Champagne Cocktail Recipe
The Champagne Cocktail is a vintage cocktail recipe from Harry Johnson's New and Improved Bartender's Manual, Harry Johnson, 1882. The original wording is preserved here beside a modernized version for easier mixing.
Source: Harry Johnson's New and Improved Bartender's Manual, Harry Johnson, 1882 . Original wording preserved.
Original Recipe
Use large bar glass, 1 bottle of wine to 6 large glasses. Use in each glass ½ teaspoonful of sugar, 3 dashes of bitters, ½ pony glass of brandy, 1 piece of lemon peel. Fill with ice, shake well and serve.
Modern Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 bottle of champagne (split between 6 glasses)
- ½ teaspoon (2.5 ml) sugar per glass
- ¼ oz (7.5 ml) Angostura bitters per glass
- ½ oz (15 ml) brandy per glass
- Lemon peel
Instructions
Fill each glass with champagne, sugar, bitters, and brandy. Add ice, shake gently, and garnish with a lemon peel.
