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Showing posts with label cognac. Show all posts

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Vieux Carré Cocktail

Today's cocktail was from the book "In the Land of the Cocktails, authored by the proprietors of Commander's Palace in New Orleans.  I selected a 'Vieux Carré Cocktail', which was very good, well worth having again.

The recipe:

1 oz Rye Whiskey (Old Overholt)
1 oz Cognac (E&J XO Brandy; not my $50 Cognac)
1 oz Sweet Vermouth (Dolin)
1/2 teaspoon Bénédictine
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
2 dashes Peychaud's Bitters

Combine in a cocktail shaker with ice, shake vigorously and strain into a chilled Martini glass and serve immediately.

I chose to garnish with a twist of lime and a lemon wheel.