Brandy Crusta

Name: Brandy Crusta
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: International
Ingredients: 52.5 ml Brandy; 7.5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 1 bar spoon Orange curaçao; 15 ml Lemon juice; 1 bar spoon Simple syrup; 2 dashes Aromatic bitters

Brandy, lemon, curaçao and maraschino in a sugar-crusted glass lined with a long peel. New Orleans, 1850s.

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Method: Stirred
Glass: Cocktail glass
Served: Straight up, no ice
Strength: 21% ABV about 1.4 standard drinks

Sour

Ingredients

1 drink

87 ml before ice, about 122 ml in the glass

52.5 ml Brandy
7.5 ml Maraschino liqueur
1 bar spoon Orange curaçao
15 ml Lemon juice
1 bar spoon Simple syrup
2 dashes Aromatic bitters

Method

Mix together all ingredients with ice cubes in a mixing glass and strain into a prepared slim cocktail glass.

Garnish

Rub a slice of orange (or lemon) around the rim of the glass and dip it in pulverized white sugar, so that the sugar will adhere to the edge of the glass. Carefully curling place the orange/lemon peel around the inside of the glass.

Recipe as specified by the International Bartenders Association. Strength is an estimate that allows for dilution from ice.