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Very elegant and luxurious. As a bolder alternative, we think Rittenhouse Rye works very nicely as a substitute for the Armagnac...one might even add a further dash of bitters.
This is one of those cocktails that really does need to be consigned to the dustbin of history, along with the imperial sentiments that it evokes...but mostly because it is just a vulgar, dog's breakfast of a cocktail. Sorry, but it is what it is.