Jimmie Roosevelt
A Cognac-and-Champagne cocktail with Green Chartreuse and a bitters-soaked demerara sugar cube. It is lightly tart, dry with little sweetness, and fairly strong at about 20% ABV.
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Stir the cognac with ice, strain into chilled egg coupe filled with three cracked ice cubes; add sugar cube and top then float.
Jimmie Roosevelt
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Volume107 ml
Strength20% ABV
Alcohol22 ml (17 g)54 ml of vodka (40%)2 shots (of 30ml)
Sugar1.7 g (1.6%)0.5 sugar cubes
Acidity0.36%
SweetnessDry
Charles Baker, “The Gentleman’s Companion” (1937)
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