The fruit brandies, such as Calvados (apple), Kirsch (cherry), apricot and peach, are not really brandies but liqueurs, however they often blend well with brandy in a cocktail.
BRANDY ALEXANDER 30 ml Brandy 30 ml Dark Creme de Cacao 60 ml Cream Shake and strain into a champagne glass |
BRANDY RIVIERA 60 ml Brandy 60 ml Vandermint 60 ml Lena Pour over ice in a champagne glass. Serves two |
GOLDEN DREAM 30 ml Brandy 30 ml Grand Marnier 15 ml Lemon Juice 60 ml Orange Juice Shake and strain into an old fashioned glass |
BRANDY CRUSTA 45 ml Brandy 15 ml Orange Curacao 30 ml Orange Juice dash of Angostura Bitters Shake and strain into a sugar-rimmed champagne glass |
BETWEEN THE SHEETS 15 ml Brandy 15 ml Cointreau 15 ml white rum 30 ml lemon juice Shake over ice and strain into a cocktail glass. |
FRIVOLOUS FILLY 30 ml Brandy 30 ml Midori 30 ml cream slice of kiwi fruit Blend over ice, strain into a cocktail glass and decorate with kiwi fruit |
ROMANA 60ml Brandy 2 tsp Sambuca 2 tsp lemon juice 1 tsp caster sugar 1 tsp egg white Shake ingredients over ice and strain into a cocktail glass. |
PASS THE BUCK 45 ml Brandy 15 ml lemon juice 15 ml creme de menthe dry ginger ale sultana grapes Shake ingredients over ice. Pour over ice in a tall glass. Top up with dry ginger ale and decorate with grapes. |
CLASSIC SIDECAR 30 ml Brandy 30 ml Cointreau 30 ml lemon juice Shake ingredients over ice and strain into a cocktail glass. |
BRANDY ANIS 60 ml Brandy 30 ml Curacao dash Pernod Shake ingredients over ice and strain into a cocktail glass. |
BRANDY GUMP 50 ml Brandy Juice of 1 lemon Dash of grenadine Shake with ice and strain into a frosted cocktail glass. |
MOULIN ROUGE 50 ml Brandy 125 ml Fresh Pineapple juice Top up with chilled Champagne or sparkling white wine Pour the brandy and pineapple juice over a few blocks of ice in a Highball glass. Spash in the fizz. |
DEPTH CHARGE 50 ml Brandy 30 ml Calvados 50 ml Lemon juice 30 ml Grenadine Twist of lemon Shake ingredients with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass and hang twist of lemon on the rim. |
DIZZY DAME 50 ml Brandy 30 ml Cherry Brandy 30 ml Kahlua 50 ml Double cream Maraschino Cherry Shake ingredients with ice and pour into a tumbler. Serve up with a maraschino cherry. |