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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.

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.