Vieux Carre

Yield: 1.0 Glass: Rocks glass, 8–10 oz

Adjust for any number of servings while keeping the ingredient proportions intact.

classic cocktail rye stirred seeded

Ingredients

0.75 oz rye whiskey
0.75 oz Cognac
0.75 oz sweet vermouth
0.25 oz Benedictine
2 dash Peychaud's bitters
2 dash Angostura bitters
Lemon twist, for garnish

Instructions

Stir with ice and strain into a rocks glass over one large cube.

Behind the drink

A little history

1930s New Orleans

Walter Bergeron created the Vieux Carré at New Orleans’ Hotel Monteleone in the 1930s. Its French name means “old square,” referring to the city’s French Quarter.

Vieux Carré history