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Improved Brandy Cocktail

Category: Old FashionedMood: Sipper

Via Imbibe Magazine

Lowball

Ingredients

  • 60ml brandy
  • 2.5ml maraschino liqueur
  • 5ml simple syrup
  • 1 dash absinthe
  • 2 dashes Boker's bitters
No. of Servings:
1

Garnish

Lemon twist

Instructions

  1. Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with ice.

  2. Stir until chilled.

  3. Strain into a rocks glass with ice.

  4. Twist a lemon peel over the drink to express the essential oils and garnish with the twist.

Hints

  1. Boker’s bitters are one of the oldest types of bitters we know about. While the company no longer exists, the Bitter Truth has come up with a replica version that aims to come as close as possible to it.

  2. If you can’t get a hold of Boker’s bitters, consider using a mixture of Angostura, Cacao and Cardamom bitters.

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Trivia

  1. A sibling of the Improved Whiskey Cocktail. Both cocktails are considered part of the same family or category of “Improved” cocktails, which became popular in the latter half of the nineteenth century.

  2. The “Improved” label was meant as a way to differentiate this style of cocktail to the ones that were traditionally served in the past.

Tags

1800sOld FashionedBrandyMaraschino liqueurSimple syrupAbsintheBoker's bitters