Champagne Cocktail

Champagne Cocktail: Champagne, Cognac, Angostura Bitters and Sugar cube. Served in a champagne flute. Garnish: orange zest and maraschino cherry.

The Spec

• 90 ml Champagne
• 10 ml Cognac
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters
• 1 Sugar cube

Method

Soak sugar cube with bitters, add cognac, top with chilled Champagne.

Served in a champagne flute. Garnish: orange zest and maraschino cherry.

Spec held as sourced — IBA. The house never guesses a drink.

What to pour

Bottles in the cellar for each line of the Champagne Cocktail spec:

• Cognac — Courvoisier VS, Hennessy VS, Mandarine Napoléon, and 4 more
• Angostura Bitters — Angostura Aromatic Bitters

Drinks that share this spec

Shares Angostura Bitters and Cognac with Brandy sour. If your shelf makes Champagne Cocktail, it is already most of the way to these:

Brandy sour · Champs-Elysees · Chicago cocktail

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