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Seelbach Cocktail

Posted by Reese on 2009-11-03 @ 01:56pm

Named for, and created at, the Seelbach Hotel in Louisville, KY the Seelbach Cocktail sounds like a seriously delicious libation. This drink is an old one, dating from 1917 and had been lost since before Prohibition. As noted in Vintage Cocktails and Spirits (of which there is a new version) this drink was rediscovered in 1995 by the hotel’s restaurant director and was set to be offered in the hotel with the ingredients remaining a secret. At the urging of the Regan’s the recipe was allowed to be printed in their 1997 book New Classic Cocktails. From the look of things I’ll owe them a most sincere thank you for said actions. Enough banter, let’s get mixing.

Seelbach Cocktail (Joy of Mixology)
3/4 oz Bourbon

1/2 oz Triple Sec

7 Dashes Angostura Bitters

7 Dashes Peychaud's Bitters

4 oz Chilled Brut Champagne

Orange Twist
1) Build in the order given in a champagne flute

2) Garnish with an orange twist
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  1. Mazzer Said,

    One wonders if the champagne is superfluous and could be omitted or replaced ISO a stouter cocktail.

  2. Reese Said,

    Could be an interesting twist. I’ll have to give it a go. Although, I think it would change the character of the drink entirely. Perhaps a different ratio of bourbon to champagne might produce a cocktail more true to the original idea.