Cocktail recipe

Harvard

A stirred cocktail featuring Cognac, Sweet Vermouth, Angostura aromatic bitters.

Harvard cocktail

Ingredients

  • 60 ml Cognac
  • 30 ml Sweet Vermouth
  • 2 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters
  • 30 ml Club soda

Method

  1. Combine Cognac, Sweet Vermouth and Angostura aromatic bitters in a mixing glass with ice.
  2. Stir until cold and diluted.
  3. Strain into a cocktail glass over fresh ice.
  4. Add Club soda last and stir gently to combine.
  5. Optional garnish: orange peel.

Story

One of the Ivy League cocktails of the 1890s, alongside the Yale and Princeton; a brandy Manhattan in all but name.