Roffignac

2 oz Cognac
1 oz raspberry syrup
soda water

Stir Cognac and syrup in a highball glass with ice. Top off with soda.  Swizzle, and serve.

Cherry Smash

1 1/2 oz Cognac
3/4 oz curacao
3/4 oz fresh lemon juice
1/2 oz kirschwasser
~ 1 tsp simple syrup
4 marasca or brandied cherries

Muddle cherries in a mixing glass; add other ingredients, and shake with ice. Strain; cocktail glass; cherries.

Saratoga

1 oz Cognac
1 oz rye
1 oz sweet vermouth
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Stir; strain; cocktail glass; float a quarter-wheel of lemon

Metropole

1 1/2 oz Cognac
1 1/2 oz dry vermouth
1/2 tsp simple syrup
2 dashes Peychaud's bitters
1 dash orange bitters

Stir; strain; cocktail glass; marasca cherry.

Coffee Cocktail

2 oz ruby port
1 whole egg
1 oz brandy
1 tsp confectioners' sugar

Shake thoroughly with ice; strain; grate nutmeg on top.

Buck and Breck

1 1/2 oz Cognac
1 dash absinthe
2 dashes Angostura bitters
champagne

Fill a lowball or a champagne flute with water and throw it out. Then add white sugar and throw it out, leaving a coated glass. Add all but champagne to the glass, then fill with champagne.

Prescription Julep

1 1/2 oz Cognac
1/2 oz rye
1/2 oz simple syrup
mint leaves

Muddle mint with syrup, then add booze and cracked ice. Garnish with a hedge of mint. Serve with a straw. "Repeat dose three or four times a day until cold weather."

Hot Toddy

2 oz spirit (recommend: dark rum, Cognac, single malt Scotch [esp. if peaty], Irish whiskey, genever, rye, bourbon)
1 tsp demarara sugar
3/4 oz hot water

Stir in an earthenware mug.

Egg nogg

2 oz Cognac
1 oz amber rum
1 whole egg
1 Tbsp white sugar
1 Tbsp cold water
1/3 tumbler milk

Fill the tumbler 1/4 full with cracked ice; shake thoroughly; grate nutmeg on top.

Saratoga Brace Up

2 oz brandy
1/2 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz simple syrup
2 dashes absinthe
2 dashes Angostura bitters
1 whole egg

Shake; strain; fill with soda water.

Fizz

2 oz spirit
1 1/2 tsp simple syrup
1/2 oz lemon juice
soda water

Combine all but soda with ice and shake; strain into a tall glass; fill with soda water; drink "without hesitation."

Daisy (early 20th c.)

2 oz spirit
1/4 oz lime juice
1/4 oz lemon juice
1 tsp simple syrup
1 tsp grenadine
1 splash soda water

In a metal mug, combine all but soda with ice, and stir until mug is frosted. Top with soda water. Decorate with fresh fruit and slapped mint. Serve with straws.

Daisy (19th c.)

2 oz spirit
1 tsp simple syrup
1/2 oz lemon juice
1 1/2 tsp curacao
soda water

Shake all but soda; strain into a cocktail glass; fill with soda.

Hot Milk Punch

2 oz Cognac
1 oz amber rum
1/2 oz sugar
4 oz hot milk

Combine in an earthenware mug, and stir.  Grate nutmeg on top.

National Guard 7th Regiment Punch

2 oz brandy
2 oz white zinfandel
2 tsp simple syrup
1/2 oz lemon juice
1 tsp raspberry syrup
orange, pineapple, berries
1/2 tsp Jamaica rum

Shake all but fruit and rum; ornament with fruit; float rum; serve with a straw.

St. Charles Punch

2 oz port
1 oz brandy
1/4 oz simple syrup
1/4 oz lemon juice

Shake; ornament with seasonal fruits and berries. Serve with a straw.

Vanilla Punch

2 oz brandy
2 tsp simple syrup
2 tsp lemon juice
3-6 drops vanilla extract

Combine all but vanilla, and shake with ice. Ornament with one or two slices of lemon, and flavor with vanilla.  Serve with a straw.

Curacao Punch

2 oz brandy
1 oz Jamaica rum

1/2 oz curacao

2 tsp simple syrup

~1/2 oz lemon juice

2 slices orange

1 piece pineapple

fresh berries

Combine all but berries, and shake with ice; garnish with fruit.

Brandy Punch

2 1/2 oz brandy
1/2 oz raspberry syrup
2 tsp simple syrup
~1/2 oz lemon juice
2 slices orange
1 piece pineapple
fresh berries

Combine all but berries, and shake with ice; garnish with fruit.

Champs Elysee

1 oz Cognac
1/2 oz yellow Chartreuse
1 oz fresh lemon juice
1/2 tsp simple syrup
1 dash Angostura bitters

Shake; strain; cocktail glass.