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The Dandy

Name: The Dandy
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Cognac (brandy); 10 ml Bénédictine D.O.M.; 7.5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 45 ml Brut sparkling wine

Difford’s Guide

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Ingredients
1 2/3 fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
1/3 fl oz	Bénédictine D.O.M. liqueur
1/4 fl oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1 1/2 fl oz	Brut champagne/sparkling wine

Garnish: Seasonal berries

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Method:

STIR first 3 ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass. TOP with sparkling wine.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of The Dandy contains 192 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
22.26% alc./vol. (44.51° proof)
25.1 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Brut champagne/sparkling wine — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe discovered in 2014 at Hawksmoor Spitalfields in London, England. In turn, this apparently comes from a punch served at New York's Waldorf-Astoria in the 1930s.

Review

Bénédictine adds both saffron flavour and vivid yellow colour to this cognac based cocktail with maraschino contributing fruity notes. Champagne dries and provides effervescence and body to this well-balanced cocktail.

Comments & Discussion

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Avery Garnett 3y

This strikes me as a drink which requires pinpoint balance - I went a little over, maybe 12ml of maraschino, and it was almost all I could taste

Avery Garnett 1y

Coming back to it a year later, being very precise with my measurements...it's just really not good. At least now it's not just a maraschino bomb, but it's all around mediocre. Reminds me a lot of a martini, weirdly.

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

What a marvelous after-dinner drink. The herbal hints from the Benedictine along with the maraschino enhance the cognac. The prosecco enlivens the cocktail.

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