Ingredients

  • 1½ ozcognac
  • ¼ ozorange curacao
  • 1 dashangostura bitters
  • 1 ozchampagne(to top)
  • 🍋Sugar rim(garnish)

🔧 Tools

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Instructions

  1. Rim a coupe glass with sugar.
  2. Add cognac, curaçao, and bitters to a mixing glass with ice.
  3. Stir until well chilled.
  4. Strain into the sugar-rimmed coupe.
  5. Top with champagne.
  6. Do not stir after adding champagne.

📜 History

The Chicago Cocktail appears in the 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book. Its combination of brandy, curaçao, and champagne with a dramatic sugar rim made it a signature drink of the elegant cocktail era before Prohibition.

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