Brandy and Cognac Recipes

Brandy's not just for snifters. Try these recipes for well-balanced brandy cocktails that feature cognac, Armagnac, pisco, or your best V.S.O.P. or X.O.

Two sidecar cocktails in stemmed cocktail glasses with sugared rims and an orange peel garnish

Sidecar Cocktail Recipe

Pisco sour in a cocktail glass on a tray

A Vieux Carre cocktail with a cherry garnish.

A Jack Rose cocktail is strained into a coupe glass on a bartop.

Jack Rose Recipe

Three small glasses filled with DIY Advocaat and topped with whipped cream and dusted with cinnamon, on a ceramic plate. On the right periphery are a couple of sticks of cinnamon and a small bowl of whipped cream.

8 Awesome Apple Brandies to Try This Fall

Tom & Jerry Recipe

An assortment of bottles of apricot brandy

A Fresh Look at Apricot Brandy

Three glasses of eggnog on a green surface with red coasters

Classic Eggnog Recipe

A Fog Cutter cocktail in a Collins glass garnished with a wedge of lemon and a sprig of mint.

Fog Cutter Recipe

An apple brandy old fashioned, flanked by a Christmas tree ornament.

Apple Brandy Old-Fashioned Recipe

The Serious Eats Guide to Brandy

Cocktail Overhaul: Mudslide

Between the Sheets Recipe

Scorpion Recipe

An Ampersand cocktail served in a coupe glass sits on a worn wooden surface.

Ampersand Cocktail Recipe

Closeup of grapefruit pisco cocktail topped with half slice of pink grapefruit and coarse salt

Passport to Chile (Grapefruit Pisco Cocktail)

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Twelve Mile Limit Recipe

A flared shot glass of DIY amaretto, surrounded by whole raw almonds.

DIY Amaretto Recipe

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Guns of Barbaresco Recipe

The Singapore Sling Recipe

Mela d'Alba (Apple Brandy Negroni) Recipe

Spiced Pumpkin Eggnog Recipe

Widow's Kiss Recipe

The Bombay Cocktail Recipe

Peach Julep Recipe

Charleston Light Dragoon's Punch

Apricot Bellini Recipe

Apple Toddy Recipe

The Pan American Clipper Recipe

The Prescription Julep Recipe

Cocktails and Spirits with Paul Clarke: How to Make Quince Brandy

The Rose Recipe

The Serious Eats Guide to Cognac

Reveillon Cocktail Recipe

Double Nut Eggnog Recipe

Prospector cocktail ingredients

The Prospector Recipe

Sadie Hawkins Sling Recipe

The Claridge Recipe

An apple blow fizz cocktail served in a pint glass. A bottle of apple brandy is nearby.

The Apple Blow Fizz Recipe

Champagne Julep Recipe

Burnt Fuselage Recipe

Rocky Mountain Sneezer Recipe

Fallen Leaves Recipe

Falling Leaves Recipe

Chocolate and spice eggnog, served in a stemmed glass with a cinnamon stick garnish.

Chocolate and Spice Eggnog Recipe

Party Pro Move: This Make-Ahead Fizzy Strawberry Pisco Punch

A closeup of a The King's Waes Hail cocktail, served in a strange coupe glass.

The King's Waes Hail Recipe

The Supreme Recipe

Riesling Hot Toddy Recipe

Closeup of ripe quinces, ready to make into brandy.

Quince Brandy Recipe

Lemon-Buttermilk Eggnog Recipe

Honeymoon Cocktail Recipe

Persephone Recipe

Fall Classic Recipe

Enchantress Recipe

Chatham Artillery Punch Recipe

Jackson Cannon's Cold Spring Cocktail Recipe

Two ingredients essential for a stone fence: a bottle of apple brandy and a bottle of hard cider.

Stone Fence Recipe

Marconi Wireless Recipe

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Champs Elysees Recipe

Cappuccino Eggnog Recipe

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