Name: Près du Quai
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Aged Jamaican rum; 22.5 ml Bourbon whiskey; 22.5 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 10 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 2 dash Creole bitters; 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Près du Quai
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Photographed in an UB Koto Old Fashioned 30cl

Ingredients:
³⁄₄ oz	Jamaican aged blended rum with funk
³⁄₄ oz	Bourbon whiskey
³⁄₄ oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
¹⁄₃ oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
2 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

We discovered the use of rum in place of cognac in a Vieux Carré thanks to a comment by Collin Westgate on our Vieux Carré page saying that he'd discovered how good this cocktail is with aged dark Jamaican rum after running out of cognac. This was followed by a comment by Roberto Brazzo saying he also prefers rum and refers to them as a 'Près du Quai', "since we moved away from the Vieux Carré 'old square' to a more nautical 'by the docks' or 'near the wharf'." We thank Collin and Roberto for suggesting such a tasty and appropriately named cocktail.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Près du Quai contains 169 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
27.19% alc./vol. (27.19° proof)
21.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Caspian Berggren

13th March at 16:17

Really nice take on the Vieux Carre. It's softer than the original but with warmer spices. I'll certainly make this again.

Calvin Grant

28th February at 02:21

Very very VERY good! Myers's and Jack, Cocchi Storico. Angostura and Peychaud's. Plus the lemon wisps. I
couldn't set this down! ☆☆☆☆☆♡

G. M. Genovese

13th June 2024 at 14:34

First sip was off-putting, but it settled in soon enough. Did not have Benedictine (and this prompting me to restock), so I used a 1:1 split of Licor 43 and PF Dry Curacao, a combo which is way fruitier. That's possibly the 'off-flavor' here... But the Myers's and Four Roses went surprisingly well together... I'll be back.

Chris Brislawn

31st January 2024 at 04:15

I upped the rum and whiskey to 1 oz each and it was still plenty sweet. This definitely belongs on your New Orleans Cocktails page, probably as a "Classic" (stylistically) even though it appears to be relatively new.

Jeremy Harrold

20th August 2023 at 06:35

Easy to like and drink. Sweeter than I expected with balanced and rounded spirit flavours. A touch of red fruit, bitter orange, honey, herbs and occasional aniseed. Very nice.

John Hinojos

20th August 2023 at 00:05

Made with Hamilton Black Pot Stilled Rum. Being that rum is my favourite alcohol, I loved this cocktail. Bold rum flavour with hints from the Benedictine and Bourbon. An absolute winner.

Andy Prior

18th August 2023 at 21:56

Made this with a 5 year Plantation Rum. Very balanced and different. It’s like a Manhattan on an island. Will make again with a darker stronger rum to see what that’s like. This is great cocktail to play with different rims and whiskeys!

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson

18th August 2023 at 20:50

Tremendous. Possibly even better than the classic.

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