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Brandy Blazer

Name: Brandy Blazer
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Cognac (brandy); 60 ml Boiling water; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
2 fl oz	Cognac (brandy)
2 fl oz	Boiling water
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

Garnish: Lemon & orange zest twists

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Snifter/Brandy balloon glass

Method:

POUR cognac into a warmed glass and rest the bowl of the glass on an old-fashioned glass so it lies on its side supported by the rim. FLAME the cognac and carefully move the glass back to an upright position sitting normally on your work surface. POUR in hot water (this will extinguish any remaining flame) and sugar. Stir, garnish and serve.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Brandy Blazer contains 161 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
14.82% alc./vol. (29.64° proof)
18.9 grams of pure alcohol

History

A variation on 'Professor' Jerry Thomas' Blue Blazer which involved theatrically pouring ignited brandy between two mugs.

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Review

One way to warm your winter nights.

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Matt Premium Member 1y

Searching for warm cocktails for cold nights - this is a great way to enjoy your brandy/cognac! The nose is off from a normal pour of neat cognac, but the flavor notes come through very well. I note that you won't see the flame unless you have very dim lighting - and in that case it is very alluring.

Egor Doroshenko 4y

That reminds me the way we drink sambuca in Moscow. No water and sugar; just flame the sambuca, let it burn a little (you need to twist cognac glass). Then pour burning sambuca in an old-fashioned glass and drink immediately! In addition you can inhale sambuca vapor from the cognac glass.