Name: Black Rose
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Bourbon whiskey; 30 ml Cognac (brandy); 5 ml Grenadine syrup; 3 dash Creole bitters; 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Black Rose
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Bourbon whiskey
1 oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
¹⁄₆ oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup
3 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.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass. (No ice in the glass.)
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Sazerac-like but with fruitiness.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Black Rose contains 157 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
30.87% alc./vol. (30.87° proof)
20.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Jim G

6th May at 05:06

A cocktails of this name appeared in the series Black Mirror. The episode was Hotel Reverie. In the series the cocktail appears clear and a poison was added.
As far as the real Black Rose presented here I think it is excellent.

Olga María Gómez Henderson

11th August 2024 at 12:43

It's very good. At first it tastes sweet, but after a while you can taste the bourbon and the brandy (I don't have cognac).

Shay Dabush

28th June 2024 at 19:53

A new favorite nightcap.

Landon Brown

16th June 2024 at 11:39

Excellent, this one really surprised me. The Cognac and Grenadine create an almost cherry like sweet/tart combo that is perfect when paired against the Bourbon. Don't skimp the Peychaud's - it is essential to that underlying sweetness. This is an underrated classic, IMO.

Steven Cook

6th February 2024 at 01:03

Even with cheap bourbon and cognac this is great, it lifts everything up.

Miguel Perales

24th April 2023 at 21:07

A nice combination that starts with the oakiness from the Bourbon and finishes with the fruitiness of the Cognac. Used a very chilled Gibraltar rocks glass.

Naomi Heaps

15th July 2022 at 12:17

A little too slurpable...gone in ten minutes!

Tuber Magnatum

19th October 2023 at 23:22

I tend to drink my drinks a little too fast. I'm a firm believer in "a warm cocktail is a sad cocktail"! Especially in this case served without ice, this as others state needs a well chilled glass.