilled glass.

TOP with sparkling wine.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Atomic Cocktail contains 163 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
22.61% alc./vol. (45.21° proof)
23.2 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Amontillado sherry, Brut champagne/sparkling wine — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Created in the early 1950s in Las Vegas, USA, then known as the "Atomic City" due to its proximity to the Nevada Test Site (NTS), just 65 miles north of the city. Between 1951 and 1992, NTS was America's leading nuclear weapons test site, with mushroom clouds easily seen up to 100 miles away, leading to increased tourism to Las Vegas. Throughout the 1950s into the early 1960s, the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce capitalized on the nuclear tests and the spectacle of nuclear clouds and flashes. Casinos hosted "dawn parties" and created atomic-themed cocktails, including this one.

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Comments & Discussion

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Vince Whitacre 21w

A lot of cocktails you can get by (even though they might be lesser) without the garnish. This one NEEDS the lemon oil expressed over it to bring the whole thing together. I tasted before and after, and it's a whole new drink.

Juliana Scheifele 34w

Boozy but wonderfully light with umami that stays around just long enough to relish. Freaky and delightful. Substitutions were with Spanish Brandy and Cava. I'll be enjoying this for a while.

Peter Barth 1y

coming down from a sloe fizz and celebration - i gotta say - this is a mean dry cocktail! love it.

WM Bernard 2y

dry but not austere. my go-to when I am in a mood for something serious and toeing the edge of mean. like my mood. then it blooms into satisfaction. I adjust using different wines, from brut to demi-sec and love each of the variations. I also use a smooth but not overly fruity brandy, or herbal vodka or a golden semi-dry sherry to a good quality oaked sherry or even Dry Sack. All good results and effective to get the job done.

Sandrine Mazoyer 2y

Taste like a young blend scotch whisky without the garnish

Herbert Brant 3y

I wanted to like this cocktail, but I must say that the boozy quality was overpowering, and there wasn't much flavor or character to it. All I tasted was boozy alcohol.

The Vodka could not hold up the cocktail, so I might consider substituting it for a base of Bourbon or Rye —which I think might blend more nicely with the Cognac, the Sherry, and Champagne.