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Thin Pink Line

A subtly almond-influenced brandy sour served straight up, it is set apart by its namesake, the 'Thin Pink Line' of Peychaud's bitters, which floats on...
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T M’s Avatar T M
9 hours ago
Dry shook everything as I did not care much about the visual appearance. Incredibly smooth drink, super balanced, maybe I will do .5 rich and .5 orgeat next time for an additional almond taste
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Patricio González-Careaga López-Tapia’s Avatar Patricio González-Careaga López-Tapia
9th February at 08:57
So it's 1 dash Peychaud's before shaking, plus one for garnish? 2 Dash total? Thanks :)
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Paloma Difford’s Avatar Paloma Difford
9th February at 09:46
Hi Patricio, the recipe has been amended to say 'shake first 5 ingredients' not 6. Thanks for spotting this and letting us know!
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Felicia Stratton ’s Avatar Felicia Stratton
29th October 2024 at 19:15
I always reverse shake. Dry shake doesn’t make a solid enough meringue for me. Tried dry shake and failed lol. I did get a line on one side of the glass, but also a big pink hole in the middle. It wasn’t sour or bitter enough for me either, but was indeed, very tasty. I like the transformation concept - imma keep at it.
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michael Monaco’s Avatar michael Monaco
2nd September 2024 at 22:44
A very nice drink...and pretty. I like it. More importantly, my wife and her friends like it for taste and beauty.
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Morten Carlsbaek’s Avatar Morten Carlsbaek
11th August 2024 at 10:34
The "Thin Pink Line" and the "Improved Japanese Cocktail" are cousins from different cities. One born in London with egg white, the other in New York with Peychaud's Bitter - both nine years old. I better try them side by side on day soon.
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
12th August 2024 at 07:27
Great observation. I've added links between the two cocktails.
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Fredie Martineau’s Avatar Fredie Martineau
10th June 2024 at 08:55
Very clever - However I dont like having to wait 10 minutes for the thin line to appear. Personally I like to drink the cocktail cold. The amount of bitter was unpleasant for me.
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Hendrik Schaulin’s Avatar Hendrik Schaulin
3rd February 2024 at 02:33
Since I did not have orgeat on hand I replaced it with yellow chartreuse M.O.F.
Also very lovely.
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Alexandros Kordatzakis’ Avatar Alexandros Kordatzakis
5th April 2024 at 13:49
How did you even think of doing this? What's the similarity of Orgeat with Yellow Chartreuse?
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Sally Morgan’s Avatar Sally Morgan
19th January 2024 at 20:00
Well I wasn’t expecting that!

Not your typical brandy cocktail - well worth trying.
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