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Adapted by Erik Adkins from The Savoy Cocktail Book by Harry Craddock

photo: Lizzie Munro
Champagne Cocktail

If you’re looking for something Champagne Cocktail-ish, this might be the item for you. The drink, which appears in the 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book, adds a half ounce of Dubonnet Rouge to the usual formula of Champagne, sugar and Angostura bitters. Beyond the immediately noticeable rosy hue, the Dubonnet brings a cheery, sweet cherry note to the proceedings.

Ingredients

Serving: 1

  • 1/2 ounce Dubonnet Rouge (chilled)
  • 1/2 ounce Dubonnet Rouge (chilled)
  • 1 Angostura bitters-soaked sugar cube
  • 1 Angostura bitters-soaked sugar cube
  • Champagne, to top
  • Champagne, to top

Garnish: orange twist

Directions
  1. Place the sugar cube in a coupe and top with Dubonnet and Champagne.
  2. Garnish with an orange twist.

Tagged: champagne cocktail, Dubonnet, Savoy Cocktail Book

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