Name: Dandy Cocktail
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Canadian whisky; 40 ml Red quinquina e.g. Dubonnet, Byrrh; 5 ml Triple sec; 1 dash Aromatic bitters

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Chris Brislawn 4w

I went with 3:2 proportions using Crown Royal and 'Merican Dubonnet (Kentucky's finest, the 2018 new-and-improved version, because I can't find the French stuff, but it's still better than Byrrh). This was plenty of Dubonnet; we both enjoyed it. My copy of Craddock calls for "Rye or Canadian Whisky," which is very different from specifying "Canadian Club Whisky." Many Canadian whiskies, including Crown Royal (which is made in Manitoba, after all), contain some amount of rye, and maybe in Craddock's era he was used to having more rye-heavy Canadians, so the choice of bourbon seems a significant deviation from Craddock's recipe. Does anyone know if the Dandy originated in Canada, before it appeared in Craddock's book?

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 4w

I agree re bourbon, and I have amended the recipe above accordingly. I've also added to the history, but I think the Dandy first appeared in 'The Savoy Cocktail Book'.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 4w

For the record, my previous recipe:
45 ml Rye whiskey
45 ml Dubonnet, Byrrh etc. rouge light quinquina
5 ml Triple sec liqueur
1 dash Aromatic bitters

Anna Thompson 1y

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 4y

Pleasant, but slightly indeterminate. I'd sooner go one way or the other: either a Man o' War or a Manhattan Sweet.

Paul Etherton 4y

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 5y

Ooh, I say. What a smooth little creeper. I had Lillet Rouge to hand instead of Dubonnet and found it rather lovely.

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1 ²⁄₃ fl oz	Canadian blended whisky
1 ¹⁄₃ fl oz	Dubonnet, Byrrh etc. rouge light quinquina (chilled)
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Cointreau L'Unique triple sec liqueur
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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