Metropole Cocktail
George Kappeler’s equal brandy-and-French-vermouth cocktail layers three tiny sweet, anise, and orange-bitter accents over an unusually dry core.
- Glassware
- Cocktail glass
- Strength
- 29% ABVBefore dilution
- Garnish
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- Maraschino cherry Use one good preserved cherry.
Ingredients
- Brandy 45 ml
- Dry vermouth 45 ml Keep the opened bottle refrigerated and use it fresh.
- Gum syrup 2 dashes
- Peychaud’s bitters 2 dashes
- Orange bitters 1 dash
Preparation
- Stir all the liquid ingredients with cubed ice until thoroughly chilled and diluted.
- Fine-strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
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