Name: Prince of Wales
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 Demerara / dark Muscovado / brown sugar; 2 Angostura or other aromatic bitters; 15 ml Cognac (brandy); 15 ml Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur; Brut champagne or sparkling wine

Serve in a

Flute glass

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist

How to make:

RUB sugar cube with lemon zest, coat with dashes of bitters and drop cube into chilled glass. POUR chilled cognac and liqueur over soaked cube and TOP with chilled champagne.

1 cube	Demerara / dark Muscovado / brown sugar
2 dash	Angostura or other aromatic bitters
1/2 fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
1/2 fl oz	Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur
Top up with	Brut champagne or sparkling wine
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