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10 Cognac Cocktail Recipes to Make Now

Create new or classic cocktails with the help of this fine French spirit.

(Mixologist Franky Marshall, photo credit Andrew Kist)
Belclare

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz. Louis Royer “Force 53” VSOP Cognac
  • ¾ oz. Combier Crème de Pamplemousse Grapefruit Liqueur
  • ½ oz. Brizard White Crème de Cacao
  • ¼ oz. Pernod Absinthe
  • 1 oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice

Preparation

Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Strain into a martini or coupe glass.

(Mixolgist Christy Pope, Cuffs & Buttons Cocktail Catering)
Stinger

Ingredients

  • 1 oz. Campari
  • 1 oz. high proof Cognac
  • ¼ tsp. Grade B maple syrup
  • 2 mint sprigs

Preparation

Muddle mint in cocktail shaker. Add other ingredients. Shake and strain over crushed ice into a rocks glass. Garnish with a mint sprig.

(BLT Steak in Scottsdale, Arizona)
The Cowboy Killer Manhattan

Ingredients

  • 2 oz. Maker’s Mark bourbon
  • 1 oz. sweet vermouth
  • 1 oz. Grand Marnier Cognac Liqueur
  • 6 Morello cherries soaked in Grand Marnier
  • 2 dashes Peychaud’s bitters

Preparation

Muddle cherries with bitters. Build remaining ingredients in a mixing glass. Add ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a coupe and garnish with a pick of cherries.

(David Kupchinsky, head barman at the Everleigh in Los Angeles)
Prescription Julep

Ingredients

  • .25 oz. cane sugar
  • 10 mint sprigs lightly muddled
  • 1.5 oz. Cognac
  • .5 oz. rye whiskey
  • crushed ice
  • .25 oz. Jamaican rum
  • powdered sugar

Preparation

Muddle 10 mint sprigs and cane sugar in a mixing glass with ice. Add all other ingredients except powdered sugar and one mint sprig. Stir and strain into a julep cup with fresh crushed ice. Garnish with powdered sugar and mint sprig.

(ExperienceCognac.com, photo courtesy of Gérard Martron)
Summit Cocktail

Ingredients

  • 1.5 oz. Cognac VSOP
  • 2 oz. lemon-lime soda
  • 4 thin slices fresh ginger
  • 1 lime zest
  • 1 long piece of cucumber

Preparation

Put lime and ginger into a glass. Pour in .75 oz. cognac. Press lightly 2-3 times. Half filled with ice, stir for 5 seconds. Pour the remaining cognac. Add lemon-lime soda and cucumber. Stir well and serve immediately.

(The Regent Cocktail Club at the Gale South Beach & Regent Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida)
Regent Punch

Ingredients

  • ½ oz. arrack (a spirit made from coconuts)
  • ½ oz. Cognac
  • ½ oz. Jamaican rum
  • ½ oz. curacao liqueur
  • ¾ oz. fresh lemon juice
  • ¾ oz. orange-infused simple syrup
  • ¾ oz. green tea
  • Champagne
  • 1 mint sprig
  • 1 strawberry slice

Preparation

Add all ingredients, except champagne, in a chilled cocktail glass and stir. Top with champagne. Garnish with mint sprig and strawberry slice.

(Mixologist Jamie D’Oliveira of Page in Sag Harbor, New York)
Blackberry Smash

Ingredients

  • ½ tsp. grated ginger
  • 6 blackberries
  • 2 oz. Cognac
  • 1 oz. honey liquor
  • 1 oz. lemon juice
  • splash of soda
  • 1 lemon twist

Preparation

Muddle 5 blackberries and ginger. Add cognac and honey liquor. Shake with ice and pour over crushed ice in rocks glass. Top with splash of soda. Garnish with a berry and a lemon twist.

(Authors David Solmonson and Lesley Jacobs Solmonson)
French 125

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz. Cognac
  • ¾ oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • ¾ oz. simple syrup
  • Champagne or other sparkling wine

Preparation

Combine the Cognac, lemon juice, and simple syrup in a mixing glass. Fill the glass ¾ with ice cubes. Shake the drink vigorously for 15 seconds. Strain the drink into a champagne flute and top with champagne. Stir gently to combine.

(Mixologist Isaac Grillo of Haven Rooftop in New York City)
Covet

Ingredients

  • ¾ oz. fresh lemon juice
  • .5 oz. cinnamon syrup
  • 1.5 oz. Cognac
  • .5 oz. Kings Ginger Liqueur
  • 1 oz. unfiltered apple juice
  • 1 candied ginger

Preparation

Shake and strain into Collins glass. Garnish with candied ginger.

(Authors David Solmonson and Lesley Jacobs Solmonson)
Cognac Old Fashioned

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp. light brown or raw sugar
  • 1-2 dash aromatic bitters
  • 1 tsp. water
  • 1 ½ oz. Cognac
  • 1 lemon twist

Preparation

Place sugar in the bottom of a rocks glass. Dash the bitters onto the sugar and stir or muddle together. Add the water and stir until the sugar is mostly dissolved. Add one or two ice cubes (optional) and the cognac. Stir gently to combine and chill. Twist a lemon peel over the drink to express the oils.


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