# Madeira Cobbler

Medium-dry Madeira, orange, and a teaspoon of sugar make the earliest named cobbler branch a cold, gently oxidative counterpart to the brighter Sherry Cobbler.

Strength: 18% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 90 ml [Madeira](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/madeira.md) — Use a medium-dry Rainwater Madeira; with sweeter Bual or Malmsey, reduce or omit the sugar.
- 1 teaspoon [Superfine sugar](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/superfine-sugar.md)
- 2 slices [Orange](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/orange.md) — Use two thin half-wheels.

## Glassware

Julep cup

## Garnish

- Orange slice — Use one thin half-wheel.
- Blackberry — Use three fresh seasonal blackberries.

## Method

1. Shake the Madeira, sugar, and orange with cubed ice until thoroughly chilled and the sugar has dissolved.
2. Strain into a chilled julep cup packed with crushed ice, crown with more crushed ice, and serve with a straw.

## Related drinks

- [Sherry Cobbler](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/sherry-cobbler.md): A long, low-proof sherry drink brightened with fresh citrus and served lavishly cold over crushed ice.
- [Caipirinha](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/caipirinha.md): Brazil’s direct, vivid union of grassy cachaça, muddled lime, and cane sugar over cracked ice.
- [Poncha à Pescador](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/poncha-a-pescador.md): Madeira cane aguardente, lemon, and sugar are worked vigorously with the traditional mexelote into the spare, lightly foaming fisherman’s Poncha branch.
- [Mint Julep](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/mint-julep.md): A cold, fragrant bourbon drink in which mint and a little sugar open the whiskey without obscuring it.
- [Daiquiri](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/daiquiri.md): A crisp Cuban rum sour balancing fresh lime with fine sugar.
- [Coronation Cocktail (Joseph Rose)](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/coronation-cocktail-joseph-rose.md): Joseph Rose’s 1903 Coronation is a bone-dry vermouth-and-fino cocktail lifted by tiny measures of maraschino and orange bitters.
- [Bamboo](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bamboo.md): A delicate, low-alcohol aperitif joining fino sherry and dry vermouth with aromatic bitters.
- [Adonis](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/adonis.md): A poised, lower-proof aperitif joining dry, nutty Amontillado sherry with sweet vermouth and orange bitters.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/madeira-cobbler
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/madeira-cobbler-0c98e156.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.spiritsanddistilling.com/dictionary/acref-9780199311132-e-283