Dandy Cocktail
1.5 oz Dubonnet Rouge
.5oz Cointreau
Dash Angostura Bitters
Lemon and Orange peel
Shake extra vigorously strain into a cocktail glass.
So the lemon and orange peel are very necessary in this cocktail, in fact, the more fresh citrus peel in the shaker the better. While not the most balanced drink and heavy on the Dubonnet flavor notes it is most certainly an evening drink. Heavy on the strong elements and the Cointreau provides plenty of sweet the drink was lacking citrus notes, I am tempted to try this cocktail with a little simple syrup and some lemon juice replacing half the Cointreau. As to using bourbon over rye, I used Bulleit, a rye heavy bourbon, and it worked very very well with Dubonnet's flavors and while I think using a pure rye like Alberta Premium would make a good drink, I think Bulleit will be my liquor of choice for this drink.
Recommended for wine lovers and those in search of a post-dinner cocktail. I will most certainly be making this again, despite the unfortunate name.
Went and tried a Dubbonet Cocktail (1.5 oz Gin 1.5oz Dubbbonet, Shaken)...this is a much better drink. The Dubbonet cocktail is very savory and quinine heavy and the bitters dont marry it in the same way as in the Dandy since its missing the citrus notes...which really are what made teh Dandy tasty.
ReplyDeleteGoing to try mixing Dubbonet and Aperol together in the future I think...