The Improved Cocktail

PH factor: 9.5

Recipe

Ingredients:

Cocktail

o 2 ounces Hennessey VS cognac

o 1 bar spoon of Luxardo maraschino

o 1 dash Pernod Absinthe

Supérieure

o ¼ ounce Simple Syrup

(see: Syrups etc.)

o 1 dash Angostura bitters

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 along the

rim of the glass, skin side down

and drop it in as a garnish.

Remarks:

Prior to 1870 all cocktails were

a base spirit, sugar, bitters, and

water. Then, Jerry Thomas was

credited with improving them,

henceforth and forever more, by

adding another spirit to the mix.

Thank you, Mr. Thomas.

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