Hotel Monteleone’s Vieux Carré

Name: Hotel Monteleone's Vieux Carré
Prep time: PT0D0H0M
Cook time: PT0D0H5M
Total time: PT0D0H5M
Yield: Makes 1 cocktail
Ingredients: ½ oz. Bénédictine liqueur; ½ oz. cognac; ½ oz. rye whiskey; ½ oz. sweet vermouth; 1 dash Angostura bitters; 1 dash Peychaud’s bitters; 1 lemon zest strip

As far as classic whiskey cocktails go, it doesn’t get much easier than this no-shaker-required New Orleans standby.

Serves
Makes 1 cocktail
Time
5 minutes

PHOTO: MURRAY HALL • FOOD STYLING: JESSIE YUCHEN

By SAVEUR Editors

Updated on October 30, 2023

This classic Vieux Carré recipe comes from Hotel Monteleone’s rotating Carousel Bar in New Orleans, where the drink was created. The cocktail’s name, which means “old square” in French, is a nod to the French Quarter.

Ingredients

½ oz. Bénédictine liqueur
½ oz. cognac
½ oz. rye whiskey
½ oz. sweet vermouth
1 dash Angostura bitters
1 dash Peychaud’s bitters
1 lemon zest strip

Instructions

Step 1

In a chilled old-fashioned glass filled with ice, stir together the Bénédictine, cognac, rye, vermouth, and Angostura and Peychaud’s bitters. Garnish with the lemon strip.