1. **Sidecar**
- **Ingredients:** 2 parts brandy, 1 part triple sec, 1 part lemon juice
- **Method:** Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
- **Serve:** Straight up, with a sugared rim if desired.
2. **Brandy Alexander**
- **Ingredients:** 1 part brandy, 1 part dark crème de cacao, 1 part cream
- **Method:** Shake with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
- **Serve:** Straight up, garnished with grated nutmeg.
3. **Stinger**
- **Ingredients:** 2 parts brandy, 1 part white crème de menthe
- **Method:** Shake with ice and strain into an old-fashioned glass over ice.
- **Serve:** On the rocks.
4. **French Connection**
- **Ingredients:** 2 parts brandy, 1 part amaretto
- **Method:** Stir gently with ice and strain into an old-fashioned glass with fresh ice.
- **Serve:** On the rocks.
5. **Brandy Old Fashioned**
- **Ingredients:** 2 parts brandy, 1 sugar cube, 2 dashes Angostura bitters, splash of soda water
- **Method:** Muddle the sugar and bitters in an old-fashioned glass, add brandy and ice, and stir. Top with a splash of soda.
- **Serve:** On the rocks, garnished with an orange slice and cherry.
6. **Brandy Sour**
- **Ingredients:** 2 parts brandy, 1 part lemon juice, 1/2 part simple syrup, 1 dash Angostura bitters
- **Method:** Shake with ice and strain into an old-fashioned glass over fresh ice.
- **Serve:** On the rocks, garnished with a lemon wedge.
7. **Between the Sheets**
- **Ingredients:** 1 part brandy, 1 part light rum, 1 part triple sec, 1 part lemon juice
- **Method:** Shake with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
- **Serve:** Straight up.
8. **Brandy Manhattan**
- **Ingredients:** 2 parts brandy, 1 part sweet vermouth, 2 dashes Angostura bitters
- **Method:** Stir with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
- **Serve:** Straight up, garnished with a cherry.
9. **Corpse Reviver #1**
- **Ingredients:** 1 part brandy, 1 part apple brandy (or Calvados), 1 part sweet vermouth
- **Method:** Stir with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
- **Serve:** Straight up.
10. **Champagne Cocktail**
- **Ingredients:** 1 part brandy, 1 sugar cube, 2 dashes Angostura bitters, top with champagne
- **Method:** Place sugar cube in a champagne flute, add bitters, brandy, and top with champagne.
- **Serve:** Straight up, garnished with a lemon twist.
11. **Vieux Carré**
- **Ingredients:** 1 part brandy, 1 part rye whiskey, 1 part sweet vermouth, 1/2 part Bénédictine, 1 dash Angostura bitters, 1 dash Peychaud’s bitters
- **Method:** Stir with ice and strain into an old-fashioned glass over fresh ice.
- **Serve:** On the rocks.
12. **Metropolitan**
- **Ingredients:** 2 parts brandy, 1 part sweet vermouth, 1/2 part simple syrup, 1 dash Angostura bitters
- **Method:** Stir with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
- **Serve:** Straight up, garnished with a cherry.
13. **Jack Rose**
- **Ingredients:** 2 parts apple brandy (or Calvados), 1 part lemon juice, 1/2 part grenadine
- **Method:** Shake with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
- **Serve:** Straight up.
14. **Brandy Smash**
- **Ingredients:** 2 parts brandy, 1/2 part simple syrup, handful of mint leaves, splash of soda water
- **Method:** Muddle mint with simple syrup in an old-fashioned glass, add ice and brandy, stir, and top with soda water.
- **Serve:** On the rocks, garnished with mint sprig.
15. **Brandy Crusta**
- **Ingredients:** 2 parts brandy, 1/2 part maraschino liqueur, 1/2 part orange curaçao, 1/2 part lemon juice, 1 dash Angostura bitters
- **Method:** Shake with ice and strain into a glass with a sugared rim.
- **Serve:** Straight up, garnished with a long lemon peel.
16. **Hot Toddy**
- **Ingredients:** 1 part brandy, 3 parts hot water, 1/2 part honey, 1/2 part lemon juice, spices (clove, cinnamon stick)
- **Method:** Combine all ingredients in a mug, stirring until honey dissolves.
- **Serve:** Hot, garnished with a lemon wheel and a cinnamon stick.
17. **Brandy Daisy**
- **Ingredients:** 2 parts brandy, 1/2 part lemon juice, 1/4 part grenadine, splash of soda water
- **Method:** Shake all but soda with ice and strain into a glass, then add soda.
- **Serve:** On the rocks, garnished with a lemon wheel.
18. **Pisco Sour (brandy variation)**
- **Ingredients:** 2 parts brandy, 1 part lime juice, 1/2 part simple syrup, 1 egg white, 1 dash Angostura bitters
- **Method:** Shake all ingredients without ice, then add ice and shake again. Strain into a glass and add bitters.
- **Serve:** Straight up, garnished with a few drops of bitters on top.
19. **Brandy Rickey**
- **Ingredients:** 2 parts brandy, 1 part lime juice, top with soda water
- **Method:** Pour brandy and lime juice over ice in a highball glass, top with soda water.
- **Serve:** On the rocks, garnished with a lime wheel.
20. **California Brandy Collins**
- **Ingredients:** 2 parts brandy, 1 part lemon juice, 1/2 part simple syrup, top with soda water
- **Method:** Shake with ice, strain into a tall glass, and top with soda water.
- **Serve:** On the rocks, garnished with a lemon wheel.
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These recipes should add some variety to your brandy cocktails! Enjoy experimenting with each preparation style.
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