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Vieux Carre

vieux carrè

The Vieux Carré is an IBA official cocktail made with rye whiskey, cognac, sweet vermouth, Bénédictine, and Peychaud's bitters. It originated with Walter Bergeron, a bartender at the Carousel Bar in Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans.[citation needed] The name is French for "old square”, in reference to the city's French Quarter neighborhood. The drink is classified as one of the Unforgettables by the IBA.

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Vieux Carre Cocktail Recipe

The Vieux Carré is a New Orleans cocktail dating back to the 1930s. See how rye, cognac and sweet vermouth create this well-balanced classic...
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Vieux Carré Cocktail Recipe | Explore Louisiana

One of Louisiana’s most classic cocktails is the bold and richly spiced Vieux Carré. Try it at the Carousel Bar & Lounge in New Orleans or make at home...
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Vieux Carré Recipe

The Vieux Carré is a classic New Orleans cocktail. It’s made with a blend of brandy and rye whiskey, bitters, Benedictine, and vermouth—a combination that will warm your blood and enliven your spirit...
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Vieux Carré Cocktail: An Essential Rye Whiskey Recipe

The Vieux Carré is an iconic New Orleans cocktail and a perfect use for a great rye whiskey. Slightly sweet, spiced, warming drink with herbal, citrus, and smoky notes, this is a drink you'll want to make again and again...
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Vieux Carre Recipe

A classic old New Orleans cocktail. This one combines cognac and rye, with bitters, and sweet vermouth...
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Vieux Carre Cocktail - Cognac Cocktail Recipe - Remy Martin

First crafted by the lead bartender at the famous Carousel Bar in New Orleans, this smooth, signature cocktail is made even smoother with Rémy Martin 1738 Accord Royal...
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Vieux Carré Cocktail

to make a vieux carré cocktail use whisk(e)y - rye whiskey (100 proof / 50% alc./vol.), cognac (brandy), vermouth - rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di torino), bénédictine...
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Vieux Carre - Imbibe Magazine

The Vieux Carre is a 1930s New Orleans recipe named after the city's French Quarter—it's a potent but smooth cocktail, just like the Crescent City...
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Vieux Carre Cocktail Recipe, a New Orleans Classic | Drinking Hobby

The Vieux Carre is made with rye whiskey, and tastes like a slightly sweeter and more herbal Mnahattan. A perfect sipping drink...
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Vieux Carré: A NOLA Original – Garden & Gun

One of the few Crescent City cocktails you can still order in the bar where it was born...
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Vieux Carré Cocktail Recipe | PUNCH

This cocktail is a New Orleans classic, and can be experienced at its original post at the Monteleone’s Carousel Bar...
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Vieux Carré Recipe | MyRecipes

This New Orlean style cocktail called Vieux Carre, meaning "old square," is a great after-dinner drink to offer to guests...
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Anthony DeSerio's Vieux Carre · Faith Middleton's Food Schmooze

A cocktail this knock-out, with a whisky so exquisite. . .part science, part art...
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Barrel-Aged Vieux Carré | cocktaildudes

Vieux Carré is French for “Old Square” referring to New Orleans’ French Quarter. Created there in 1938 by Walter Bergeron at the Hotel Monteleone’s Carousel Bar, it remains their signature cocktail…...
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Vieux Carré Cocktail | Tuxedo No.2

Cocktail enthusiasts obsess over drinks with Creme Yvette, Unicum and Baska Snaps. They brag about coupes filled with gunpowder-tea-infused gin, or highballs topped with a rosewater egg-froth. This is all well, and we’re certainly no scrooges t.....
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Vieux Carré Cocktail Recipe - Food Republic

Ever try to drink a cocktail slowly? The ice melts, the drink gets diluted and it's a bummer. Ready for a drink that's built to last? Here you go: try this Vieux Carré cocktail recipe and drink slow, homie...
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Vieux Carre cocktail recipe

A delicious New Orleans cocktail inspired by the flavors of France...
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Vieux Carré: A NOLA Original – Garden & Gun

One of the few Crescent City cocktails you can still order in the bar where it was born...
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Take A Spin With The Vieux Carre Cocktail In The Big Easy – Advanced Mixology

The Vieux Carre /voo car-ray/ cocktail is described as complex and flavorful and is also made with Benedictine, a French liqueur, and cognac, a French brandy, which are the other French attributes of the drink. The Big Easy is like a factory of the most...
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Vieux Carré [Cocktail Recipe]

Rye whiskey stands up to complex flavors from Cognac, Bénédictine, and sweet vermouth in this New Orleans-born cocktail...
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Vieux Carre Cocktail

The Vieux Carre is a classic New Orleans cocktail named after the historic French Quarter...
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The Best Vieux Carré Recipe | VinePair

Get our recipe for a great Vieux Carré. Learn everything you need to know to make a perfect Vieux Carré...
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Vieux Carre Cocktail – A Couple Cooks

The Vieux Carre cocktail is a 1930's classic from New Orleans! It's strong and sippable, featuring rye whiskey, Cognac and vermouth...
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Vieux Carre Recipe

The Vieux Carré is a must-try drink. Discover a unique and memorable cocktail that you won't soon forget with our recipe and instructions...
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The Original Vieux Carré Recipe | Saveur

As far as classic whiskey cocktails go, it doesn’t get much easier than this no-shaker-required Vieux Carré recipe from Hotel Monteleone...
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Vieux Carré

A proper Vieux Carré calls for cognac, rye, sweet vermouth, plenty of bitters, and Bendictine...
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Vieux Carré Recipe - Cocktails 2006

Carousel Bar • New OrleansThis New Orleans classic was likely created in the 1930s by Walter Bergeron, who tended bar at the establishment tha.....
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Vieux Carré - Cognac Reverie

Using Cognac in cocktails isn’t a strange notion, especially when you live in New Orleans. This city, with its mix of Southern American, French, and...
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Vieux Carré Cognac Cocktail - Cognac.com

The Vieux Carré cognac cocktail was created in the French Quarter of New Orleans at the Hotel Monteleone on 214 Royal Street. It is a drink that blends French...
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Vieux Carré Recipe

Born in New Orleans, this stiff cocktail of rye and Cognac is a drink to sip and savor...

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