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Corpse Reviver No.1 (Savoy recipe)

Name: Corpse Reviver No.1 (Savoy recipe)
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 Orange bitters

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 1/2 fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
3/4 fl oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
3/4 fl oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Corpse Reviver No.1 (Savoy recipe) contains 191 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
26.76% alc./vol. (53.51° proof)
24.2 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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

History

Generally credited to Frank Meier, bar manager at the Ritz Bar in Paris during the 1920s and 30s, although he makes no claim to the drink in his 1936 The Artistry of Mixing Drinks. This recipe is adapted from Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book.

CORPSE REVIVER. (No.1)
¼ Italian Vermouth.
¼ Apple Brandy or Calvados.
½ Brandy.
To be taken before 11 a.m., or whenever steam and energy are needed.
Harry Craddock, 1930

Frank Caiafa (long-term NYC bartender, beverage director and author of The Waldorf Astoria Bar Book adds a dash of orange bitters to the established Savoy recipe and stipulates the use of assertive Carpano Antica as the vermouth his Corpse Reviver No. 1.

Frank Caiafa's Corpse Reviver No. 1
45ml (1½oz) Cognac
22.5ml (¾oz) Calvados
22.5ml (¾oz) Carpano Antica vermouth
1 dash Orange bitters

More cocktails by Frank Meier

Review

Dry and potent. A 'pick-me-up' hangover cure - or possibly put-you-right-back-down-again!

Variations/similar cocktails

Corpse Reviver No. 1 (Gilberg's recipe)
Corpse Reviver No. 2 (Contemporary recipe)
Corpse Reviver No. 2 (Duffy/Gaige's recipe)
Corpse Reviver No. 2 (Savoy recipe)
Corpse Reviver No. 4
Corpse Reviver No. 0824
Corpse Reviver No. Blue
Cadáver Reviver
Blanche Corpse Reviver
Savoy Corpse Reviver (by Joe Gilmore)
Jersey Lightning

Gallery

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Comments & Discussion

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Marie-Therese Straus 3y

This was our Halloween cocktail this year. Very nice mix of flavours but very dry (we used a different, somewhat less fruity Calvados than Avallen). Ended up adding a barspoon of Grand Marnier to each drink to sweeten very slightly and play up the orange flavour from the bitters. Really nice and we will make again throughout the autumn/winter season.