Classics
Morning Glory Cocktail
This bright nineteenth-century highball layers two brown spirits without losing lift or aromatic definition.
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Reference: Jerry Thomas · 1887 · Open source page ↗ · Scale it, save it, or twist it below.
Preparing the photo… usually 20–60 seconds
Method stirGlass highballFinish Lemon twist
Ingredients
Whiskey and Cognac lengthened with soda, citrus oil, bitters, and a trace of absinthe.
Taste: lemon oil · rye spice · anise lift
Rye whiskey
30ml
Cognac
30ml
Dry curaçao
5ml
Demerara syrup
5ml
Aromatic bitters
2 dashes
2ml
Absinthe
1 dash
1ml
Soda water
60ml
How to make it
Stir everything except the soda with cold ice until chilled.
Strain into a chilled highball and add the soda slowly.
Give one gentle lift with a spoon, then express a lemon twist over the top.
Source: Jerry Thomas, Bar-Tender's Guide (1887), LOC 07000656 p. 25, image 29 · A trusted classic — make it as-is, scale it, or twist it.
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