Name: Ocean Cable
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Canadian whisky; 30 ml Aromatized wine; 15 ml Cognac (brandy); 1 dash Creole bitters

Ocean Cable
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Glass:

Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Canadian blended whisky
1 fl oz	Aromatized wine (e.g. Lillet Blanc)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
1 dash	Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Dry, aromatic and spirituous, this is a cocktail to be taken seriously, but if to your taste, with great enjoyment.

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Variations/similar cocktails:

Saratoga

History:

This cocktail originally appears in William James "Billy" Tarling's 1937 Café Royal Cocktail Book Coronation Edition, where its creation is attributed to one A. G. Scott. We've respected the proportions of the original recipe, but as recommended by fellow Discerning Drinker Jason E. Clapham, we've switched the original Angostura Bitters for Creole-style bitters.

OCEAN CABLE
Invented by A. G. Scott
3/6 Canadian Club Whisky.
2/6 Lillet.
1/6 Brandy.
1 dash Angostura.
Shake.
William J. Tarling, Café Royal Cocktail Book, 1937

Nutrition:

One serving of Ocean Cable contains 177 calories

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
25.6% alc./vol. (51.19° proof)
23.2 grams of pure alcohol

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George Jetson

22nd May at 01:28

My variant:
1 1⁄2 oz Canadian blended whisky (CC Classic High Proof)

1 oz Aromatized wine (Cocchi Americano)

1⁄2 oz Cognac (Ragnaud-Saborin Fontvielle #35)

1 dash Bitters (The Bitter Truth Bogart’s Bitters)

The bitters in concert with the high proof (58%) Canadian Club gives it almost a Manhattan vibe, but the Cocchi bitterness and smooth Cognac take it somewhere else. Delicious!

Chris Brislawn

31st March 2025 at 03:29

I thought this needed a bit more complexity than Lillet Blanc and one dash of Peychaud's would provide. Took J. Hinojos' suggestion and used Cocchi Americano instead of Lillet, and I also added a dash of Bitter Truth Creole Bitters to the dash of Peychaud's. No garnish was specified so I added a lemon twist. The interplay between the lemon, the BT Creole and the Cocchi Americano, layered atop the split base balanced between Crown Royal and cognac, was very nice; no lack of complexity in this drink!

William Smith

22nd February 2025 at 05:09

My second time making this. I used Pendleton Midnight, because it was the only Canadian I had. Very pleasant, balanced and not too sweet.

John Hinojos

25th October 2023 at 00:12

Perfect, strong Prohibition era cocktail. We are not big fans of Littet, so substituted our favourite, Cocchi Americao, It was great. Hints of spices from the Peychaud bitters. Something to really get ready for a nice supper.

Jeremy Harrold

30th September 2023 at 17:23

Definitely a 9/10 on the Boozy scale! You can’t binge drink on this. The Lillet reigns it back from a 10/10 and gives some extra fruit flavours. I like Peychaud’s Bitters and that gives a lingering finish.

Andy Parnell-Hopkinson

25th February 2022 at 20:33

Not outstanding but I prefer with angostura over peychaud bitters.

Anonymous

13th January 2021 at 20:15

IMO, an improved Saratoga. Best made with cask strength spirits. Not sure about the Peychaud's bitters, I prefer an aromatic bitter with less cinnamon than Ango -- Boker's or Jerry Thomas Decanter work v well.

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