stardust

2 oz Dartigalongue Armagnac (Marie Duffau Napoleon)
1/2 oz Pineapple Juice
1/2 oz Ginger Syrup
1/2 oz Lemon Juice

Shake with ice and strain into a cocktail coupe. Two Sundays ago, I was looking through my list of recipes garnered from online recipe flashcards, and I spotted the Stardust in a set from the Liholiho Yacht Club in San Francisco. A blog post in 2016 places this drink at Louie's Gen-Gen Room below the Liholiho Yacht Club, and the Liholiho Yacht Club had it on their own menu in 2017 and 2019 via Yelp menu photos. Overall, the structure reminded me of the Gilda (despite only the pineapple juice being the same). Once shaken and strained, the Stardust glimmered to the senses with a pineapple, ginger, and brandy aroma. Next, pineapple and lemon notes on the sip twinkled upon brandy, tropical, and ginger flavors on the swallow.