One Product Three Ways: Courvoisier

Shop Product: Courvoisier, 750ML

Brandy Alexander

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 ounces cognac  
  • 1 ounce dark creme de cacao  
  • 1 ounce cream  
  • Garnish: grated nutmeg  

Instructions:

  1. Add cognac, dark creme de cacao and cream into a shaker with ice and shake until well-chilled.  
  1. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass or a coupe glass.  
  1. Garnish with freshly grated nutmeg.  

Jack Rose/Sidecar

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 ounces applejack or apple brandy  
  • 3/4 ounce lemon juice, freshly squeezed  
  • 1/2 ounce grenadine  
  • Garnish: lemon twist  

Instructions: 

  1. Add the applejack, lemon juice and grenadine into a shaker with ice, and shake until well-chilled.  
  1. Fine-strain into a coupe glass, and garnish with a lemon twist. 
     

Vieux Carré

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 ounce rye whiskey 
  • 3/4 ounce cognac 
  • 3/4 ounce sweet vermouth 
  • 1 to 2 dashes Angostura bitters 
  • 1 to 2 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters 
  • 1/2 ounce Bénédictinez liqueur 
  • Cherry or lemon twist, garnish 

Instructions: 

  1. Combine the 3/4 ounce rye whiskey, 3/4 ounce cognac, 3/4 ounce sweet vermouth, 1 to 2 dashes Angostura bitters, and 1 to 2 dahes Bénédictine in a mixing glass filled with ice. 
  1. Stir well. 
  1. Strain into an old-fashioned glass filled with ice. 
  1. Garnish with a cherry or lemon twist. Serve and enjoy.