Name: Cardamom & Banana Vieux Carré
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Whiskey - Rye whiskey (100 proof / 50% alc./vol.); 22.5 ml Cognac (brandy); 7.5 ml Crème de banane liqueur; 5 ml Cardamom syrup; 4 Cardamom bitters; 2 Angostura or other aromatic bitters

Serve in an

Old-fashioned glass

Photographed in an

UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass (preferably over a chunk of block ice).

3/4 fl oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof / 50% alc./vol.)
3/4 fl oz	Rémy Martin 1738 Cognac
1/4 fl oz	Giffard Banane du Brésil liqueur
1/6 fl oz	Cardamom sugar syrup
4 drop	Bob's Cardamom bitters
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
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Rittenhouse bottled-in-bond straight rye whiskey, 70cl

£ 43.45 £ 1.40 per cocktail, makes 31 Rémy Martin 1738 Cognac, 70cl

£ 53.25 £ 1.72 per cocktail, makes 31 Giffard Banane du Brésil liqueur, 70cl

£ 19.45 £ 0.21 per cocktail, makes 93 Bob's Cardamom bitters, 10cl

£ 13.45 £ 0.05 per cocktail, makes 250

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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.

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 142 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
32.66% alc./vol. (65.32° proof)
19 grams of pure alcohol

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