Trois Rivières

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (8 ratings)

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 23 oz Canadian blended whisky
12 oz Dubonnet/French rouge aromatised wine
14 oz Cointreau triple sec liqueur
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10

Review:

Similar to a Quebec cocktail and indeed Trois-Rivières is a Canadian city in the province of Quebec.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Stanley M. Jones' 1977 Jones' Complete Bar Guide.

TROIS RIVIERIES
Cocktail Glass Stir
1-3/4 oz Canadian whisky
½ oz Dubonnet
¼ oz Cointreau
Orange peel

Stanley M. Jones, 1977

Alcohol content:

  • 1.4 standard drinks
  • 27.39% alc./vol. (27.39° proof)
  • 19.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Andy Parnell-Hopkinson’s Avatar Andy Parnell-Hopkinson
26th March 2022 at 17:54
Yum. Forgotten I'd polished off my Dubonnet (funny how that happens) so substituted with Picon. Worked a treat.