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Black Feather

Name: Black Feather
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Cognac (brandy); 12.5 ml Triple sec; 22.5 ml Dry vermouth; 1 dash Aromatic bitters

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Ingredients
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
⁵⁄₁₂ fl oz	Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur
³⁄₄ fl oz	Strucchi Dry Vermouth
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

How to make

Glass

Photographed in a Retro Coupe

Prepare

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

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon 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 Black Feather contains 156 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
26.66% alc./vol. (53.31° proof)
21.5 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Dry vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

History

Adapted from a drink created in 2000 by Robert Hess and published on DrinkBoy.com.

More cocktails by Robert Hess

Review

Spirit-forward but with rounded cognac and a hint of orange. For dry palates only. Some may prefer orange curaçao in place of triple sec.

Cointreau L'Unique 375ml - makes 29.5 cocktails
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Angostura Aromatic Bitters 120ml - makes 384 cocktails
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Comments & Discussion

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Joseph Nelson Premium Member 39w

Delicious! Triple sec and brandy work well together. I discovered that I'd finished my regular dry vermouth and only had a bianco vermouth on hand but made this anyway and it was probably sweeter than intended, but oh-so tasty. I'll be marking it to try properly when I reload my cabinet with dry.

Chris Dimal 1y

I made it a bit different: 30ml Dolin Dry, 1 dash Ango, 45 Cognac, 12.5 Orange Curacao. Quite botanical, and I think it's rather different in a good way. The orange comes through in a rich, but still subtle way and it is in balance.

Michael Graham 2y

Use Hine 12 yo, orange curaçao and Dolin dry vermouth. Really quite nice. The hint of orange with cognac definitely works for me.

Adam . 6y

A nice idea but too dry for me and not very exciting!

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