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History & Nobility

Name: History and Nobility
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Cognac (brandy); 22.5 ml Aromatized wine; 7.5 ml Apricot liqueur; 1 dash Orange bitters; 15 ml Chilled water

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Aromatized wine (e.g. Lillet Blanc)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Chilled water/mineral water

How to make

Glass

Photographed in a Waterford Mixology Coupe Clear

Prepare

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

Method

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

Garnish

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

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of History & Nobility contains 149 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
21.07% alc./vol. (42.13° proof)
19.1 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2015 by Daniel Bovey at Be At One, Bristol, England.

More cocktails by Daniel Bovey

Review

Cognac stirred with orange and apricot liqueurs along with a dash of orange bitters. The original recipe calls for two dashes but go too heavy with your bitters and this subtle drink will be wrecked. Achieving perfect dilution is also key, hence our adding half a shot chilled water (ice allowing of course).

Lillet Blanc 750ml - makes 33 cocktails
$22.99 $0.70 per cocktail Lillet Blanc image

Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur 750ml - makes 100 cocktails
$29.99 $0.30 per cocktail

Angostura Orange Bitters 120ml - makes 384 cocktails
$13.99 $0.04 per cocktail Angostura Orange Bitters image

$1.04 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 33 cocktails.
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peter holmes Premium Member 3y

Made this with a Cardenal Mendoza Solera Gran Reserva (for an experiment) and it is sublime. Complex and layered, this drink depends on the quality of the brandy.