Name: Cardamom and Banana Vieux Carré
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 22.5 ml Cognac (brandy); 7.5 ml Banana liqueur; 5 ml Cardamom sugar syrup; 4 drop Cardamom bitters; 2 dash Aromatic bitters

Cardamom & Banana Vieux Carré
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Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Ingredients:
³⁄₄ oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
³⁄₄ oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
¹⁄₄ oz	Giffard Banane du Brésil liqueur
¹⁄₆ oz	Cardamom sugar syrup
4 drop	Bob's Cardamom bitters
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

One of those cocktails where the name aptly describes what's in the glass. Spirit-forward and just nudging towards being a tad on the sweet side.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2020 by Anthony Auger at Benne On Eagle restaurant in The Foundry Hotel, Asheville, North Carolina, USA.

Nutrition:

One serving of Cardamom & Banana Vieux Carré contains 141 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
30.38% alc./vol. (30.38° proof)
17.7 grams of pure alcohol

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Giulio Motta

15th January 2024 at 09:55

Not having cardamom bitters (and not having enough will to make some cardamom syrup), I substituted the two by crashing half a pod of cardamom and upping the banana liqueur to slightly less than 15 ml. That made it really nice.