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Saratoga Brace Up
The name promises recovery; the glass delivers citrus, anise, and a soft foam rather than brute force.
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Reference: Jerry Thomas · 1887 · Open source page ↗ · Scale it, save it, or twist it below.
Method shakeGlass fizzFinish Lemon zest
Ingredients
A brisk brandy sour made silky with egg and lifted by absinthe and soda.
Taste: brandy fruit · soft anise · lemon foam
Cognac
60ml
Pasteurized whole egg
one medium egg
45ml
Simple syrup
15ml
Fresh lemon juice
7.5ml
Absinthe
2ml
Aromatic bitters
two dashes
2ml
Soda water
60ml
How to make it
Dry-shake everything except the soda, then shake again with ice.
Fine strain into a chilled fizz glass and slowly add the soda.
Express a narrow lemon zest over the foam.
Source: Jerry Thomas, Bar-Tender's Guide (1887), LOC 07000656 p. 35, image 39 · A trusted classic — make it as-is, scale it, or twist it.
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