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Spirit-forward · Built in glass · Historical · complexity 1/5

Elk's Night Cap

Considine's Elk's Night Cap is a tiny layered pousse-cafe style after-dinner drink of creme de noyau, green Chartreuse, and cognac.

layered · nutty · herbal · after-dinner

Served in Pousse cafe glass.

Variants (1)

The Buffet Blue Book by John H. Considine (1912, p.67)

0.25 glasscognac base
0.25 glasscreme de noyau base
0.25 glassGreen Chartreuse modifier
  1. Layer the creme de noyau, green Chartreuse, and cognac in a pousse cafe glass.
  2. Serve.

Amounts are preserved conservatively from a damaged OCR line as quarter-glass layers.

See also: Jersey Lily Pousse Cafe, Pousse L'Amour