Elixir De Longue Vie (Elixir of Long Life)

Name: Elixir De Longue Vie (Elixir of Long Life)
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Cognac (brandy); 15 ml Chestnut liqueur; 15 ml Pineau des Charentes; 5 ml Chartreuse Yellow; 2 dash Lemon bitters

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Serves:

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₃ fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Giffard Creme de Chataigne
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Ferrand Pineau des Charentes
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Yellow Chartreuse (or génépy liqueur)
2 dash	Fee Brothers Lemon Bitters

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

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

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
24.35% alc./vol. (48.69° proof)
18.4 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Pineau des Charentes blanc — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a recipe created in 2015 by Kevin Galliano at Big Easy, Covent Garden, London, England.

Review

Chestnut, pineau de charente and chartreuse combine with cognac to create a most unusual cocktail with zesty lemon freshness.

Ferrand Pineau des Charentes 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
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Fee Brothers Lemon Bitters 150ml - makes 240 cocktails
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