Dandy Cocktail

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (33 ratings)

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 12 oz Bourbon whiskey
1 12 oz Dubonnet/French rouge aromatised wine
16 oz Cointreau triple sec liqueur
1 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare lemon and orange zest for garnish.
  3. STIR all ingredients with ice.
  4. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  5. Express lemon and orange zest twists over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10

Review:

This complex Manhattan variant is a well-balanced combo of spirit, liqueur and aromatic wine.

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History:

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

DANDY COCKTAIL.
½ Rye or Canadian Club Whisky.
½ Dubonnet.
1 Dash Angostura Bitters.
3 Dashes Cointreau.
1 Piece Lemon Peel.
1 Piece Orange Peel.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.

Harry Craddock, 1930

Nutrition:

One serving of Dandy Cocktail contains 159 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.6 standard drinks
  • 24% alc./vol. (24° proof)
  • 22.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Anna Thompson’s Avatar Anna Thompson
13th April at 19:00
Really enjoyed this. Don’t always keep Dubonnet in the cocktail cabinet but welcome when we do. My husband went rogue and made this with Johnnie Walker Black Label which might be unorthodox but is, if anything, more delicious.
Richard Christmas’ Avatar Richard Christmas
15th March 2022 at 18:40
Pleasant, but slightly indeterminate. I'd sooner go one way or the other: either a Man o' War or a Manhattan Sweet.
29th May 2022 at 16:20
I think I agree with this assessment. It's fine, but not worth rushing out to buy Dubonnet just to be able to make one of these...
Simon Dare’s Avatar Simon Dare
15th April 2021 at 07:35
Ooh, I say. What a smooth little creeper. I had Lillet Rouge to hand instead of Dubonnet and found it rather lovely.