Garnish:
Slowly pour 2 spoons (10ml) Peychaud's bitters onto a spot in the centre of the drink. After about a minute or so, a 'Thin Pink Line' of bitters develops below the foam.
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker. DRY SHAKE (without ice) and fine strain into chilled glass.
| 1 2/3 fl oz | Rémy Martin 1738 Cognac |
| 2/3 fl oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1/3 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°brix) |
| 1/6 fl oz | Orgeat (almond) sugar syrup |
| 2/3 fl oz | Pasteurised egg white (or aquafaba) |
Read about cocktail measures and measuring.
Review:
A subtly almond influenced brandy sour served straight-up and set apart by its namesake 'Thin Pink Line' of Peychaud's bitters which floats on top of the cocktail but beneath the foam.
History:
Adapted from a 2015 recipe by Sean Fennelly at Milk & Honey in Soho, London, England.
Nutrition:
One serving of Thin Pink Line contains 173 calories.
Alcohol content:
- 1.2 standard drinks
- 15.36% alc./vol. (30.72° proof)
- 16.1 grams of pure alcohol
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