№ 102
Black Velvet
The Black Velvet is a guiness cocktail made with Champagne, served in a flute.
3 oz
3 oz
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— cocktails with Champagne —
Champagne cocktails.
Got Champagne on the shelf? Here are 7 cocktails you can make with it — classics and a few worth discovering. Pick one, see what else you need, and start pouring.
№ 95
Champagne Cocktail
A sugar cube soaked in bitters, dropped in Champagne and finished with a twist. Old-world, celebratory, and about as elegant as three ingredients get.
4 oz
3 dashes
1
dash
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№ 97
Death in the Afternoon
Absinthe topped with Champagne — Hemingway’s own recipe, and he suggested drinking three to five slowly. Anise-forward, bubbly, and not for beginners.
1.5 oz
4.5 oz
№ 85
French 75
Gin, lemon, sugar, and a Champagne top — named for a field gun because it hits accordingly. Elegant, effervescent, and stronger than it lets on.
1 oz
1/2 oz
1/2 oz
3 oz
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№ 96
Kir Royale
Crème de cassis topped with Champagne — a blackcurrant-tinted French apéritif that dresses up a bottle of bubbles in ten seconds flat.
4 oz
0.25 oz
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№ 98
Old Cuban
Aged rum, lime, mint, bitters, and a Champagne top — Audrey Saunders’ elegant upgrade on the Mojito, and one of the great modern classics.
1.5 oz
2 oz
0.75 oz
2 dashes
№ 100
Seelbach
Bourbon, orange liqueur, a startling number of bitters, and a Champagne top. Its origin story is pure invention — but the drink itself is very real, and very good.
1 oz
0.5 oz
5 oz
7
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