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Saratoga in a coupe glass

Saratoga

A split-base cocktail with brandy and whiskey.

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Ingredients

  • Cognac VS1 oz (30 ml)
  • Rye Whiskey1 oz (30 ml)
  • Sweet Vermouth1 oz (30 ml)
  • Angostura Bitters2 dashes

How to make it

  1. Stir all ingredients with ice.
  2. Strain into a chilled coupe glass.

Glass: Coupe

May contain: Gluten, Sulfites. Always check your own bottles.

History

The Saratoga is a brandy cocktail with sweet vermouth and bitters, recorded by Jerry Thomas in the 1887 edition of his bartender's guide. It is named for Saratoga Springs, the fashionable 19th-century New York resort town.

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