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Chatham Hotel Special

Name: Chatham Hotel Special
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Cognac (brandy); 22.5 ml Tawny port; 15 ml Brown/dark cacao liqueur; 15 ml Whipping cream

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Cockburn's Tawny Eyes Tawny Port
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Brown/dark crème de cacao liqueur
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Whipping cream

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of grated nutmeg.

Method

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

Garnish

Dust with freshly grated nutmeg.

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Chatham Hotel Special contains 247 calories

Alcohol content:

1.8 standard drinks
20.93% alc./vol. (41.86° proof)
25.3 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Tawny port — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites
Whipping cream — Dairy

History

This mid-1900s classic from New York's Chatham Hotel was resurrected by Ted Haigh in his 2004 book Vintage Spirits & Forgotten Cocktails.

Review

We've slightly changed the proportions and replaced the original lemon zest garnish with a little extra spice.

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Comments & Discussion

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John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

This is an excellent evening cocktail. Perfect for after dinner or a nightcap. More suited to a sophisticated taste and someone who likes to experience traditional cocktails. Key to its balance is using the correct and quality ingredients. There is a spicy quality to the cocktail and the nutmeg on the top makes it perfect for a cool, rainy evening. Perfect for someone who would like to try a pre-prohibition cocktail. Will have again.

John Hinojos Premium Member 3y

Forgot to add, it has a sort of eggnog taste without the eggy taste.

Andy Quan 5y

The blog 'Our Libatious Nature' says they can see why this cocktail has remained forgotten, the signature cocktail of the Chatham Hotel in NYC, long gone, between E 48th & E 49th, facing Lexington Avenue. My version, tonight, was more like a Motel 6. I used brandy instead of cognac, marsala instead of port, homemade creme de cacao & perhaps the biggest downfall, yoghurt instead of cream (I was working with what we had). It was a strange pink colour & not quite right tho that was probs my fault.

Sean Baron 3y

That sounds revolting!! Was it?