Name: Saratoga Cocktail
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Cognac (brandy); 30 ml Rye whiskey 50% abv; 30 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 1 dash Boker's bitters

Saratoga Cocktail
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Photographed in a Retro Coupe Engraved 7.75oz

Ingredients:
1 oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
1 oz	Straight rye whiskey (100 proof /50% alc./vol.)
1 oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1 dash	Boker's bitters optional

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of orange or lemon zest twist (classically lemon).
THROW (or STIR) all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS orange (or lemon) zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

This brandy-influenced Sweet Manhattan is best mixed by throwing and enjoyed while bubbles still rest on its surface.

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Variant:

Delmonico; Brandy Manhattan; Ocean Cable

History:

Adapted from a recipe in the posthumously published 1887 Jerry Thomas' Bar-tenders Guide (Jerry "The Professor" Thomas died 15th December 1885).

The cocktail takes its name from Saratoga Springs, a city in New York State, which became a popular resort town due to its natural mineral springs and the Saratoga and Schenectady Railroad, which opened in 1832. Hotels sprang up, and Saratoga was "the 19th century's east coast equivalent of Las Vegas." In its day, the city's Grand Union Hotel was the largest in the world.

Saratoga Cocktail.
(Use small bar glass.)
Take 2 dashes of Angostura bitters.
1 pony of brandy.
1 pony of whiskey.
1 pony of Vermouth.
Shake up well with two small lumps of ice; strain into a claret glass, and serve with a quarter of a slice of lemon.
Anonymous, Jerry Thomas' Bar-tenders Guide, 1887

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Nutrition:

One serving of Saratoga Cocktail contains 181 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
27.87% alc./vol. (27.87° proof)
25.2 grams of pure alcohol

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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John Hinojos

28th August 2024 at 00:40

Made this again using a 118 proof California Rye and 1/2 Dry and 1/2 Rosso vermouth. Made the final cocktail somewhat drier and with a little more rye punch. Loved this version the best.

John Hinojos

5th June 2022 at 23:51

Very nice, but made one minor change. Decided to use the vermouth measurements in the Brandy Manhattan (2/3 sweet/1/3 dry). Made the cocktail a bit drier. Liked the mixture of the rye and cognac. Very nice aperitif.

Swearword and Ethanol

4th June 2021 at 22:53

Just okay.

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