Drinks

Champagne Cocktails

Name: Champagne Cocktails
Ingredients: Bitters (McConnell uses orange, but you can substitute your favorite); Sugar cube; Champagne; 2 oz. gin; 1 oz. lemon juice; 1 tbsp. powdered sugar; 1 egg white; 3-4 oz. champagne; 1 oz. Old Forester bourbon; 1/2 oz. Cointreau liqueur; 4 dashes Peychaud's bitters; 3 dashes Angostura bitters; Champagne; 1 1/2 oz. aged rum, like Flor de Caña; 3/4 oz. lime juice; 3/4 oz. simple syrup; 4-5 fresh mint leaves; 2 dashes Angostura bitters; 3 oz. champagne

Ring in the new year with these bubbly libations

December 28, 2012

Photo: Margaret Houston

Ingredients

Champagne Cocktail
- Bitters (McConnell uses orange, but you can substitute your favorite)
- Sugar cube
- Champagne
Diamond Fizz
- 2 oz. gin
- 1 oz. lemon juice
- 1 tbsp. powdered sugar
- 1 egg white
- 3-4 oz. champagne
Seelbach
- 1 oz. Old Forester bourbon
- 1/2 oz. Cointreau liqueur
- 4 dashes Peychaud's bitters
- 3 dashes Angostura bitters
- Champagne
Old Cuban
- 1 1/2 oz. aged rum, like Flor de Caña
- 3/4 oz. lime juice
- 3/4 oz. simple syrup
- 4-5 fresh mint leaves
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
- 3 oz. champagne

Preparation

For the Champagne Cocktail:

Douse sugar cube in bitters, drop in the bottom of a coupe glass, and top with champagne. As the drink sits, the sugar will dissolve and release the bitters, changing the flavor.
For the Diamond Fizz:

Place all ingredients but champagne in a shaker glass. Shake without ice to combine the ingredients and emulsify the egg white. Add ice, shake the hell out of it, then shake it some more. Strain mixture into a Collins glass with fresh ice and top with champagne.
For the Seelbach:

Stir together the bourbon, Cointreau, and bitters in a chilled champagne flute. Top with champagne and garnish with a long twist of orange peel.
For the Old Cuban:

In a shaker, combine all ingredients except champagne. Add ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a champagne flute. Top with champagne and garnish with a fresh mint sprig.