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Golden Ivy

Name: Golden Ivy
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Cognac (brandy); 15 ml Muscat wine; 30 ml Cranberry juice

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Muscat (Rutherglen) wine
1 fl oz	Cranberry juice (sweetened)

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Golden Ivy contains 170 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
19.35% alc./vol. (38.7° proof)
20.4 grams of pure alcohol

History

A Christmas cocktail created in October 2011 by yours truly.

More cocktails by Simon Difford

Review

Cognac stirred with rich berry flavours of muscat wine along with the relatively dry berry flavour of cranberry.

Comments & Discussion

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Simon Sedgley Premium Member 47w

A lovely Christmas drink. We can imagine enjoying one while observing the ham and turkey being carved (my job) and the vegetables and stuffing and gravy and cranberry sauce being set to table. For later on, after supper, we have a variant:

60ml Cognac
15ml Muscat (but Muscadelle is better)
15ml Nonino Amaro Quintessentia
10ml dry vermouth
1 dash Orange Bitters

If you have a big Stilton or Roquefort to enjoy alongside your cocktail, then maybe substitute bianco for the dry vermouth, and perhaps add another dash of bitters. Merry Christmas!