Garnish:
Blackberry & raspberry dusted with icing sugar plus dark chocolate.
How to make:
MUDDLE blackberries in stirring glass. Add other ingredients, STIR with ice and fine strain into chilled glass. (Be sure to use very fine strainer and beware this recipe only fills a 3oz glass so consider multiplying ingredients.)
| 3 fresh | Blackberries |
| 1 1/2 fl oz | Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. coganc |
| 1/3 fl oz | Black raspberry liqueur (e.g. Chambord) |
| 1/6 fl oz | Cointreau triple sec liqueur |
| 1/6 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix) |
| 1 dash | Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters |
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Review:
Cognac with red and blackberry fruit and delicate zesty orange.
History:
Adapted from a recipe created in 2015 by Daniele Vignali at The Sky Bar, Resorts World, Birmingham, England. Daniele’s original recipe called for Martell Cordon Bleu cognac.
Alcohol content:
- 1.2 standard drinks
- 26.25% alc./vol. (52.5° proof)
- 17.1 grams of pure alcohol
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