# Brandy Crusta

A brandy sour with maraschino, curaçao, bitters, a sugar-crusted rim, and a long citrus peel.

Strength: 29% ABV

## Ingredients

- 52.5 ml [Brandy](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/brandy.md)
- 7.5 ml [Luxardo Maraschino](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/luxardo-maraschino.md)
- 1 bar spoon [Curaçao](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/curacao.md)
- 15 ml [Fresh lemon juice](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/fresh-lemon-juice.md)
- 1 bar spoon [Simple syrup](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/simple-syrup.md)
- 2 dashes [Aromatic bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/aromatic-bitters.md)

## Glassware

Slim cocktail glass

## Garnish

- Sugar rim — Finely crushed white sugar on a citrus-moistened rim.
- Citrus peel — Use a long orange or lemon peel curled inside the glass.

## Method

1. Moisten the glass rim with citrus and coat it in finely crushed white sugar.
2. Curl a long strip of citrus peel around the inside of the prepared glass.
3. Stir all the liquid ingredients with ice, then strain into the prepared glass.

## Related drinks

- [East India Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/east-india-cocktail.md): Tiny measures of pineapple, curaçao, maraschino, and bitters season Cognac without turning this nineteenth-century drink into either a sour or a tropical punch.
- [Aviation](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/aviation.md): A floral gin sour with maraschino, lemon, and the violet hue of crème de violette.
- [Brandy Scaffa](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/brandy-scaffa.md): Equal old brandy and maraschino with aromatic bitters preserve Jerry Thomas’s concentrated, undiluted room-temperature scaffa.
- [Sidecar](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/sidecar.md): A crisp Cognac sour balanced with orange liqueur and lemon.
- [Casino](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/casino.md): An Old Tom gin sour sharpened with maraschino, lemon, and orange bitters.
- [Final Ward](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/final-ward.md): An equal-parts rye variation on the Last Word, with Green Chartreuse, maraschino, and lemon.
- [Between the Sheets](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/between-the-sheets.md): A bright, spirit-forward sour joining rum and Cognac with orange liqueur and lemon.
- [Soyer au Champagne](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/soyer-au-champagne.md): Vanilla ice cream softens Cognac, curaçao, and maraschino before cold Champagne turns the drink into a creamy, aromatic sparkling float.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/brandy-crusta
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/brandy-crusta-11d031cf.webp
- Recipe source: https://iba-world.com/iba-cocktail/brandy-crusta/