Seelbach Cocktail
A celebratory bourbon classic lifted with triple sec, bitters, and a champagne top.
Base
whiskey
Glassware
Champagne flute
Flavor Profile
sweetbitterstrong
Ingredients
- 1 oz bourbon
- 0.5 oz triple sec
- 7 dashes Angostura bitters
- 7 dashes Peychaud's bitters
- Champagne, to top
Instructions
- 1Combine bourbon, triple sec, and both bitters in a champagne flute.
- 2Top with champagne.
- 3Garnish with an orange twist.
Origin & Story
Louisville, Kentucky, United States, 1917
Legend traces it to Louisville's Seelbach Hotel in 1917, supposedly born from a bartender's happy accident mixing a Manhattan into a glass of champagne.
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