Hand-Crafted Cognac Cocktails from Pierre Ferrand
By FBWorld Team

Why have another underwhelming drink upgrade your evening cocktails with Cognac? Here are a few delicious concoction courtesy of Pierre Ferrand that are sure to please your palate. Enjoy and cheers!

The Pierre Ferrand Ambre Cocktail

Ingredients:
Slice lime peel
4 slices Fresh Ginger
1.5 oz Pierre Ferrand Ambre Cognac divided
2 oz Lemon Flavored Club Soda (San Pellegrino Limonata)
1 slice Cucumber Peel

Procedures:
Serve in a glass tumbler.

Place the lime peel and ginger slices in a short tumbler. Add half of the cognac. Lightly press the lime and ginger 2 or 3 times using a muddler or the back of a spoon. Fill the glass halfway with ice. Stir for 5 seconds. Add the remaining cognac, club soda and cucumber peel. Stir for another 5 seconds.

Coffee Cocktail

Ingredients:
1 oz. Pierre Ferrand Cognac
1 oz. Ruby Port
1 Egg
.75 oz. Simple Syrup

Procedures:
Garnish with grated nutmeg and serve in a port glass. Add all the ingredients to a cocktail shaker and fill with ice. Shake, and strain into a port glass. Dust with freshly grated nutmeg.

Matilda Liquer Champagne Cocktail

Ingredients:
.75 oz. Lemon Juice
.75 oz. Simple Syrup
1.5 oz. Frambois Cognac Liquor
1 oz. Champagne

Procedures:
Garnish with a raspberry or long ribbon lemon peel. Serve in a champagne flute. Add all ingredients except champagne to shaker filled with ice. Shake well and strain into champagne flute. Top wih chamagne andgarnish choice.

Additional popular Cognac-based favorites include:

Grand Marnier: made from cognac and distilled essence of bitter orange
Pineau des Charentes: a sweet aperitif, composed of eau-de-vie and grape must, made in the Charente region

Domaine De Canton: cognac based ginger liqueur

Dutch brandy (Vieux), Dutch imitation cognac, usually containing some cognac

Chambord Liqueur: made from cognac infused with black and red raspberries and Madagascar vanilla