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    The Great Gatsby Champagne Cocktail
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    The Great Gatsby Champagne Cocktail

    Vintage champagne, cognac, Angostura, sugar cube & gold sugar rim

    Old sport, the party starts here

    The Story

    Gatsby's parties were legendary for their rivers of champagne — the bootleg kind, during Prohibition, served in crystal coupes to strangers and socialites alike. The Champagne Cocktail is the drink Jay Gatsby would have served: sophisticated enough for old money, theatrical enough for new, and intoxicating enough to fuel an evening of longing and reinvention. The gold sugar rim is pure Gatsby — excess as art form.

    Prep: 4 minYield: 1 cocktail

    Ingredients

    • 5 oz Champagne
    • 1 sugar cube
    • 2 dashes Angostura bitters
    • Splash of cognac
    • Gold sugar rim
    • Lemon twist

    Preparation

    1. 1.Rim a coupe glass with gold-dusted sugar.
    2. 2.Place a bitters-soaked sugar cube at the bottom.
    3. 3.Add a splash of cognac.
    4. 4.Top slowly with chilled Champagne and garnish with lemon twist.

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