Here in the South, we LOVE our cocktails. Every Friday we like to share a new Southern Traditional, Southern-Created or Southern-Inspired Cocktail Recipe that we know you will enjoy.
Today’s Southern Cocktail is a Classic Cocktail that highlights Brandy, Vermouth and Absinthe.
The Bombay Cocktail (No. 2)
The Bombay Cocktail (No. 2) comes from Harry Craddock’s seminal work, the 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book.
The Bombay Cocktail (No. 2) is best enjoyed in small doses and super-cold. That better highlights the brandy and the anise taste of the absinthe. This is the original recipe. Many modern recipes go even further and tone down the vermouth, giving the drink a more brandy and anise-forward taste.
The Bombay Cocktail (No. 2) was invented by a New Yorker living in Paris. What makes it a Southern Cocktail? Well, I am stretching the definition a bit – but I found the recipe below on the Copper and Kings website. Copper and Kings is a Brandy Distiller located in Louisville, KY. That, and the fact that the cocktail is really good and deserves to be better-known are good enough reasons for me.
Bombay Cocktail (No. 2) Recipe
Yield: 1
Materials
- 2 ounces Copper & Kings American Craft Brandy or other Brandy
- 1 ounce French Vermouth Sweet Vermouth - the Red Label Bottle
- 1 ounce Italian Vermouth Dry Vermouth - the Green Label Bottle
- 1 dash Copper & Kings Absinthe Blanche or other Absinthe Blanche
- 2 dashes Curaçao
Instructions
- Add ingredients to shaker.
- Add ice.
- Shake until well chilled.
- Strain into cocktail glass.
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The Savoy Cocktail Book
Craddock was one of the most famous cocktail barmen of the 1920s and 1930s. He left the United States during Prohibition and joined the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel, London, in 1920.
Craddock’s seminal work is The Savoy Cocktail Book. It was published in 1930 and is still in print today.
Craddock invented a number of classic cocktails, including the famous Corpse Reviver #2 and the White Lady He also helped popularized the Dry Martini.
Lavishly illustrated with all illustrations reproduced in color.
Click HERE NOW to Get The Savoy Cocktail Book
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Recipe Courtesy of Copper and Kings. Additional Information Courtesy of Wikipedia and is used by permission.
