Vieux Carre Cocktail Vieux Carre Cocktail

The Vieux Carré is an IBA The Vieux Carré is an IBA official cocktail made with official cocktail made with rye whiskey, cognac, sweet rye whiskey, cognac, sweet vermouth, Bénédictine, and vermouth, Bénédictine, and Peychaud's bitters It Peychaud's bitters. It originated with Walter originated with Walter Bergeron, a bartender at the Bergeron, a bartender at the Carousel Bar in Hotel Carousel Bar in Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans. Monteleone, New Orleans.

Ingredients Ingredients D Directions irections

1 ½ cups ice 1 ½ cups ice

1 fluid ounce of rye whiskey

1 fluid ounce of rye whiskey

1 fluid ounce of cognac

1 fluid ounce of cognac

1-ounce sweet vermouth

1-ounce sweet vermouth

⅛ ounce Benedictine® liqueur

⅛ ounce Benedictine® liqueur

1 dash Angostura bitters

1 dash Angostura bitters

1 dash Peychaud bitters

1 dash Peychaud bitters

1 lemon twist 1 lemon twist

Put ice in a cocktail glass. Put ice in a cocktail glass. Pour in rye, cognac, vermouth, and Pour in rye, cognac, vermouth, and Benedictine. Benedictine.

Shake in Angostura and Peychaud's bitters. Shake in Angostura and Peychaud's bitters. Stir, then strain into a short cocktail glass, Stir, then strain into a short cocktail glass, and garnish with a twist of lemon peel. and garnish with a twist of lemon peel.