Cognac cocktails
Aged in French oak and carrying notes of dried fruit, vanilla, and spice, cognac lends warmth and depth wherever it appears — from the sharp citrus edge of a Sidecar to the velvet richness of a Brandy Alexander.
11 classic recipes from our canon that use cognac — Cognac sits in our spirits shelf.
Sidecar
Cognac, orange liqueur and lemon — a sharp, elegant brandy sour from the Jazz Age.
Ingredients
- ◆50 ml cognac
- ◆20 ml triple sec
- ◆20 ml lemon juice
Brandy Alexander
Cognac, crème de cacao and cream — a velvety, chocolate-laced nightcap.
Ingredients
- ◆30 ml cognac
- ◆30 ml creme de cacao
- ◆30 ml heavy cream
Vieux Carré
Rye, cognac, vermouth and Bénédictine, double-bittered — a layered New Orleans sipper.
Ingredients
- ◆30 ml rye whiskey
- ◆30 ml cognac
- ◆30 ml sweet vermouth
- ◆1 bar spoon benedictine
- ◆2 dashes peychaud's bitters
Between the Sheets
A Sidecar split between rum and cognac — boozy, citrusy and dangerously smooth.
Ingredients
- ◆30 ml white rum
- ◆30 ml cognac
- ◆30 ml triple sec
- ◆20 ml lemon juice
Champagne Cocktail
A bitters-soaked sugar cube drowned in Champagne with a cognac lift — old-world celebration.
Ingredients
- ◆5 ml simple syrup
- ◆2 dashes angostura bitters
- ◆10 ml cognac
- ◆to top champagne
French Connection
Cognac and amaretto, over ice — two ingredients, deep almond warmth.
Ingredients
- ◆35 ml cognac
- ◆35 ml amaretto
Suffering Bastard
Gin and brandy over lime and bitters, lengthened with ginger beer — a wartime Cairo cure.
Ingredients
- ◆30 ml gin
- ◆30 ml brandy
- ◆15 ml lime juice
- ◆2 dashes angostura bitters
- ◆to top ginger beer
Horse's Neck
Cognac and ginger ale under a long spiral of lemon — an easy, old-fashioned highball.
Ingredients
- ◆40 ml cognac
- ◆120 ml ginger ale
- ◆1 dash angostura bitters
Stinger
Cognac and white crème de menthe, stirred cold — a brisk, minty after-dinner classic.
Ingredients
- ◆50 ml cognac
- ◆20 ml creme de menthe
Brandy Crusta
A sugar-crusted brandy sour with maraschino and curaçao — the ancestor of the Sidecar.
Ingredients
- ◆52 ml brandy
- ◆7 ml maraschino liqueur
- ◆1 bar spoon triple sec
- ◆15 ml lemon juice
- ◆1 bar spoon simple syrup
- ◆2 dashes aromatic bitters
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