Everything You Need to Know About The Seelbach
The Seelbach Cocktail is a modern cocktail known for its combination of bourbon, bitters, and Champagne. Despite its pre-Prohibition flavor profile, its history is a piece of cocktail folklore: it was purportedly "discovered" in the early 1990s by a former bar manager at the Seelbach Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, who claimed to have found the recipe in an old bar guide. Later research revealed the recipe was an invention by the bar manager to give the historic hotel a signature cocktail. Regardless of the Seelbach's origin, its gained popularity for its combination of spirits and sparkling wine.
