This is a rye cocktail that Mr. Booze very much enjoys. I haven’t known this drink for that long but we’ve become pretty good friends none-the-less. Six ingredients make the Vieux Carre’ a drink you’ll want to make at the start of the evening. She’s special and your guests will appreciate the work. The drink has a strong taste so it’s not for the Cosmo set. If you or your friends enjoy a Manhattan, then you’ll very much enjoy the Vieux Carre’. I sure do.
A good friend on the Board of The American Cocktail Museum, provided a bit of history on this drink. “A New Orleans Bartender, Walter Bergeron created the drink to honor the New Orlean’s Quarter Vieux Carre’ in the 1930’s. The drink represented the demographic composition of the neighborhood. American whiskey, Italian vermouth, French Cognac. The quarter, at that time, was teaming with Italians, French Creoles and Americans.”
My kind of history…you can drink it.
Here we go –
- ¾ ounce of Rye Whiskey
- ¾ ounce Cognac
- ¾ ounce Sweet Vermouth
- 1 tsp. Benedictine D.O.M.
- 2 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters
- 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Mix all ingredients in a double Old Fashioned glass over cracked ice; stir.