Champagne Cocktail
The ultimate celebration drink since the 1860s — a sugar cube soaked in Angostura bitters topped with champagne and a dash of cognac for depth and elegance. — Crafted by Blinner with Love
Ingredients
- 1 oz Cognac
- 4 oz Champagne
- 1 Sugar cube
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
- lemon twist (garnish) garnish
Pairs With
Serve with elegant charcuterie, caviar, or oysters to honor its celebratory heritage and the champagne's refined bubbles. Fresh fruit tarts or delicate macarons enhance the drink's sophisticated, festive nature.
Instructions
Place a sugar cube in the bottom of a chilled champagne flute
Saturate the sugar cube with Angostura bitters
Pour cognac over the sugar cube
Slowly top with chilled champagne
Express a lemon twist over the drink and drop it in
Tips
The sugar cube slowly dissolves, creating a stream of bubbles and evolving sweetness Use a brut champagne to keep the drink from becoming overly sweet One of the oldest classic cocktails — appeared in Jerry Thomas's 1862 bartender guide