Name: Jersey Lightning
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Cognac (brandy); 22.5 ml Calvados apple brandy; 22.5 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Jersey Lightning
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Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Cognac (brandy)
³⁄₄ oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
³⁄₄ oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth chilled
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Garnish with skewered maraschino cherry.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

A brandy and apple brandy-based Sweet Manhattan.

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Variant:

Norman Conquest
Corpse Reviver No.1 (Savoy recipe)

History:

Adapted from a recipe in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

JERSEY LIGHTNING.
1 Dash Angostura Bitters.
¼ Italian Vermouth.
¼ Calvados (Apple Brandy).
½ Brandy.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Harry Craddock, The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1930

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Nutrition:

One serving of Jersey Lightning contains 191 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
26.8% alc./vol. (53.6° proof)
24.2 grams of pure alcohol

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