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Cardamom & Banana Vieux Carré

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

Difford’s Guide

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Ingredients
³⁄₄ fl oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Giffard Banane du Brésil liqueur
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Cardamom sugar syrup
4 drop	Cardamom bitters
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

How to make

Glass

Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

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 Cardamom & Banana Vieux Carré contains 141 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
30.31% alc./vol. (60.61° proof)
17.7 grams of pure alcohol

History

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

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.

Giffard Banane du Brésil 750ml - makes 100 cocktails
$37.99 $0.38 per cocktail Giffard Banane du Brésil image

Angostura Aromatic Bitters 120ml - makes 192 cocktails
$13.99 $0.07 per cocktail Angostura Aromatic Bitters image

$0.45 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 100 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Giulio Motta 2y

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.

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