Name: Classic Cocktail
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Cognac (brandy); 15 ml Maraschino liqueur; 15 ml Orange Curaçao liqueur; 15 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 10 ml Chilled water (omit if using wet ice)

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Garnish:

Lemon zest twist (& optional sugar rim)

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

1 1/2 fl oz	Rémy Martin 1738 Cognac
1/2 fl oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
1/2 fl oz	Orange Curaçao liqueur
1/2 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/3 fl oz	Chilled water (omit if using wet ice)
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Review:

Reminiscent of a Sidecar with maraschino liqueur.

History:

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

CLASSIC COCKTAIL
1/6 Lemon Juice.
1/6 Curaçao.
1/6 Maraschino.
1/2 Brandy.
Shake and strain into cocktail glass.
Frost rim of glass with castor sugar. Squeeze lemon peel on top.
Harry Craddock, 1930

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Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
23.23% alc./vol. (46.46° proof)
23.2 grams of pure alcohol

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