French 75 (Cognac)

PH factor: 8.5

Recipe

Ingredients:

Cocktail

o 1 ½ ounces Remy Martin

VSOP cognac

o ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice

o 1 tablespoon Simple Syrup,

see: Syrups etc.

o champagne

Garnish

o lemon twist

Method:

1. Stir to combine first three

ingredients in a champagne

flute.

2. Top with champagne.

3. Stir once gently.

4. Garnish with a lemon

twist.

Remarks:

There are many theories of its

origins, and much debate over

gin vs. brandy. We do know the

recipe was first recorded in

1930. The name may have come

from a remark of a World War I

pilot who said drinking it felt

like being on the receiving end

of a French 75mm field cannon.

Of course, he might have been

referring to how his head felt

the morning after drinking too

many. You decide.

. . .