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Alfonso Cocktail

Alfonso Cocktail

Classic

Dubonnet, a sugar cube, bitters, and Champagne.

Before DinnerBittersweetElegantVintage
3 minEasyLight

Winey, bittersweet red fruit and quinine from Dubonnet, spiced by bitters and lifted by dry bubbles. Rosy, aromatic, and elegant.

Ingredients

  • 1 Sugar Cube
  • 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
  • 1 oz Dubonnet
  • Champagne to top
  • Lemon twist · optional garnish

Method

  1. 1

    Place the sugar cube in a chilled Champagne flute and saturate it with the bitters.

  2. 2

    Add the Dubonnet.

  3. 3

    Top slowly with cold Champagne.

  4. 4

    Express a lemon twist over the drink and drop it in.

The Story

The Alfonso is a Champagne Cocktail built with Dubonnet in place of cognac, and it is often said to be named for King Alfonso XIII of Spain. The royal story is hard to confirm, but the drink is a long-standing classic of old hotel bars.

Glass · FluteGarnish · Lemon twist