# Seelbach

Bourbon, orange liqueur, and ten dashes of bitters meet Champagne in Adam Seger's genuinely modern 1995 sparkling cocktail.

Strength: 18% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 30 ml [Bourbon](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/bourbon.md)
- 15 ml [Triple sec](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/triple-sec.md)
- 7 dashes [Peychaud’s bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/peychauds-bitters.md)
- 3 dashes [Angostura bitters](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/angostura-bitters.md)
- 150 ml [Champagne](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/champagne.md) — Use well-chilled Brut Champagne.

## Glassware

Champagne flute

## Garnish

- Orange twist — Express the peel oils over the drink and retain the twist.

## Method

1. Stir the bourbon, triple sec, and bitters with cubed ice for about 30 seconds.
2. Strain into a chilled Champagne flute.
3. Add the Champagne slowly without stirring.

## Related drinks

- [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.
- [Death in the Afternoon](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/death-in-the-afternoon.md): Absinthe turns cold Brut Champagne opalescent, aromatic, and formidable in Ernest Hemingway’s stark 1935 contribution to the cocktail canon.
- [Kir Royale](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/kir-royale.md): A sparkling Burgundian aperitif in which blackcurrant deepens dry Champagne without suppressing its acidity or fine bubbles.
- [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.
- [Champagne Julep](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/champagne-julep.md): Cold Champagne, mint, and one sugar cube make a light nineteenth-century julep over fine ice, finished with fresh fruit rather than another spirit.
- [Buck’s Fizz](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bucks-fizz.md): One part fresh orange to three parts Brut Champagne preserves the wine-forward British branch beside the equal-parts Prosecco Mimosa.
- [Prince of Wales (1887)](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/prince-of-wales-1887.md): The 1887 rye branch crushes pineapple into a lightly sweetened whiskey cocktail and crowns it with Champagne.
- [French 75](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/french-75.md): A sparkling gin sour lengthened with Champagne.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/seelbach
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/seelbach-11f2bf5f.webp
- Recipe source: https://seelbachs.com/pages/about