Brandy Crusta
A prototypical Prohibition-era cocktail, driven largely by the prominence of the cognac.
Data
- Served in cocktail
- 40% ABV
- Garnish with Lemon curl
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Ingredients
| Cognac | 6.0cl 2.0oz | |
| Angostura bitters | One dash | |
| Lemon juice | Half teaspoon | |
| Orange Curaçao | One teaspoon | |
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Directions
- Prepare glass by moistening the rim with lemon and dipping it in sugar.
- Carefully curling the lemon peel around the inside of the glass.
- Combine all ingredients in a shaker.
- Shake and strain into glass.
- Add 1 small cube of ice.
Information
Cold Glass has the ultimate writeup on the obscure and under-appreciated Brandy Crusta, a Prohibition-era cocktail that paved the way for the Sidecar and many other cocktails. From the article:
In the long run, I suspect its characteristic of standing in the middle between the very popular Old-Fashioned and the very popular Sour was its undoing. It was, as they say, neither fish nor fowl; that ambiguity, combined with its labor-intensive presentation, kept it out of the mainstream.
As a result, the Brandy Crusta is more of an honored ancestor than a living cocktail. It’s too bad, because it is a tasty, and flashy, variant of the Old-Fashioned, and well worth having in the repertoire. Give it a try, and let me know what you think.