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]]> by: Robert Hess http://thespiritworld.net/2006/01/09/the_champagne_cocktail/#comment-225 Mon, 09 Jan 2006 07:57:36 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2006/01/09/the_champagne_cocktail/#comment-225 Mr. Baker actually presents 5 different champagne cocktials in his book "The Gentleman's Companion: An Exotic Drinking Book". The lovely and slightly rambling narrative he provides is difficult to paraphrase and still do it justice, but here is an attempt to quickly list those five different drinks. It is the first one on the list, the "Burra-Peg" that you are refering to specifically.<br /> <br /> Champagne Cocktail No. 1<br /> "Burra-Peg"<br /> - 2 jiggers well-chilled cognac<br /> - 1 lump sugar doused with Angostura<br /> - Fill up with chilled dry champagne<br /> Garnish with a spiral of green lime peel.<br /> <br /> Champagne Cocktail No. 2<br /> "Jimmie Roosevelt"<br /> Fill 16 oz goblet with cracked ice.<br /> Drop a lump of sugar, saturated with angostura, in the middle.<br /> 2 jiggers French cognac<br /> Fill with champagne<br /> Float 2 tbsp of green Chartreuse<br /> No garnish<br /> <br /> Champagne Cocktail No. 3<br /> "Rio de Janeiro Jocky Club"<br /> In a large tapering champange cocktail glass stack four ice cubes.<br /> Top with lump of sugar saturated with 4 dashes of orange bitters.<br /> Insert 2 sticks of fresh pineapple sticks.<br /> Add a long spiral of green lime peel.<br /> Fill with a medium dry champagne.<br /> Fload 1 tbsp Cointreau.<br /> <br /> Champagne Cocktail No. 4<br /> "Imperial Cossack Crusta"<br /> Rub the inside of a champagne cocktail glass with the juice and oils of a green lime, and rub the outside of the glass 1/2 inch below the rim.<br /> Dip the rim in sugar to coat.<br /> Fill the glass with sugar, then dump it out to coat the inside.<br /> Now in a mixing glass combine:<br /> 2 dashes orange bitters<br /> 1 jigger of cognac<br /> 1/2 jigger kummel<br /> Stir with ice, then strain into the prepared champagne glass.<br /> Fill with champagne.<br /> Garnish with a rose petal.<br /> <br /> Champagne Cocktail No. 5<br /> "Ile de France Special"<br /> 1/2 tsp. fine sugar<br /> 1/2 pony of cognac<br /> fill with dry champagne<br /> top with dash of yellow Chartreuse.<br /> <br /> There are of course many other types of cocktails which use champagne. The French 75, Kir Royale, Champange Flamingo, Bellini, Old Cuban, Death in the Afternoon, etc. An excellent source for many such variations is "Champagne Cocktails" by Anistatia Miller and Jared Brown.<br /> <br /> -Robert Mr. Baker actually presents 5 different champagne cocktials in his book “The Gentleman’s Companion: An Exotic Drinking Book”. The lovely and slightly rambling narrative he provides is difficult to paraphrase and still do it justice, but here is an attempt to quickly list those five different drinks. It is the first one on the list, the “Burra-Peg” that you are refering to specifically.

Champagne Cocktail No. 1
“Burra-Peg”
- 2 jiggers well-chilled cognac
- 1 lump sugar doused with Angostura
- Fill up with chilled dry champagne
Garnish with a spiral of green lime peel.

Champagne Cocktail No. 2
“Jimmie Roosevelt”
Fill 16 oz goblet with cracked ice.
Drop a lump of sugar, saturated with angostura, in the middle.
2 jiggers French cognac
Fill with champagne
Float 2 tbsp of green Chartreuse
No garnish

Champagne Cocktail No. 3
“Rio de Janeiro Jocky Club”
In a large tapering champange cocktail glass stack four ice cubes.
Top with lump of sugar saturated with 4 dashes of orange bitters.
Insert 2 sticks of fresh pineapple sticks.
Add a long spiral of green lime peel.
Fill with a medium dry champagne.
Fload 1 tbsp Cointreau.

Champagne Cocktail No. 4
“Imperial Cossack Crusta”
Rub the inside of a champagne cocktail glass with the juice and oils of a green lime, and rub the outside of the glass 1/2 inch below the rim.
Dip the rim in sugar to coat.
Fill the glass with sugar, then dump it out to coat the inside.
Now in a mixing glass combine:
2 dashes orange bitters
1 jigger of cognac
1/2 jigger kummel
Stir with ice, then strain into the prepared champagne glass.
Fill with champagne.
Garnish with a rose petal.

Champagne Cocktail No. 5
“Ile de France Special”
1/2 tsp. fine sugar
1/2 pony of cognac
fill with dry champagne
top with dash of yellow Chartreuse.

There are of course many other types of cocktails which use champagne. The French 75, Kir Royale, Champange Flamingo, Bellini, Old Cuban, Death in the Afternoon, etc. An excellent source for many such variations is “Champagne Cocktails” by Anistatia Miller and Jared Brown.

-Robert

]]> by: Thomas http://thespiritworld.net/2006/01/09/the_champagne_cocktail/#comment-224 Mon, 09 Jan 2006 07:32:39 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2006/01/09/the_champagne_cocktail/#comment-224 Sugar and bitters is all very good, but if you want a really nice Champagne Cocktail, follow Charles Baker's advice and add cognac to the glass before you pour the champagne. Truly memorable. <br /> <br /> (Baker calls for 2 jiggers (3 oz.) of cognac for a 14-16 oz. goblet, so an ounce or so to the five ounces of champagne called for here would be a good fit.) Sugar and bitters is all very good, but if you want a really nice Champagne Cocktail, follow Charles Baker’s advice and add cognac to the glass before you pour the champagne. Truly memorable.

(Baker calls for 2 jiggers (3 oz.) of cognac for a 14-16 oz. goblet, so an ounce or so to the five ounces of champagne called for here would be a good fit.)

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