La Garde de Nuit (The Night's Watch)

Serve in a Coupe glass...
1½	fl oz	Cognac
1½	fl oz	Dubonnet Red
¾	fl oz	Mead
⅙	fl oz	Suze gentian liqueur

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How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Olive & cucumber slice

Comment:

Cognac with red berry and red wine notes with faint honeycomb.

About:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2015 by Matthew Long at Lulu White, Paris, France. Matt’s original recipe called for Chouchen Hydromel mead wine from Brittany and Gentiane de Lure.

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