Name: Black Rose Cocktail Recipe
Prep time: 4 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 30 ml Bourbon; 30 ml Cognac; 5 ml Grenadine; 3 dashes Peychaud Bitters; 1 dash Angostura Bitters; 1 piece Lemon peel

Black Rose

Description

What it is: A dark, spirit-forward combination of bourbon and Cognac with grenadine, Peychaud’s and Angostura bitters.

The story: The real-world Black Rose rose sharply in online interest in 2025, helped by a fictional cocktail of the same name appearing in Black Mirror. Reliable documentation for a definitive inventor of this actual recipe is thin, so it is better treated as a modern spirit-forward recipe than assigned an invented history.

Why it works: Bourbon brings vanilla and oak, Cognac adds dried-fruit depth, and a restrained measure of grenadine creates a dark-fruit accent. Peychaud’s gives the drink a distinctive anise-and-cherry-like lift.

Ingredients

30 ml Bourbon
30 ml Cognac
5 ml Grenadine
3 dashes Peychaud Bitters
1 dash Angostura Bitters
1 piece Lemon peel

Equipment needed

Bar Spoon – For chilling without aerating the spirits. Fine Mesh Strainer – Optional for a polished straight-up serve.

Instructions

Chill a lowball glass; this drink is served straight up without ice in the glass.
Add bourbon, Cognac, grenadine and both bitters to a mixing vessel with plenty of ice.
Stir until very cold and lightly diluted.
Fine strain into the chilled lowball glass.
Express a strip of lemon peel over the surface and use it as garnish.

Recommended glassware

Lowball Glass (recommended)

A short, sturdy glass for spirit-forward cocktails served over ice.

180–300 ml Short, wide, heavy-bottomed tumbler.

Best for: Old Fashioned, Negroni, Boulevardier, Whiskey Sour over ice, Rusty Nail.

Garnish: Great for orange twists, cherries, and large clear ice cubes.

Quick facts

4 mins Easy Approx. 30.9% ABV 2.5 units 157 kcal None in serving glass Batch friendly

Black Rose recipe.