The Metropolitan Cocktail

PH factor: 9.0

Recipe

Ingredients:     

Cocktail

o 2 ounces Hennessey VS cognac

o 1 ounce Lillet Rouge

o ½ teaspoon Simple Syrup

(see: Syrups etc.)

o 1 dash Angostura bitters

or to taste

Method:

1. Shake over ice.

2. Serve up in a martini glass.

Comments:

By definition, this is your basic

cocktail as it incorporates

something spiritual, something

tasteful, something sweet and

something bitter with ice for

dilution. Since bitters will often

define a cocktail and since

everyone’s taste is different, we

often list the amount of bitters

with the codicil, "or to taste".

You can see The Metropolitan

is no exception to that rule.

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