Name: History and Nobility
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Cognac (brandy); 22.5 ml Aromatized wine; 7.5 ml Apricot liqueur; 1 dash Orange bitters; 15 ml Chilled water

History & Nobility
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Photographed in a Waterford Mixology Coupe Clear

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. cognac
³⁄₄ oz	Aromatized wine (e.g. Lillet Blanc)
¹⁄₄ oz	Luxardo Apricot Albicocca Liqueur
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
¹⁄₂ oz	Chilled water

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Review:

Cognac stirred with orange and apricot liqueurs along with a dash of orange bitters. The original recipe calls for two dashes but go too heavy with your bitters and this subtle drink will be wrecked. Achieving perfect dilution is also key, hence our adding half a shot chilled water (ice allowing of course).

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2015 by Daniel Bovey at Be At One, Bristol, England.

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Nutrition:

One serving of History & Nobility contains 149 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
21.16% alc./vol. (21.16° proof)
19.1 grams of pure alcohol

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peter holmes

4th March 2023 at 23:51

Made this with a Cardenal Mendoza Solera Gran Reserva (for an experiment) and it is sublime. Complex and layered, this drink depends on the quality of the brandy.

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