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Old Square: A Vieux Carré

Recipe: Danny Childs , Lacroix at the Rittenhouse Hotel , Philadelphia

Photo: Courtesy of Rittenhouse Hotel

August 27, 2025

Old Square

A rustic take on the Vieux Carré.

For a bolder and more flavorful take on the Vieux Carré cocktail, James Beard award-winning mixologist Danny Childs swaps out cognac for a more rustic armagnac and adds a splash of rancio for “nutty, oxidative depth.”

Ingredients

1 oz. Rittenhouse Rye
1 oz. Armagnac
1/2 oz. Rancio (or substitute with oloroso sherry)
1/2 oz. Dolin Rouge
1/4 oz. bénédictine
2 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Tools:mixing glass, barspoon
Glass:rocks
Garnish:expressed lemon and orange peels

Preparation

Add all of the ingredients to a mixing glass with ice. Stir until well chilled. Strain into the glass over a large cube. Express lemon and orange peels across the glass and use as a garnish.

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