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Deke Dunne's Widow's Kiss

Deke Dunne & Allegory
Nick and Nora

Ingredients

  • 1 oz
    Laird's Bottled-in-Bond Apple Brandy

    Republic Restorables Chapman's Apple Brandy preferred

  • 0.75 oz
    Rémy Martin VSOP
  • 0.25 oz
    Yellow Chartreuse

    scant

  • 0.25 oz
    Bénédictine

    scant

  • 2 dashes
    Angostura Aromatic Bitters

Instructions

Combine apple brandy, Cognac, yellow Chartreuse, Bénédictine, and Angostura bitters in a mixing glass with ice. Stir until well-chilled. Strain into a chilled Nick and Nora glass.

About

A modern refinement of George Kappeler's 1895 classic that balances apple brandy and Cognac with restrained herbal notes from yellow Chartreuse and Bénédictine. The result is a sophisticated, spirit-forward sipper that amplifies the original's orchard fruit character.

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