# Brandy Scaffa

Equal old brandy and maraschino with aromatic bitters preserve Jerry Thomas’s concentrated, undiluted room-temperature scaffa.

Strength: 36% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 30 ml [Brandy](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/brandy.md) — Use a mature, characterful brandy.
- 30 ml [Luxardo Maraschino](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/luxardo-maraschino.md) — Use a clear maraschino liqueur.
- 2 dashes [Angostura bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/angostura-bitters.md)

## Glassware

Wine glass

## Method

1. Pour all ingredients directly into a small room-temperature wine glass without ice.
2. Stir gently only to combine, adding no water or dilution.

## Related drinks

- [Fancy Free](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/fancy-free.md): Maraschino replaces sugar entirely in this modern rocks-glass reading of an early whiskey cocktail, with two bitters keeping bourbon's sweetness taut.
- [Brandy Crusta](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/brandy-crusta.md): A brandy sour with maraschino, curaçao, bitters, a sugar-crusted rim, and a long citrus peel.
- [Aviation](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/aviation.md): A floral gin sour with maraschino, lemon, and the violet hue of crème de violette.
- [Last Word](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/last-word.md): An equal-parts gin sour combining herbal green Chartreuse and maraschino with sharp lime.
- [Final Ward](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/final-ward.md): An equal-parts rye variation on the Last Word, with Green Chartreuse, maraschino, and lemon.
- [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.
- [Closing Argument](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/closing-argument.md): Mezcal takes gin’s place in this exact equal-parts Last Word branch, carrying smoke and roasted agave through Chartreuse, maraschino, and lime.
- [Casino](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/casino.md): An Old Tom gin sour sharpened with maraschino, lemon, and orange bitters.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/brandy-scaffa
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/brandy-scaffa-4b0cde6c.webp
- Recipe source: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Bar-tender%27s_Guide/Brandy_Scaffa