Le Coq d'Or (The Golden Rooster)

Difford's Guide
Discerning Drinkers (1 rating)

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Grapefruit zest twist (discarded) & float star anise

How to make:

Saturate sugar cube with Peychaud's in base of shaker and MUDDLE thoroughly. Add cognac and stir to ensure sugar is dissolved. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and strain back into shaker. DRY SHAKE (without ice) and fine strain into chilled glass.

1 cube Demerara / dark Muscovado / brown sugar
3 dash Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters
2 1/2 fl oz Cognac (brandy)
2/3 fl oz Galliano L'Autentico liqueur
1/2 fl oz Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
1 fl oz Pineapple juice (freshly extracted/pressed/squeezed)
1 dash Orange Bitters by Angostura
2 dash Pimento bitters
1 fresh Egg yolk
Loading...

Read about cocktail measures and measuring.

Buy direct from
the_whisky_exchange store logo
£ -.--

Makes a minimum of ... cocktails
Just £ -.-- per cocktail*

* This list may not include all required ingredients.
Price per cocktail is an estimate based on the cost of making one cocktail with the available ingredients shown above and does not include any postage charges.
Buy direct from Difford’s Guide
Difford's Easy Jigger
£8.72 £8.72 exc VAT

Hazardous ingredients

Egg yolk is potentially hazardous to those with allergy or intolerance.

Review:

Perhaps substitute ¼ shot demerara sugar syrup for the sugar cube and all that muddling. Whether runny or dry sugar, this flip-style cocktail is balanced and complex.

History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2015 by Timothy Eshing who says "'Le Coq d'Or' means 'the golden rooster' (hence the use of 'golden' ingredients); it is the title of a 1907 opera by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, after a story by Pushkin, itself after a story by Irving. Outside Russia, the work is usually performed in French (hence the name and reliance on French ingredients). Each major ingredient is associated with a major character in the opera: the cognac and liqueur for the Tsar and Tsaritsa, the fruit juices for the Tsar's two doomed sons, the yolk for the golden rooster, and the bitters for the astrologer."

Alcohol content:

  • 2.2 standard drinks
  • 22.12% alc./vol. (44.24° proof)
  • 31.4 grams of pure alcohol
Difford's Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

Join the Discussion


... comment(s) for Le Coq d'Or (The Golden Rooster)

You must log in to your account to make a comment.

Report comment

You must be logged in to upvote or downvote a comment

Click here to login
Buy direct from
the_whisky_exchange store logo
£ -.--

Makes a minimum of ... cocktails
Just £ -.-- per cocktail*

* This list may not include all required ingredients.
Price per cocktail is an estimate based on the cost of making one cocktail with the available ingredients shown above and does not include any postage charges.
Buy direct from Difford’s Guide
Difford's Easy Jigger
£8.72 £8.72 exc VAT
Welcome to Difford's Guide

All editorial and photography on this website is copyright protected

© Odd Firm of Sin 2024