Category: Cognac / Brandy

Cognac / Brandy / Daily Mix / Orange Juice / Throwback Thursday

Applejack Rabbit

A good cocktail for the fall is the applejack-based APPLEJACK RABBIT. This full-flavored, multi-layered recipe is a dive into an orchard of fruits covered in a dash of maple syrup. It’s mixed with two common citrus ingredients, orange & lemon...

Bitters / Cognac / Brandy / Daily Mix / Throwback Thursday / Vermouth (sweet & dry)

Harvard

You may not get smarter drinking a HARVARD, but you might definitely think you’re smarter after one or two. The Harvard is a Manhattan-style brandy-based cocktail that originated about 1895. The two wine-based ingredients of brandy and sweet vermouth give...

Bitters / Cognac / Brandy / Daily Mix / Gin / Grenadine / Orange Juice

Golden Dawn

The GOLDEN DAWN is a fruity and tart, yet complex “martini.” It’s not a traditional martini with vermouth. But the bitters mixed with gin, apricot brandy and applejack give it a power-punch equivalent to a martini. The orange juice infusion...

Amaretto / Cognac / Brandy / Daily Mix / Twofer Tuesday

French Connection

The FRENCH CONNECTION is an easy two-ingredient pour with no bar tools necessary. It’s similar to The Godfather cocktail, but mixes cognac with Italian amaretto instead of whiskey. The bright fruity notes of cognac combine nicely with the almond and...

Cognac / Brandy / Daily Mix / Gin / Grenadine / Throwback Thursday

Pink Lady

There’s nothing really gender-specific about the PINK LADY. It’s pretty and pink, yes, and similar to a Clover Club. But, it’s stronger with its combination London dry gin and applejack brandy. Pomegranate-based grenadine is used to offset the tartness of...

Bourbon / Cognac / Brandy / Daily Mix / Rum / Throwback Thursday

Mississippi Punch

Here’s a delicious individual or party-group cocktail: The MISSISSIPPI PUNCH. It’s deceptively smooth and easy to drink, but has the components to pack a punch. For that reason, you may stretch it out some with club soda, or not. The...

Cognac / Brandy / Creme de Cacao / Daily Mix

Brandy Alexander

In the mid-70’s, the BRANDY ALEXANDER was one of the most-ordered drinks at the downtown restaurant where I waitered. It’s been pushed aside by newer cocktails since then, but is still the brandy, creme, and creme de cacao cocktail it’s...

Cognac / Brandy / Daily Mix / Lillet / Rum

Culross Cocktail

The CULROSS (“cool-ROSS”) is a medium-sweet rum-based cocktail that suits any season. Its blend of white rum, Lillet Blanc, apricot brandy and lemon juice date back to the 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book from Harry Craddock. It’s well balanced and easily...

Bitters / Cognac / Brandy / Daily Mix / Orange Juice

Applejack Sour

For fans of the Sour, an APPLEJACK SOUR hits the mark for Thanksgiving, or for fall in general. Apple brandy (Laird’s Applejack) provides the distilled apple flavor, lemon the sour, and orange juice & maple syrup the sweetening. The resulting...