Showing posts with label elemental mixology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label elemental mixology. Show all posts

Saturday, May 5, 2018

35. Bird Cocktail


My interpretation:
  1.25 oz Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao
  1.75 oz Courvoisier VSOP.

Shake well (20 seconds) with ice, strain, serve. Garnish with orange peel. — Not a Cocktail technically, but a simple duo using curaçao as a sweetener. According to Elemental Mixology, Curaçao brun is simply curacao dyed to resemble the color of the mature brown orange. I estimate the use of the authentic ingredient (all but unavailable) would have a darkening effect on the color, but minimal effect on the taste.
 

Turning the Page

Greetings! We have come to the end of the Cocktails section from Jack’s Manual (1933). In the process of our study, we have discovered so...