Name: Chauncey
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 22.5 ml Gin - Old Tom gin; 22.5 ml Whisk(e)y - Rye whiskey (100 proof / 50% alc./vol.); 22.5 ml Vermouth - Rosso/rouge (sweet) vermouth; 22.5 ml Cognac (brandy); 1 Orange bitters

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

3/4 fl oz	Hayman's Old Tom Gin
3/4 fl oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof / 50% alc./vol.)
3/4 fl oz	Rosso/rouge (sweet) vermouth
3/4 fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
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Review:

A delicious, spilt base, equal parts, Sweet Manhattan-style cocktail suited to late-night sipping.

History:

A pre-Prohibition cocktail from the Big Brass Rail bar of the original Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City, USA. The Chauncey first appears in Albert Stevens Crockett's 1931 Old Waldorf Astoria Bar Days.

CHAUNCEY
Dash of Orange Bitters
One-fourth Tom Gin
One-fourth Whiskey
One-fourth Italian Vermouth
One-fourth Brandy
Stir; strain
Albert Stevens Crockett, Old Waldorf Astoria Bar Days, 1931

Nutrition:

One serving of Chauncey contains 180 calories.

Alcohol content:

2 standard drinks
30.99% alc./vol. (61.98° proof)
28 grams of pure alcohol

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