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45 ml Cognac
30 ml heavy cream
10 ml VEDRENNE White Cocoa Liqueur - 25%
10 ml VEDRENNE Chestnut Liqueur - 18%

Method

Shake all ingredients vigorously with ice. Double strain into a cocktail glass. Sprinkle with nutmeg.

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45 ml Absinthe (Grande Absente 69 for authenticity)
45 ml Cognac
Garnish: none

Method

Stir both with plenty of ice in a mixing glass for 20 seconds — this drink is strong and benefits from generous dilution. Strain into a chilled coupe. Serve without garnish — Toulouse-Lautrec didn't bother.

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5 ml Absente (for the rinse)
60 ml Cognac (VS or VSOP)
5 ml Rich simple syrup (2:1) or 1 sugar cube
3 dashes Peychaud's bitters
1 dash Angostura bitters
Garnish: lemon peel (expressed, discarded)

Method

Chill an old fashioned glass with ice while you build. In a mixing glass, stir cognac, syrup and both bitters with ice for 20 seconds. Discard the ice and chill water from the old fashioned glass; rinse it with the absente and discard the excess. Strain the cognac mix into the rinsed glass — no ice. Express a lemon peel over the surface; discard the peel.

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30 ml Bas-Armagnac (substituted for cognac)
30 ml Rye whisky
30 ml Sweet vermouth
5 ml Bénédictine (or herbal liqueur)
1 dash Peychaud's bitters
1 dash Angostura bitters
Garnish: lemon peel, brandied cherry

Method

Combine armagnac, rye, sweet vermouth, herbal liqueur and both bitters in a mixing glass with ice. Stir for 25-30 seconds. Strain over one large ice cube in a rocks glass. Express a lemon peel; garnish with a brandied cherry.

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30 ml Cognac
30 ml Crème de Cacao (dark)
30 ml Double cream
Garnish: freshly grated nutmeg

Method

Combine cognac, crème de cacao and cream in a shaker with ice. Shake hard for 12 seconds — the cream needs full emulsion. Double-strain into a chilled coupe. Grate fresh nutmeg generously over the surface.

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45 ml Cognac
22 ml Triple Sec
22 ml Fresh lemon juice
Garnish: lemon twist, sugar rim (optional)

Method

Optionally rim the glass with caster sugar. Shake all ingredients with ice for 10 seconds. Double-strain into a chilled coupe. Express a lemon twist over the surface and either drop it in or discard.

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60 ml Cognac
20 ml Crème de Menthe (white)
Garnish: mint sprig

Method

Stir cognac and crème de menthe with ice in a mixing glass until well chilled. Strain over crushed ice in a rocks glass (or up in a coupe). Garnish with a single slapped mint leaf.

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50 ml cognac
10 ml Noix de la St Jean
10 ml dark cocoa liqueur
1 tsp chestnut cream
30 ml egg white

Method

Dry-shake all ingredients. Re-shake with ice. Double-strain into a coupe.

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45 ml cognac
45 ml Douce
30 ml fresh lemon juice
120 ml pear cider
60 ml ginger beer

Method

Build over ice in a wine glass. Top with pear cider and ginger beer. Garnish with a pear slice.

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22 ml cognac
22 ml Bonal Gentiane-Quina
22 ml curaçao
22 ml lemon juice
Absinthe rinse coupe

Method

Rinse a coupe with absinthe. Shake remaining ingredients with ice. Strain into the rinsed coupe.