Le Coq d'Or (The Golden Rooster)

Name: Le Coq d'Or (The Golden Rooster)
Yield: 1 cocktail
Ingredients: 1 cube Demerara / dark Muscovado / brown sugar; 3 dash Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters; 2½ oz (75 ml) Rémy Martin 1738 Cognac; ⅔ oz (20 ml) Galliano L'Autentico liqueur; ½ oz (15 ml) Grapefruit juice (pink); 1 oz (30 ml) Pineapple juice (fresh pressed); 1 dash Orange Bitters by Angostura; 2 dash Pimento bitters; 1 fresh Egg yolk

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Method: shake
Glass: Coupe glass
Ice: Ice cubes
Garnish: Grapefruit zest twist (discarded) & float star anise
ABV: 20%

Ingredients

Demerara / dark Muscovado / brown sugar — 1 cube
Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters — 3 dash
Rémy Martin 1738 Cognac — 2½ oz (75 ml)
Galliano L'Autentico liqueur — ⅔ oz (20 ml)
Grapefruit juice (pink) — ½ oz (15 ml)
Pineapple juice (fresh pressed) — 1 oz (30 ml)
Orange Bitters by Angostura — 1 dash
Pimento bitters — 2 dash
Egg yolk — 1 fresh

How to make it

Saturate sugar cube with Peychaud's in base of shaker and MUDDLE thoroughly.
Add cognac and stir to ensure sugar is dissolved.
Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and strain back into shaker.
DRY SHAKE (without ice) and fine strain into chilled glass.

A cocktail with cognac and grapefruit juice.

Updated October 10, 2026

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