Name: Perfect Regent
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Cognac (brandy); 10 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 10 ml Dry vermouth; 10 ml Crème de cassis

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Cognac (brandy)

1/3 fl oz

Strucchi Rosso Vermouth

1/3 fl oz

Strucchi Dry Vermouth

1/3 fl oz

Crème de cassis liqueur

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of skewered seasonal berries.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with skewered seasonal berries.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Perfect Regent contains 190 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
25.72% alc./vol. (51.44° proof)
23.2 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino), Dry vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Comments & Discussion

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Snugs 22w

A bit dry and a bit one-dimensional. Added 2 dashes of Angostura bitters which helped.

Ryan Madden Premium Member 29w

Really good! I added a dash or two of orange bitters which really brighten the drink. I might try it again with an expressed orange peel.

Tuber Magnatum Premium Member 41w

Hard to find seasonal berries this time of the year, November, in Canada but wanted to try anyway. (Having said that, I had some blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries from Mexico that worked very well.) I very much enjoyed this; the cassis comes through in spades but without being cloying or syrupy as some cocktails I have tried with Crème de Cassis. A definite repeat.

Mookie Premium Member 44w

more dry than I expected considering it's just 10ml of dry vermouth, but the cassis really pulls out the richness of everything else

Chris Dimal 1y

Really dry! I think I should increase the Creme de Cassis slightly next time.

John CARR Premium Member 2y

Remade following the exact specs. My rather ancient back of the cupboard bottle of cassis seemed potable... Really brought out the honeyed richness of the cognac. Rich and fruity.

John CARR Premium Member 2y

Does “perfect” in the title refer to the split vermouths, or something else altogether!

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 2y

Yes, "Perfect" refers to the split vermouths.

John CARR Premium Member 2y

Just that I couldn’t find a plain Regent mentioned anywhere…?

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John CARR Premium Member 2y

Following Morton’s suggestion tried with Rosso antico and crème de mûre. Fruity and delicious!

Morten Carlsbaek Premium Member 3y

Try with Creme de Mûre instead of Creme de Cassis. And an easy drinking, sweet slightly bitter, red vermouth (e.g.Fot-Li Vermut Rojo). It is excellent!