Bottle Cocktail
Source:
The Bartender's Guide: How To Mix Drinks
page:
49
To make a splendid bottle of brandy cocktail, use the following ingredients:
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bottle
brandy
Ingredient: brandy
What it is: BrandyBrandy (from brandywine, derived from Dutch brandewijn—"burnt wine") is a spirit produced by distilling wine, the wine having first been produced by fermenting grapes. Brandy generally contains 35%–60% alcohol by volume and is typically taken as an after-dinner drink. While some brandies are aged in wooden casks, most are colored with caramel coloring to imitate the effect of such aging.
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bottle
water
Ingredient: water
What it is: AdditiveUbiquitous chemical substance that is composed of hydrogen and oxygen and is essential for all forms of life -- also a component of all drinks.
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pony glass
Bogart's bitters
Ingredient: Bogart's bitters
Also Known As: Boker's What it is: BittersCorruption of the correct name, "Boker's", a popular bitters in the late 19th century.
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wine-glass
gum syrup
Substitution:
simple syrup
Ingredient: gum syrup
Also Known As: Gomme syrup What it is: SyrupAn ingredient commonly used in mixed drinks. Like bar syrups, it is a sugar and water mixture, but has an added ingredient of gum arabic which acts as an emulsifier.
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pony glass
Curaçao
Substitution:
Triple sec
Ingredient: Curaçao
Also Known As: Curaçoa What it is: BittersLiqueur flavored with the dried peels of the laraha citrus fruit, grown on the island of Curaçao. Earlier versions were based on brandy or rum but now use neutral spirits.
The author has always used this recipe in compounding the above beverage for connoisseurs. Whiskey and gin cocktails, in bottles, may be made by using the above recipe, and substituting those liquors instead of brandy.
