Name: Port Wine Cocktail
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 75 ml Tawny port; 37.5 ml Cognac (brandy); 2 dash Aromatic bitters; 1 dash Orange bitters

Port Wine Cocktail
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
2 ¹⁄₂ oz	Cockburn's Tawny Eyes Port
1 ¹⁄₄ oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

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How to make:

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

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Tawny port - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Port and brandy served straight-up and dressed up.

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History:

A classic from the early 1900s.

A recipe for a "Port Wine Cocktail" appears in Frank Newman's 1900 French book American-Bar Recettes des Boissons Anglaises & Américaines.

PORT WINE COCKTAIL
Verre n° 5
Prendre un verre à mélange n° 1, quatre ou cinq petits morceaux de glace:
3 traits d'angostura,
2 traits d'orange bitter.
Finir avec porto rouge ou blanc;
remuer, passer, verser, servir.

Which translates as:
Glass #5
Take a #1 mixing glass, four or five small pieces of ice:
3 dashes of angostura,
2 dashes of orange bitters.
Finish with red or white port;
stir, strain, pour, serve.
Frank Newman, American-Bar Recettes des Boissons Anglaises & Américaines, 1900

Nutrition:

One serving of Port Wine Cocktail contains 203 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
20.56% alc./vol. (20.56° proof)
23.3 grams of pure alcohol

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C1um5yBar5teward

6th January at 20:38

I buy one bottle of Tawny Port every year (Christmas time) and have until now never been able to finish more than 2 thirds (at most) of a bottle but more often than not only half a bottle. Glad to discover a new delicious way to drink it that might make it more appealing to those that don't like either ingredients on their own. I will now be looking for other recipes and hopefully can get other family members to help prevent wastage at Christmas.

Chris

25th September 2023 at 18:55

Wonder if I can fact check something… when I was trained I got told to pour the brandy and then provide the customer with the port bottle to let them decide on the measure to their taste preference. Obviously open to abuse but perhaps customers were trustworthy back in the day. Can anyone confirm?