Tract · Cocktails

Spirit-forward · Built in glass · Historical · complexity 2/5

Russian

Russian is brandy, orange juice, orange bitters, and a dash of absinthe.

brandy · orange · absinthe · aperitif

Served in Cocktail glass.

Variants (2)

The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book by Albert Stevens Crockett (1935, p.69)

0.33 partorange juice acid
1 dashAbsinthe base
0.67 partbrandy base
1 dashorange bitters bitter
  1. Build and serve cold.

Crockett notes another Russian sometimes contained vodka.

The Artistry of Mixing Drinks by Frank Meier (1936, p.39)

1 teaspooncrème de cacao — Crème de Cacaobase
0.75 glassVodka — Vodkabase
1 teaspooncream — Fresh Creamother
  1. Shake well and serve.

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