COGNAC
JAPONAIS

A great Cognac shares the glass with a Japanese honeydew melon liqueur.

Crushed ice

2½ ounces Martell Cordon Bleu Cognac

1½ ounces Midori

Fill a tulip glass with crushed ice and pour in Cognac and liqueur. Stir.

CREAMY NUT

Nut as in nutmeg. Dark crème de cacao is a chocolate-flavored liqueur with a hint of vanilla. (White crème de cacao is the liqueur’s clear form and is slightly less intense in flavor.)

2 ounces Armagnac

1 ounce dark crème de cacao

1 ounce light cream

¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg, plus extra for sprinkling

Combine liquid ingredients and ¼ teaspoon nutmeg in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Strain into glass and sprinkle with nutmeg.

ELIXIR OF
LOVE

Inspired by Donizetti’s opera

1 ounce apricot brandy

1 ounce cherry brandy

1 ounce sweet vermouth

1 ounce peach juice

Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and strain into glass.

FIFTH
AVENUE

Old guard and pricey

1½ ounces Cognac

1 ounce 25-year-old Macallan Scotch

Pour brandy and whiskey into ice-filled rocks glass and stir.

FIGHTING
IRISH

A toast to the footballers of Notre Dame

2 ounces brandy

1 ounce Irish whiskey

Lemon twist for garnish

Pour brandy and whiskey into ice-filled rocks glass. Stir and garnish.

FOUR
SEASONS
SIDECAR

Spares no expense

2 ounces Hennessy Paradis Cognac

1 ounce fresh sour mix

1 splash Cinzano Rosso vermouth

Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and strain into glass.

FREDO’S
FAVE

The choice of a bookish regular

1½ ounces Armagnac

1½ ounces Grand Marnier

Orange slice for garnish

Pour brandy and liqueur into ice-filled rocks glass. Stir and garnish.

GINICOT

Apricot brandy with gin

2 ounces apricot brandy

1 ounce gin

1 ounce fresh sour mix

Club soda

Combine brandy, gin, and sour mix in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Pour with ice into glass and top with club soda to taste.

THE GREEN
LANTERN

Serve with a power ring?

2 ounces X.O. Cognac

1 ounce Midori

1 ounce lemon juice

Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and strain into glass.

HARMONY

Armagnac in tune with our freshly-made sour mix

2 ounces Armagnac

1 ounce fresh sour mix

3 ounces club soda

Orange slice for garnish

Combine brandy and sour mix in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and pour with ice into glass. Top with club soda and garnish.

HOERDEMANN
HOWL

Sidecar variation said to make a quiet regular “howl with delight”

2 ounces Rémy Martin X. O. Cognac

1 ounce Cointreau

1 ounce lemon juice

½ ounce sweet vermouth

½ ounce peach schnapps

Lemon twist for garnish

Combine liquid ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Strain into glass and garnish.

IRISH
BEAUTY

With a French background

2 ounces Cognac

1 ounce Irish Mist

Pour Cognac and liqueur into snifter and swirl to mix.

KISSING
COUSINS

KISSING
COUSINS

They come from France.

2 ounces Cognac

1 ounce anisette

Combine brandy and liqueur in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and strain into glass.

LEMON
FROST

A tart treat

Frost 2 ounces brandy

1 ounce fresh sour mix

3 dashes Fee Brothers lemon bitters

Lemon peel spiral for garnish

Combine liquid ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Strain into glass and garnish.

LIGHTNING
FLASH

With bolts of vermouth

2 ounces brandy

½ ounce sweet vermouth

½ ounce dry vermouth

2 teaspoons Cointreau

Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, stir to chill, and strain into glass.

MINT
LEAF

An eclectic mix

2 ounces brandy

½ ounce dry vermouth

½ ounce tawny port

1 splash white crème de menthe

1 ounce orange juice

1 teaspoon grenadine

Mint sprig for garnish

Combine liquid ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Strain into glass and garnish.

MUSIC
NOTE

Tinkle, tinkle, little cubes . . .

2 ounces brandy

1 ounce fresh sour mix

½ teaspoon grenadine

Orange slice for garnish

Maraschino cherry for garnish

Combine liquid ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Pour with ice into rocks glass and garnish.

NATURE’S
ESSENCE

With three fruit flavors

2 ounces brandy

1½ ounces maraschino liqueur

½ ounce peach schnapps

Lemon twist for garnish

Combine liquid ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Strain into glass and garnish.

