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French 125 (French '75' with cognac) Jones' 1977 recipe

Name: French 125 (French '75' with cognac) Jones' 1977 recipe
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Lemon juice; 3 barspoon Powdered sugar; 45 ml Cognac (brandy); 90 ml Brut sparkling wine

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Ingredients
1 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
3 barspoon	Powdered sugar (white sugar ground in mortar and pestle) (or use 5ml of 2:1 sugar syrup per spoon)
1 1/2 fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
3 fl oz	Brut champagne/sparkling wine

Garnish: Lemon zest twist

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Collins glass

Method:

STIR powdered sugar with lemon juice in base of shaker until sugar dissolves. Add cognac, SHAKE with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with champagne and lightly stir.

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:

22.7 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Brut champagne/sparkling wine — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

A cognac-based version of the gin-based French 75 cocktail, which was named after the French 75mm field gun used by the French army during WWI. This cognac version is appropriately named after another gun, the tank mounted Soviet 2A46 (also called D-81T) 125mm/L48 smoothbore cannon. This recipe is adapted from a recipe in Stanley M. Jones' 1977 book Jones Complete Barguide, modern French 125 recipes tend to be served straight-up in a flute glass.

French 75 history and variations

Review

Jones' original 1977 built in the glass recipe, which consists: 2oz/60ml cognac, 1oz/30ml lemon juice and 2 spoons sugar, topped with champagne, is a powerful drink. Hence, we hope Jones would approve of our tweaking his recipe. The result still has plenty of oomph behind it, but with the extra dilution of shaking, is a tad more harmonious.

Comments & Discussion

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Scott Wright 6y

I think your directions were carried over from a difference drink and should reference cognac instead of bourbon.

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