Name: Copenhagen Cocktail
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Oude genever; 20 ml Cherry brandy; 20 ml Lime juice; 10 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 1 dash Aromatic bitters; 20 ml Chilled water

Copenhagen Cocktail
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Photographed in a Retro Coupe Engraved 7.75oz

Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Oude genever
²⁄₃ oz	Heering Cherry Liqueur
²⁄₃ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₃ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
²⁄₃ oz	Chilled water omit if using wet ice

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How to make:

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

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

Bready notes in the genever combine with the cherry brandy and the lime juice to produce a complex bittersweet, jammy cocktail.

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Variant:

Copenhagen Cocktail 1939

History:

In August 2009, Cherry Heering, a liqueur from Copenhagen, challenged local bartenders to create a signature cocktail for their city. This winning recipe was created by Gromit Eduardsen at Bar 1105 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Nutrition:

One serving of Copenhagen Cocktail contains 185 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
15.24% alc./vol. (15.24° proof)
18.3 grams of pure alcohol

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John CARR

4th February 2024 at 11:59

as you say, Simon, jammy and deliciously bready with a fresh, almost herbal quality. Highly enjoyable.

Avery Garnett

21st November 2023 at 21:08

Tasty, if...unexcitingly so.

Morten Carlsbaek

10th March 2023 at 10:35

Maybe I should mention that Lommebogen with some cocktail written down by Axel Sørensen in the late 1930s wasn't published until Dec 2013 by Henrik Steen Petersen. And that only part of the new book can be read online (but including recipe for Copenhagen cocktail 1939 and others)

Simon Difford

17th March 2023 at 12:18

Many thanks, Morten. I've added the recipe from Axel Sørensen's pocketbook. Please see the link to "Copenhagen Cocktail 1939" above.

Morten Carlsbaek

4th March 2023 at 18:39

The is an older variant "Copenhagen Cocktail 1939" from Axel Sørensen's black, bar notebook: 22.5 ml. Beefeater Gin, 22.5 ml Cherry Heering, 22.5 Dolin Rouge Vermouth, approx. 2 dash lemon juice + 1 dash stron sugar syrup, 1 dash Angostura Bitters. Can be read on issuu.com ("Lommebogen" ISBN 978-87-995886-0-2, in Danish only, published by Henrik Steen Petersen from the former "Moltkes Bar" in Copenhagen)