The Violet Hour in Chicago identified five templates as the basis for their cocktails — and one is completely unexpected. Meet Vice & Virtue cocktail that uses the Vieux Carré recipe as its basis
– 2 oz Siete Leguas Blanco Tequila – .75 oz Bonal Gentiane-Quina – .25 oz Cocchi Vermouth di Torino – .25 oz Rothman & Winter Orchard Apricot Liqueur – 1 dash Peychaud’s Bitters – 1 dash Bittercube Blackstrap Bitters
Via Owen Gibler, The Violet Hour (adapted from The Bartender’s Manifesto)
Chill a coupe. In a mixing glass, add the bitters and apricot liqueur. Add the vermouth, Bonal and tequila. Fill the glass three-quarters full of ice. Stir, strain and garnish with an expressed orange peel.
Via Owen Gibler, The Violet Hour (adapted from The Bartender’s Manifesto)
“Just as the famous French chef identified the cornerstones for almost every sauce to follow … there are only a few main cocktails that every bartender needs to open the door for invention to follow,” Toby Maloney tells InsideHook.
The sour, Old-Fashioned, Martini/Manhattan and Negroni are common bases for drinks. The Vieux Carré, described as a “love child of the Manhattan and an improved Old-Fashioned” that has its origins in New Orleans. It’s basically two spirits plus vermouth, liqueur, two types of bitters and two garnishes.
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