French Connection
The French Connection is an IBA Contemporary Classic: 2 ingredients in equal parts, built in the glass and served in a rocks glass. That makes 81 ml in the glass: a small glass.
MethodBuilt in the glass
GlassRocks glass
In the glass81 ml
Strength29.6%
Ingredients
- 35 mlcognac
- 35 mlamaretto
Method
- Pour all ingredients directly into old fashioned glass filled with ice cubes.
- Stir gently.
What it tastes like
- bitter → sweet
- Sweetness leads, and it comes from amaretto: the 14th sweetest of 186.
- round → sour
- No citrus to wake it up: it arrives round, the 4th least sour of 186.
- light → strong
- In the finished glass, melted ice included, it runs 29.6%: 11th of 186, stronger than 95% of the catalogue.
It is the most bitter of the group around it: 1.1 out of 10.
Five that come close
- StingerWith white crème de menthe in place of amaretto.
- Angel FaceMore bitter and built on gin.
- Black RussianMore bitter and built on vodka.
- Mint JulepMore bitter and built on whisky.
- Old FashionedMore bitter and 4 degrees stronger.
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Recipe source: IBA · checked on 30 October 2026