French 75! Another Celebratory Cocktail

 

French 75 Review!

    The French 75 is another common celebratory cocktail that is reasonably low ABV, and often drank at parties around the turn of the new year. Mine in particular smells very heavily of lemon oil, I was trying to get quite a bit into my drink. But I also get raisins from the cognac, and it's effervescent from the sparkling wine. Super light and fun, sweet, easily my favorite cognac drink I've had. A little tart, but not sour. Lovely. 9.7/10

Brief note: This drink is often made with cognac or dry gin, both are totally acceptable. I thought cognac made a bit more sense as a celebratory thing, so I went with cognac.

My Spec

My spec is:
1oz Cognac
1/2oz Lemon Juice
1/2oz simple syrup
also put a small amount of lemon peel in the mixing glass
Mix with ice until very cold, pour into drinking glass, top with cold dry sparkling wine.

If you want to make the garnish I have, you'll need a "channel peeler" and you want to get a continuous peel of lemon with a little bit of pith on the inside that's several inches long. The pith won't make your drink bitter, you just need it for the next step. Once you have a long peel, wind it around your bar spoon tightly together. The "rungs" of the coil should be touching. Then you want to stretch either end to really tighten that coil, the peel should even lose a bit of oil because you've got it so tight against the bar spoon. The pith helps it stay springy, so it should hold the coiled shape.
When you take it off the barspoon, it should look something like that. Some people like to put it on the rim of their glass, but I like the lemon oil in the drink, so I don't mind just dropping it in!

As always, if you have any ideas, suggestions, recommendations, or comments, I'd love to hear them down below! Happy new year!

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