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The Improved Cocktail

Updated: Jun 17

PH factor: 9.5












Ingredients:

Cocktail

o 2 ounces Hennessey VS

Cognac

o 1 bar spoon of Maraschino

liqueur

o 1 dash Pernod Absinthe

Supérieure

o ¼ ounce Simple Syrup

(see: Syrups etc.)

o 1 dash Angostura bitters or

to taste

Garnish

o lemon peel


Method:

1. Stir to combine all but

Cognac in an Old-Fashioned

glass.

2. Add Cognac and one large

ice cube and stir to chill.

3. Run the lemon peel around

the rim of the glass, skin side

down and drop it into the

drink for garnish.


Comments:

Prior to 1870 all cocktails were

a base spirit, sugar, bitters, and

water. Bartender Jerry Thomas

is credited with “improving”

them, hence forth and forever-

more by adding another spirit

to the recipe. This cocktail was

as much an "improvement" in

the 1800s as it is today. Thank

you, Mr. Thomas.

. . .

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