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A.B.C. Cocktail

Name: A.B.C. Cocktail
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 7 fresh Mint leaves; 30 ml Tawny port; 30 ml Cognac (brandy); 7.5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)

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Ingredients
7 fresh	Mint leaves
1 fl oz	Cockburn's Tawny Eyes Tawny Port
1 fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Method

Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist & Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

15.9 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Tawny port — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Not to be confused with the earlier and quite different cocktail of the same name which appears in the 1929 book, Cocktails de Paris Présentés Par RIP. This version, the one that has found longevity, first appears in the 1935 menu cocktail book Bar la Florida Cocktails.

A B C COCKTAIL
1/2 Oporto Wine.
1/2 Fine Cognac.
1/3 Maraschino.
1 Dash angostura.
Several sprigs peppermint.
½ Teaspoon of sugar.
Plenty ice in a glass of 6 oz.
Shake a little and serve with 2 cherries.
Bar la Florida Cocktails, 1935

Review

Wonderfully delicate. Mint gives subtle freshness to the classic port and brandy combo.

Cockburn's Tawny Eyes Port 750ml - makes 25 cocktails
$31.99 $1.28 per cocktail Cockburn's Tawny Eyes Port image

Luxardo Maraschino liqueur 375ml - makes 50 cocktails
$32.99 $0.66 per cocktail Luxardo Maraschino liqueur image

Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 150.5 cocktails
$14.99 $0.10 per cocktail Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) image

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Calvin Grant Premium Member 25w

A subtle symphony of flavors here. Delicate fruits on an old aged port floor in a refreshing aromatic mint atmosphere. I split the Cognac with Darvelle Freres V.S.O.P. French brandy.

Alex Grieb 3y

Quite nice, but I don't think it needs the additional simple syrup, it's well balanced with just the sweetness from the maraschino liquer and the port.

Patrick Valentino 5y

I like this one a lot. Its refreshing but quite small

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