Name: The Surfer
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 120 ml Lemonade; 60 ml Cognac (brandy)

The Surfer
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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
4 oz	Lemonade
2 oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac

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Garnish: Lemon slice

How to make:

POUR lemonade into ice-filled glass to two-thirds full. FLOAT cognac over lemonade. Serve with straws and instruct drinker to stir ingredients before drinking.

Review:

Simple but tasty and very refreshing. The use of good ice and a quality lemonade is essential to this drink's success.

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History:

Created in 2008 by yours truly. The original Cognac Surfer is made by floating cognac on mineral water.

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Nutrition:

One serving of The Surfer contains 161 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
10.5% alc./vol. (10.5° proof)
18.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Jack Reid

18th November 2023 at 07:25

I hate it (and love it) when Simon has already said exactly what I had it in mind to say. Simple it certainly is, and that is in no way a disparagement. I have to confess there was a moment, on first tasting, when "hmmm, do these flavours really meld" did cross my mind. But, as it happens, they do. No regrets. Well done that man.

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