Charles Cocktail
A simple but elegant brandy Manhattan variation, described in the Savoy as the only authentic Jacobite cocktail.
- 1½ ozcognac
- 1½ ozsweet vermouth
- 1 dashangostura bitters
- Cherrygarnish
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Harry Craddock's 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book describes the Charles Cocktail as the only known authentic Jacobite Cocktail.
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