# Chicago Cocktail

Cognac, curaçao, and bitters meet a restrained Champagne top beneath a sugar-crusted rim, placing this 1922 drink between the Champagne Cocktail and Brandy Crusta.

Strength: 29% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 45 ml [Cognac](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cognac.md)
- 7.5 ml [Orange curaçao](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/orange-curacao.md) — Use a dry orange curaçao.
- 2 dashes [Angostura bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/angostura-bitters.md)
- 30 ml [Champagne](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/champagne.md) — Use a dry brut Champagne and add it only after straining.

## Glassware

Coupe glass

## Garnish

- Sugar rim — Coat the outside edge of the entire citrus-moistened rim in finely crushed white sugar.
- Lemon twist — Express the peel oils over the drink and drop the twist into the glass.

## Method

1. Moisten the outside of the entire rim of a chilled coupe with lemon and coat it in finely crushed white sugar.
2. Stir the Cognac, curaçao, and bitters with cubed ice until thoroughly chilled and diluted.
3. Strain into the prepared coupe and top gently with the Champagne.

## 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.
- [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.
- [Champagne Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/champagne-cocktail.md): A bitters-soaked sugar cube focuses Champagne's stream of bubbles, while Cognac gives the drink quiet depth.
- [Sidecar](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/sidecar.md): A crisp Cognac sour balanced with orange liqueur and lemon.
- [Seelbach](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/seelbach.md): Bourbon, orange liqueur, and ten dashes of bitters meet Champagne in Adam Seger's genuinely modern 1995 sparkling cocktail.
- [Japanese Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/japanese-cocktail.md): Cognac, orgeat, and aromatic bitters form a foundational stirred cocktail whose dry brandy structure keeps the almond syrup far from tropical territory.
- [Sazerac](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/sazerac.md): Cognac, sugar, and Peychaud’s bitters served in an absinthe-rinsed glass.
- [Stinger](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/stinger.md): Cognac softened and cooled by white crème de menthe.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/chicago-cocktail
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/chicago-cocktail-9d31de6c.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.vintagefrenchcopper.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Cocktails_how_to_mix_them_Vermeire_1922.pdf