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The Cab

Name: The Cab
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Cognac (brandy); 25 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 8 fresh Mint leaves; 2 dash Aromatic bitters; 50 ml Brut sparkling wine

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Ingredients
1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
⁵⁄₆ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
8 fresh	Mint leaves
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters
1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Brut champagne/sparkling wine

Garnish: Mint leaf

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Method:

SHAKE first 5 ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass. TOP with champagne.

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

20.7 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Brut champagne/sparkling wine — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2015 by Andres Walters at The Lobo Plantation in Sydney, Australia.

Review

A minty limey cognac sour invigorated with champagne.

Variations/similar cocktails

Old Cuban

Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$14.99 $0.30 per cocktail Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) image

Angostura Aromatic Bitters 120ml - makes 192 cocktails
$13.99 $0.07 per cocktail Angostura Aromatic Bitters image

$0.37 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 50 cocktails.
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Comments & Discussion

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Peter Barth 2y

Tried this for New Year's Eve - the Old Cuban is way better. The Cab is not a bad cocktail, but the cognac and mint doesn't hit as harmonious as a decent rum and mint.
On a positive note: The Old Cuban is one of the very best Champagne cocktails I can't praise highly enough : )

Matthew Carrano 4y

so an old cuban with cognac

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 4y

You make a good point. I'd not associated the two cocktails. I've now added a link under "Variant". Thanks.