Harvard Recipe
Essentially a Manhattan made with cognac — brandy, sweet vermouth and bitters — loosened with a small splash of soda.
- Category: Popular
- Glass: Martini glass
- ABV: 20%
- Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
- Cognac60 ml (2 oz)
- Sweet red vermouth30 ml (1 oz)
- Angostura bitters2 dash
- Soda water30 ml (1 oz)
How to Make It
- Add the cognac, sweet vermouth and bitters to a mixing glass with ice.
- Stir until well chilled.
- Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
- Top with the chilled soda water.
- Express an orange peel over the drink and drop it in.
Garnish
Orange peel
The Story
One of the college-named drinks of the 1890s, it appears in George Kappeler's Modern American Drinks of 1895, already finished with seltzer.
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