Subscribe to RSSValentine’s Day is coming soon, and it’s time to start planning a romantic evening. This year, treat your special someone with these mixed drinks featuring Hennessy V.S. They’re perfect as a pre-dinner drink or a “very special” nightcap.
Hennessy Guava
Exotic Guava meets the fruit of summer in this fruit forward pairing of flavors.
1.5 oz Hennessy VS
2-3 Strawberry Slices
1 lime wedge
2oz Guava Juice
Glass: Rocks
Instructions:
- Muddle strawberries and lime wedge in a shaker tin
- Add all other ingredients with ice
- Shake until chilled,
- Strain into a rocks glass with ice and garnish with a strawberry
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Ingredients
1.5 oz Hennessy VS
.5 oz Antica Formula sweet vermouth
.5 oz Crème Yvette
Splash of simple syrup
1 dash Angostura Bitters
1 dash Fee brothers Aztec chocolate bitters
3 muddled Black Cherries
1/8th of a lemon
Fresh Grated cinnamon
Garnish: Cherry
Glass: Rocks Glass
Instructions:
- Muddle cherries and lemon wedge in a shaker tin
- Add all liquid to shaker with ice, shake until well chilled
- Strain into glass with large ice cube
- Grate cinnamon over the top and garnish with a cherry.
Note: Instead of Hennessy VS and Simple Syrup, add 1.5 oz of Hennessy XO to make a more opulent cocktail experience.
Downtown Cognac Manhattan
A Classic cocktail made richer and more complex through the addition of Hennessy and an Italian Amaro, something to sit back and savor after a long day.
1.5 oz Hennessy VS
.5 oz sweet vermouth
.25 oz of Averna
2 dashes angostura bitters
Garnish: Orange Twist
Glass: Coupe, or rocks glass
Instructions:
- Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with ice
- Stir until chilled
- Strain into a chilled cocktail coupe or rocks glass
- Garnish with an orange twist
