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Banana Bliss

After dinner/digestif · Classic/vintage · Nightcap/sipping

4.0 44 ratings

Ingredients

1 oz Cognac (brandy)
1/2 oz Banana liqueur
1/3 oz Oloroso sherry
4 drop Abbott's bitters

How to make

Serve in a nick & nora glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a NICK & NORA GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of dried banana chips or fresh banana slice.

Method

  1. 3 STIR all ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

  1. 5 Garnish with dried banana chip.

Flavour profile

25.4% alc./vol. · 1 standard drink · 128 calories

History

Banana liqueur and brandy combine well, toned with sherry and bitters.

This is an adaptation of a recipe from W. J. Tarling's 1937 Café Royal Cocktail Book, which attributes the creation to E. Angerosa. BANANA BLISS Invented by E. Angerosa ½ Banana Liqueur, Bols. ½ Courvosier Brandy XXX Shake. Caitlin Laman at the Ace Hotel in Chicago, USA, introduced oloroso sherry to the classic equal parts recipe of brandy and banana liqueur.

Also known as Golden Brown · Created by E. Angerosa