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Fancy Brandy
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Fancy Brandy
Serve in a Nick & Nora glass
| 2 oz | Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac |
| 1⁄6 oz | Orange Curaçao liqueur |
| 1⁄6 oz | Gomme syrup |
| 1⁄6 oz | Chilled water omit if using wet ice |
| 1 dash | Boker's bitters |
How to make:
- Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
- Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
- SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
- FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
- EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.
Strength & taste guide:
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Review:
This appropriately named brandy-based cocktail benefits from dilution, hence my addition of a splash of water. Modern bartending convention might lead you to stir rather than shake this cocktail, which would be a shame, as it's better shaken!
History:
Adapted from a recipe by Charles Schumann, Munich, Germany, and published in his American Bar. Very similar to Jerry Thomas' Fancy Brandy Cocktail, published in the 1862 edition of his The Bar-tenders Guide.
107. Brandy Cocktail.
Jerry Thomas, The Bar-tenders Guide, 1862
(Use small bar glass)
3 or 4 dashes of gum syrup.
2 do. Bitters (Bogart's).
1 wine-glass of brandy.
1 or 2 dashes of Curaçao.
Squeeze lemon peel; fill one-third full of ice, and stir with a spoon.
108. Fancy Brandy Cocktail.
(Use small bar glass)
The drink is made the same as the brandy cocktail, except that it is strained in a fancy wine-glass, and a piece of lemon peel thrown on top, and the edge of the glass moistened with lemon.
Nutrition:
One serving of Fancy Brandy contains 163 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.4 standard drinks
- 25.53% alc./vol. (25.53° proof)
- 19.2 grams of pure alcohol
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