Classic Cocktail Recipes
Vieux Carre
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- Category: Cocktail Recipes
Created in 1938 at the Hotel Montelone in New Orleans, famous for it's carousel bar that actually rotates. The name is French for the Old Square referring to the French Quarter.
Vieux Carre Recipe
Ingredients
- 3/4 Oz Rye whiskey
- 3/4 Oz Brandy
- 3/4 Oz Sweet vermouth
- 1/8 Oz Benedictine
- 1 Dash Peychaud's bitters
- 1 Dash Angostura bitters
Preparation
- Add all ingredients to an ice filled shaker and shake.
- Strain into an Old Fashioned glass and garnish with a lemon twist