Prince of Wales Cocktail

Name: Prince of Wales Cocktail
Yield: Makes 1 Cocktail
Ingredients: 1½ fl oz (45 ml) sparkling wine (preferably brut); 1½ fl oz (45 ml) rye whiskey or a high-rye Canadian whisky; Dash Angostura bitters; 1½ barspoons rich simple syrup (see note); Lemon twist, for garnish; ¼ barspoon maraschino liqueur; Thumb-size chunk pineapple

Preparation info

Makes
1
Cocktail

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Official Downton Abbey Cocktail Book

By Downton Abbey

Published 2019

About

Although it shares the same name as the punch, this cocktail is reputed to have been invented by Prince Albert Edward himself. It comes from a 1901 book titled The Private Life of King Edward VII.

Ingredients

1½ fl oz (45 ml) rye whiskey or a high-rye Canadian whisky
1½ barspoons <

Vegan
Gluten-free
Drinks

Method

Combine the whiskey, simple syrup, maraschino liqueur, bitters, and pineapple in a shaker. Add ice, shake hard for 8–10 seconds, and strain into a chilled coupe or cocktail glass. Float the sparkling wine on top (see note).

Express the lemon zest over the drink and drop it into the glass.