Vancouver Magazine
Beijing Mansion Hosts Chinese Restaurant Awards New Wave 2023 Dinner
A Guide to the City’s Best Omakase
5 Croissants to Try at the 2023 Vancouver Croissant Crawl
The Best Drinks to Bring to a Holiday Party (and Their Zero-Proof Alternatives)
The Wine List: 6 Wines for Every Holiday Wine Drinker on Your List
Nightcap: Spiked Horchata
PHOTOS: Dr. Peter Centre’s Passions Gala and the BC Children’s Hospital’s Crystal Ball
Gift Idea: Buy Everyone You Know Tickets to the Circus
5 Things to Do in Vancouver This Week (December 4-10)
Escape to Osoyoos: Your Winter Wonderland Awaits
Your 2023/2024 Ultimate Local Winter Getaway Guide
Kamloops Unscripted: The Most Intriguing Fall Destination of 2023
2023 Gift Guide: 7 Gifts for People Who Need to Chill the Hell Out
2023 Gift Guide: 8 Gorgeous Gifts from Vancouver Jewellery Designers
Local Gift Guide 2023: For Everyone on Your Holiday Shopping List
If any city can claim the title to the epicentre of mixology it’s New Orleans. And of all the famous cocktails that hail from the Big Easy-the dark and spicy Sazerac, the fluffy Ramos Gin Fizz, the ridiculous Hurricane-it’s the brooding and mercurial Vieux Carré that truly gets under your skin. All relative newcomer, the drink was invented in 1937 at the Carousel Bar in the Hotel Monteleone (which is still around and does a brisk nostalgia trade serving up their addition to the cocktail canon). It’s a drinker’s drink, meaning it’s four parts booze with two dashes of booze. That’s why I like to throw in the slightly unorthodox orange peel—for balance.
—
¾ oz. rye (Alberta Premium will always do the trick)¾ oz. cognac (Remy Martin VS adds a soupçon of class) ¾ oz. dry vermouth¼ oz. Benedictinedash Angostura bittersdash Peychaud’s bitters
Mix all ingredients in a double old-fashioned glass over ice and stir. Garnish with an orange peel.