Name: Alabazam
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Cognac (brandy); 30 ml Grand Marnier liqueur; 30 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 15 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' 2 sugar to 1 water; 1 Orange bitters (optional); Soda (club soda)

Serve in a

Collins glass

Garnish:

Lemon slice

How to make:

SHAKE first five ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with soda.

2 fl oz	Rémy Martin 1738 Cognac
1 fl oz	Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur
1 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°brix)
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura (optional)
Top up with	Thomas Henry Soda Water
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Review:

Beware – this long fruity number packs a cognac-charged punch.

History:

Recipe adapted from William Schmidt's 1892 The Flowing Bowl.

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