Name: Sir Knight
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Cognac (brandy); 22.5 ml Triple sec; 22.5 ml Chartreuse Green; 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Sir Knight
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Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
³⁄₄ oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
³⁄₄ oz	Cointreau triple sec liqueur
³⁄₄ oz	Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
Prepare garnish of orange or lemon zest twist (classically lemon).
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS lemon or orange zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Don't be tempted by bartending convention to stir this late night sipping cocktail, it's classically shaken and all the better for it.

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Variant:

Knight Cocktail

History:

Adapted from a recipe in the 1938 book The How And When by Hyman Gale and Gerald F. Marco.

Sir Knight Cocktail.
⅓ Cognac
⅓ Cointreau
⅓ Chartreuse
2 drops Angostura Bitters
Shake well
Strain into Cocktail Glass
Twist Lemon Peel over top
Serve
Hyman Gale and Gerald F. Marco, The How And When, 1938

Nutrition:

One serving of Sir Knight contains 182 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
33.09% alc./vol. (33.09° proof)
22.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Alec Critten

3rd April at 18:21

Not bad but not my favourite - I can't fault it too much since I like all of the ingredients. It's a bit too sweet (though I definitely feel the distinct warming sensation of the Chartreuse)

gideon black

23rd June 2024 at 18:08

I like this, I think it's too sweet but it is balanced out a little by the herbal chartreuse and how strong it is. I think adding a little cherry liquor (maraschino, herring etc) would work to balance it more.

Jose Cruz

26th November 2023 at 04:30

Not sweet, very boozy drink.

Alan Z

7th October 2023 at 08:05

I agree that is too sweet, not my taste.

Could've used some acid or dry element to balance it out.

Overall not bad, and really good color given that is shaken has a nice effect of hazy to clear overtime.