THE
RUMSFELD

Love it or hate it.

2 ounces brandy

1 ounce light rum

1 ounce Cointreau

1 ounce fresh sour mix

Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and strain into glass.

SHADOW OF
YOURS MILE

Sing it out, Tony B.

Crushed ice

2 ounces brandy

1 ounce amaretto

1 ounce peach schnapps

Fill a rocks glass with crushed ice and pour in liquid ingredients. Stir.

SIDECAR

The classic from the Prohibition era

2 ounces Cognac

1 ounce fresh sour mix

1 splash Cointreau

Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and strain into glass.

SILVER
STREAK

For those with a taste for gin

1½ ounces brandy

½ ounce gin

1 splash Rose’s lime juice

Lime wedge for garnish

Pour brandy and gin into ice-filled rocks glass and add lime juice. Stir and garnish.

THE
SIT-DOWN

The drink you can’t refuse—and the priciest Cognac around

2 ounces Rémy Martin Louis XIII Cognac

1 fine cigar

Pour brandy into steamed snifter and light cigar. Sip, puff, and hope for the best.

SONNY’S
LIMBO

A steel-drum dance of a drink

2 ounces peach brandy

2 ounces pineapple juice

Pineapple spear for garnish

Pour brandy and juice into ice-filled rocks glass. Stir and garnish.

SOUR
CHERRY

Tart and refreshing

2 ounces cherry brandy

½ ounce lemon juice

4 ounces club soda

Lime wedge for garnish

Combine brandy and juice in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and pour with ice into glass. Top with club soda and garnish.

SOUR
GRAPES

Brandy with sour grape schnapps

1½ ounces brandy

½ ounce DeKuyper Grape Pucker

½ ounce fresh sour mix

Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and strain into glass.

SOUTHERN
NAIL

Rémy meets Jack.

1½ ounces Rémy Martin V.S.O.P. Cognac

1 ounce Jack Daniels Tennessee whiskey

Pour Cognac and whiskey into ice-filled rocks glass and stir.

SUPREMO

The Spanish name speaks for itself.

2 ounces Cognac

1 ounce Fundador Brandy de Jerez

Pour brandies into ice-filled rocks glass and stir.

SWEET
APPLE

Made with applejack brandy

2½ ounces applejack

1 ounce sweet vermouth

Apple slice for garnish

Combine brandy and vermouth in mixing glass. Add ice and stir to chill. Strain into glass and garnish.

SWEET
IVORY

Fizzy and toothsome

2 ounces brandy

1 teaspoon superfine sugar

3 ounces club soda

Maraschino cherry for garnish

Combine brandy and sugar in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and pour with ice into glass. Top with club soda and garnish.

SWEET
SIDECAR

With sweet vermouth

2 ounces brandy

1 ounce sweet vermouth

1 ounce fresh sour mix

1 splash Cointreau

Maraschino cherry for garnish

Combine liquid ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Strain into glass and garnish.

TERMINATOR
COCKTAIL

Taken from a popular shot recipe

2 ounces Hiram Walker blackberry brandy

2 ounces dark rum

2 ounces cranberry juice

Lemon wedge for garnish

Pour liquid ingredients into ice-filled highball glass. Stir and garnish. Serve with a straw.

THEO’S CÁDIZ

THEO’S
CÁDIZ

A brandy variation on the liqueur-based Cádiz cocktail

1 ounce blackberry brandy

½ ounce dry sherry

½ ounce triple sec

1 tablespoon light cream

Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and pour with ice into glass.

TREETOP

Lemon tree, very pretty . . .

2 ounces brandy

½ ounce Stolichnaya Limonnaya vodka

1 ounce fresh sour mix

Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and strain into glass.

VANILLA
DREAM

With a brandy-based liqueur that brings butterscotch to mind

2 ounces brandy

1 ounce Tuaca

1 ounce heavy cream

¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg, plus extra for sprinkling

Combine liquid ingredients and ¼ teaspoon nutmeg in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Strain into glass and sprinkle with nutmeg.

WILLIAM
TELL

Apple brandy shot through with lemon-lime

2 ounces apple brandy

4 ounces Sprite or 7UP

Lemon wedge for garnish

Pour brandy into ice-filled highball glass, top with soft drink, and garnish.