# French Connection

A restrained measure of amaretto rounds Cognac with silky texture and bittersweet stone-fruit-kernel perfume without burying the brandy's fruit and oak.

Strength: 36% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 45 ml [Cognac](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/cognac.md)
- 22.5 ml [Amaretto](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/amaretto.md)

## Glassware

Old fashioned glass

## Method

1. Fill a chilled old fashioned glass with cubed ice.
2. Add the Cognac and amaretto, then stir gently until cold.

## Related drinks

- [Stinger](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/stinger.md): Cognac softened and cooled by white crème de menthe.
- [Sazerac](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/sazerac.md): Cognac, sugar, and Peychaud’s bitters served in an absinthe-rinsed glass.
- [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.
- [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.
- [Sidecar](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/sidecar.md): A crisp Cognac sour balanced with orange liqueur and lemon.
- [Corpse Reviver No. 1](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/corpse-reviver-no-1.md): Cognac, Calvados, and sweet vermouth make a dark, spirit-forward member of the loosely named Corpse Reviver family, entirely unlike the bright gin-and-citrus No. 2.
- [Horse’s Neck](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/horses-neck.md): Cognac and ginger ale become unusually aromatic beneath a continuous lemon spiral, whose peel oils give the spare, cold highball its defining dry edge.
- [Chicago Cocktail](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/chicago-cocktail.md): 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.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/french-connection
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/french-connection-f4096ad3.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/2415/french-connection