Name: Bonnie Prince Charles
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Cognac (brandy); 15 ml Drambuie liqueur; 7.5 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

Serve in a

Nick & Nora glass

Photographed in a

Speakeasy Nick & Nora 4.75oz

Garnish:

Half lime slice wheel on rim or float dehydrated lime slice

How to make:

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

1 fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
1/2 fl oz	Drambuie liqueur
1/4 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
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Boozy

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Dry/sour

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Review:

Honeyed, spiced cognac with a touch of citrus. But is it fit for a Prince?

History:

Adapted from a recipe in Victor Bergeron's 1972 Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide (Revised Edition).

BONNIE PRINCE CHARLES
1 ounce Cognac
½ ounce Drambuie
Juice of ½ lime
Shake with ice cubes. Strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Victor Bergeron, Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide (Revised Edition), 1972

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Nutrition:

One serving of Bonnie Prince Charles contains 115 calories.

Alcohol content:

0.9 standard drinks
25.21% alc./vol. (50.42° proof)
13.2 grams of pure alcohol

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