A spare, bracing digestif of just two ingredients: cognac smoothed and chilled by white crème de menthe, stirred to a cool, mentholated finish. It emerged in the United States around the 1890s and became a society after-dinner drink, enduring through Prohibition partly because mint could mask the era's rough bootleg brandy. Its earliest print ancestor is "The Judge" in William Schmidt's 1892 The Flowing Bowl.
Garnish: Mint Sprig
Stirred · Coupe · None
add
Add the cognac and white crème de menthe to a mixing glass filled with ice.
stir
Stir well until thoroughly chilled and properly diluted.
strain
Strain into a chilled coupe or cocktail glass, served straight up.
garnish
Optionally garnish with a fresh mint sprig.