Angels Share No. 1

Name: Angels Share No. 1
Prep time: 3 min
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: Orange marmalade — 1 bsp; Brandy — 60 ml (2 oz); Vanilla liqueur — 10 ml (1/3 oz); Lemon juice — 20 ml (2/3 oz); Sugar syrup (2:1) — 10 ml (1/3 oz)

A fruity and balanced brandy cocktail ∙ Shake ∙ 3 min ∙ 17.7% ABV ∙

The Angels Share No. 1 is a brandy sour with orange marmalade, vanilla liqueur, lemon juice and sugar syrup, shaken and strained into a coupe.

Ingredients

Servings

Garnish

Orange twist

Instructions for 1 serving

Pre-chill a glass
In the base of the shaker, stir: a heaping spoon of Orange marmalade 1 bsp and Brandy 60 ml until the marmalade dissolves
Add the remaining ingredients: Vanilla liqueur 10 mlLemon juice 20 mlSugar syrup 10 ml
Shake with ice
Fine strain into the chilled glass
Garnish with an orange twist

Tips

Stir the marmalade into the brandy in the shaker base until it fully dissolves before adding the rest; undissolved marmalade leaves sticky lumps.

History

Angels Share No. 1 is a brandy sour credited to bartender Milo Rodriguez in London in 2005. It is distinct from Angels Share No. 2, created the same year by Jacques Bezuidenhout at Harry Denton's Starlight Room in San Francisco, which builds on Cognac with Chartreuse, walnut liqueur, and tawny port.

Both drinks take their name from the traditional distilling term for the portion of spirit lost to evaporation during barrel aging.