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

Black-Jack

Black-Jack is a tiny drink of kirschwasser, brandy, and coffee.

kirsch · coffee · brandy · after-dinner

Served in Claret glass.

Variants (1)

The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book by Albert Stevens Crockett (1935, p.39)

1 dashbrandy base
1 ponyKirschwasser — Kirschwasserbase
1 ponycoffee — Serve in a claret glass.dilution
  1. Build the kirschwasser, brandy, and coffee in a claret glass.
  2. Serve at once.

Crockett notes the knockout effect suggested by the name.