Stinger
Yield: 1.0
Glass: Chilled coupe, 5–6 oz
Scale this recipe
Adjust for any number of servings while keeping the ingredient proportions intact.
classic cocktail
brandy
stirred
seeded
Ingredients
- 2 oz Cognac
- 0.75 oz white creme de menthe
Instructions
Stir with ice and strain into a rocks glass over crushed ice.
Behind the drink
A little history
Early 1900s
United States
The Stinger was a fashionable pre-Prohibition after-dinner drink, strongly associated with New York society and millionaire Reginald Vanderbilt. Brandy and white crème de menthe made it both elegant and unapologetically minty.
Stinger history