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Devil's

Name: Devil's
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Cognac (brandy); 30 ml Green crème de menthe

Discerning Drinkers (11)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
1 fl oz	Giffard Peppermint Pastille crème de menthe

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of mint leaf.

Method

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

Garnish

Garnish with mint leaf.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

1.7 standard drinks
26.51% alc./vol. (53.02° proof)
23.9 grams of pure alcohol

History

Adapted from a recipe in Robert Vermeire's 1922 Cocktails – How to Mix Them

DEVIL'S COCKTAIL
Fill the shaker half full with broken ice and add:
¼ gill of Cognac Brandy.
¼ gill of Crème de Menthe (green).
Shake well and strain into a cocktail-glass. Add a pinch of red pepper on top.
Robert Vermeire, Cocktails – How to Mix Them, 1922

Review

An opal green, cleansing, minty brandy, digestivo/late-night sipper.

Variations/similar cocktails

Hugo Ensslin's 1917 Devil's Cocktail

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Comments & Discussion

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Josh Harpoon Commenter Appreciated Commenter 4 months ago

A very minty brandy, probably due to my strong menthe liqueur, so I added a 7,5ml armagnac.
Now it’s very nice and I am listening to the Rolling Stones’ Sympathy for the Devil.
Great combination :)

Jack Reid Commenter Appreciated Commenter 4 years ago

Made this with Taylor's 10 Year Old this evening. It's a nice drink. It looks good (mine was more amber than the picture above) and tastes like you would expect a port/dry vermouth drink to taste. To my mind at least, cocktails are normally spirit based, so this is pleasantly different. I could quite happily follow it up with a second.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member Commenter Appreciated Commenter 2 years ago

Jack's comment was made about Hugo Ensslin’s 1917 Devil’s Cocktail, which was originally on this page. Due to duplication, in March 2024, I repurposed this page to show Robert Vermeire’s 1922 Devil’s Cocktail. For Ensslin's Devil's Cocktail, please see the 'variant' link above.