Champagne Cocktail
Recipe:
- (optional: 30ml VSOP cognac)
- Champagne
- demerara sugar cube
- 3 good dashes aromatic bitters
Put the sugar cube into your ice cold champagner flute, soak with the dashes of bitters, optionally add the (prechilled) Cognac, top off with ice cold Champagne. Express the oils of a lemon zest over the drink. Discard.
The Champagne Cocktail, attention now, in my preferred, later variation with a splash of cognac, so halfway to all the other variations (Prince of Wales, Chicago, Casino). But this is my page, after all, so I'm allowed to decide on that, haha.
In the cognac variation it has great dried fruit, some cinnamon and nutmeg, a touch of brown sugar, and of course the sparkling freshness on the nose, with a hint of citrus from the oils.
In the mouth virtually the same game, discreet dried fruit, fresh and intense they burst everywhere in the mouth, fine sweetness and spices. Clove, nutmeg, star anise, cinnamon and quite a lot of dry tingle, a very nice standard Champagne drink, rather straight forward than super complex.
Source: Mixology / Diffordsguide
