Brandy Flip
ClassicBrandy, whole egg, and sugar, shaken silky and dusted with nutmeg.
Creamy, smooth, and warming. A whole egg gives a custard-like body and velvety foam, brandy adds grape and caramel, and nutmeg brings a spicy, fragrant finish. Like a boozy dessert in a glass.
Ingredients
- 2 oz Brandy
- 0.5 oz Simple Syrup
- 1 Whole Egg
- Nutmeg · optional garnish
Method
- 1
Add the brandy, simple syrup, and egg to a shaker without ice and shake hard.
- 2
Add ice and shake again until very cold.
- 3
Strain into a chilled coupe.
- 4
Grate fresh nutmeg over the top.
The Story
Flips are some of the oldest mixed drinks in the English-speaking world. In 17th- and 18th-century taverns they were hot ale, rum, and sugar warmed with a red-hot iron. By the 1800s the style had become a cold, egg-enriched drink, and the Brandy Flip was one of the standards of the era's bartending guides. It is rich, simple, and utterly timeless.