Courvoisier VS + VSOP Recipes for Holiday Season
21 Dec 2015 by HOMBRE in Cuisine, Fame, General, Gift Guide, Home, Pleasure, Products, Spirits
With holiday season upon us, Courvoisier wants to keep your celebrations festive and taste buds satisfied. Whether gifting a bottle to friends, family, or coworkers, cognac is an elegant and refined spirit suited for any occasion. Courvoisier VS (Very Special) is a mouth-watering blend of cognacs offering complex fruity notes, with a unique richness and depth; while Courvoisier VSOP is a discerning, elegant and complex Cognac that develops exceptional aromas of jasmine, peach and toasted almond. Both can be enjoyed neat, on the rocks or in the below festive recipes.
French Kiss
½ part COURVOISIER VSOP Cognac
Good Champagne
1 sugar cube (optional)
Method: add Courvoisier® Cognac to Champagne glass. Fill with Champagne and drop in 1 sugar cube.
Maple Toddy
2 parts COURVOISIER VS Cognac
1 teaspoon of good Maple Syrup
2 parts Steaming Hot Apple Cider
2 parts Hot Water
Method: Pre-heat your mug by adding hot water and discard. Build cocktail in mug adding hot water last.
Garnish: Lemon wheel.
Merry Cherry
1 ½ parts COURVOISIER® VSOP Cognac
½ part Cherry Heering Liqueur
6 black cherries
Dash of gomme
Soda water
Mint for garnish
Method: Muddle cherries in a mixing glass before adding all the other ingredients. Shake well and strain into an ice filled rocks glass; top with soda water.
Garnish: Sprig of mint and single cherry