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Evening Sun

Difford’s Guide
Discerning Drinkers (12)
Measurements in:
Serves:
1
Ingredients
2/3 fl oz Cognac (brandy)
1/3 fl oz Green Chartreuse (or alternative herbal liqueur)
1/6 fl oz Rose petal liqueur
1/2 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/6 fl oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
1/3 fl oz Egg white (pasteurised) or Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer
2 fl oz Brut champagne/sparkling wine

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of express & float coin-sized orange zest twist.
  3. Prepare garnish of coin-sized orange zest twist.

Method

  1. SHAKE first 6 ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker.
  2. DRY SHAKE (without ice) to emulsify.
  3. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  4. TOP with sparkling wine by pouring in the centre of the cocktail.

Garnish

  1. Express orange zest twist over the cocktail and then use as a garnish to cover the hole in the foam left by pouring sparkling wine.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Evening Sun contains 154 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.2 standard drinks
  • 12.91% alc./vol. (25.83° proof)
  • 17.3 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

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History

Adapted from a recipe in William Schmidt's 1892 The Flowing Bowl.

The Evening Sun
(For four.)
In a large glass,
The juice of a large lemon,
2 barspoons of powdered sugar,
fill the glass with chopped ice,
space a drink of fine brandy,
a pony of green chartreuse,
½ pony of crême de roses,
the whites of 2 eggs.
Shake this to the freezing-point.
In four glasses divide a pint of dry champagne; strain your ingredients into these four glasses very slowly, and serve.

William Schmidt, 1892


Review

It's the dry sparkling wine that has the last word in this beautifully integrated and complex foaming sour.

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Comments & Discussion

Cassandra Adams Premium Member
Somehow this manages to be both mellow and zingy at once, and dangerously drinkable. The rose came across mostly in the nose for us, although it does also soften the herbal notes from the chartreuse. Overall a treat!
score: 1
Difford’s Shop logo
$0.10 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 150.5 cocktails.
Shipping and applicable tax calculated at checkout.


Orders are processed by a licensed Fulproof retailer. The buy now button is added simply for convenience.

Checkout

* May not include all ingredients. Price per cocktail is an estimate based on cost of one cocktail with ingredients shown above and does not include shipping.