Name: Charles Cocktail
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Cognac (brandy); 45 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Charles Cocktail
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

An equal parts brandy-based Sweet Manhattan.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book, where its described as "the only known authentic Jacobite Cocktail", referencing its being named after Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Edward Stuart), figurehead of the 1745 Jacobite uprising.

CHARLES COCKTAIL. (No. 1.)
1 Dash Angostura Bitters.
½ Italian Vermouth.
½ Brandy.
Stir well and strain into cocktail glass.
This is the only known authentic Jacobite Cocktail.
Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930

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Nutrition:

One serving of Charles Cocktail contains 170 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
22.09% alc./vol. (22.09° proof)
20 grams of pure alcohol

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Werd Bmocsil

15th May at 05:18

Mine was Foro Vermouth and Darvelle Freres brandy, and added a dash of Fee Bros. Tobacco bitters.
Perhaps in a cocktail with only two ingredients, the individual ingredients matter moreso than with a cocktail with more ingredients. I mean; there isn't much to go on, so What You Mix Is What You Get. But then, perhaps some ingredients matter more than others. Vermouth (to me, of course) tastes QUITE different, depending on the brand. Brandy and Congac have less of a diversity of flavor, and Bourbon even less so.
The Darvell Freres is winding down, so I can rationalize a congnac for my next Brandy purchase. We'll see how that changes the game.

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