![]() It's a jewel of a drink but it packs a lot of booze in a small glass. However, the recipe above, from The New Cocktail Hour, uses a colorless sweet vermouth so that the opalescent pale green from the Chartreuse shines through. This implies that the sweet vermouth used was a red and makes it a Negroni with the Campari replaced by Chartreuse. The difference is that the Bobby Burns skips the absinthe and bitters, pouring 1/2 ounce Benedictine instead. Ingredients Serving: 1 1 ounce navy-strength gin, preferably Four Pillars 1 ounce green Chartreuse 1/2 ounce extra-dry vermouth, preferably Bordiga 1/2 ounce bianco vermouth, preferably Bordiga 1/4 ounce Salers Garnish: lemon peel flag (see Editor’s Note) Directions Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass with ice. ![]() It is typically mixed with a Highland single malt scotch and uses the same proportions of whiskey and sweet vermouth. The name Bijou, meaning jewel, is supposedly a reference to the colors of the ingredients: diamond, emerald and ruby. The Bijou cocktail is a green colored cocktail made from gin, green Chartreuse, sweet vermouth and orange bitters, and served in a chilled cocktail glass. The Bobby Burns cocktail is a classic twist on the Robert Burns. The Grand Marnier was fairly soon replaced by green Chartreuse and this is the widely accepted version first published in 1900. Garnish with orange twist and pineapple chunk on a pick, serve immediately. Strain cocktail into an ice-filled rocks glass. Stir until well chilled, about 20 seconds. Add bourbon, Fernet Branca and simple syrup. The first published recipe is found in a book The Mixicologist from 1895 which uses (the recently created) Grand Marnier as the liqueur. Directions Fill a mixing glass 2/3 full with ice. The Bijou dates back to the early days of the cocktail in the late 1800s when vermouth became widely available and the first Manhattans and Martinis were mixed. Stir ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. 222: Tango Nuevo aged rum, honey syrup, coffee liqueur No. 3/4 oz sweet white vermouth (Dolin Blanc) This riff on the Manhattan makes for a great way to feature brandy brandy, dry vermouth, peychauds No.
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