10 Hennessy Cocktails For a Baller Weekend

There are practical ways to keep warm, like layering and hot tea, and then there's drinking French cognac. The latter is clearly a superior option, particularly when the cognac in question is Hennessy.

Hop-hop's favorite cognac is the ideal solution for a chilly winter night. Okay, any night. Here, we show you how to make the most of that V.S.O.P.: 10 Hennessy Cocktails For a Baller Weekend.

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1.5 oz Hennessy V.S
.5 oz fresh lemon juice
4-5 blackberries
.5 oz simple syrup
1 dash of Cassis or another berry liqueur

Method: Serve over ice and garnish with a lemon twist.

1.5 oz Hennessy V.S
Top off with ginger ale

Method: Combine with ice in a rocks glass and garnish with a lime.

1.5 oz Hennessy V.S
.5 oz fresh lime juice
.25 oz simple syrup
1 sprig mint muddled

Method: Muddle mint in a shaker tin. Add all ingredients except ginger ale and shake well until chilled. Strain over fresh ice and top with ginger ale. Garnish with a sprig of slapped mint.

1 ½ oz Hennessy V.S
1 oz thyme apricot honey syrup
¾ oz fresh lemon juice
1 dash Fee Brothers Black Walnut Bitters
1 splash Amaretto

Method: Shake with ice and strain. Garnish with rehydrated apricot and fresh thyme sprig.

1.5 oz Hennessy V.S
1 dash Angustura bitters
Lemon-lime soda

Method: Combine with ice in a rocks glass and top with lemon-lime soda. Garnish with an orange wedge.

1.5 oz Hennessy V.S
.5 oz Campari
.5 oz Amaro Nonino
2 dashes Regan's No.6 Orange bitters

Method: Add all ingredients to mixing tin with ice and stir until well chilled, strain over large ice cube into a rocks glass. Add a twist of orange.

½ oz Hennessy V.S
½ oz Vodka
1 oz Apple Cider
2 Dashes of Angostura Bitters

Method: Add all liquids to a glass with ice, stir, and top with grated cinnamon and apple fan.

1.5 oz Hennessy V.S
Top with equal parts pineapple and cranberry Juice

Method: Combine over ice in a rocks glass and garnish with lemon.

1.5 oz Hennessy V.S
.5 oz fresh lime juice
.25 oz simple syrup
1 sprig of mint, muddled

Method: In a shaker tin, bruise mint by muddling. Add all ingredients except ginger ale. Shake well until chilled. Strain over fresh ice into glass and top with ginger ale.

1 ½ oz Hennessy V.S
¾ oz Velvet Falernum
2 Dashes Angostura Bitters
1 tablespoon Orange Marmalade
½ oz fresh lemon juice

Method: Add all liquids to a shaker tin with ice, shake, strain into rocks glass, and garnish with an orange twist.

1.5 oz Hennessy V.S
.5 oz fresh lime Juice
.5 oz fresh lemon juice
1 oz simple syrup
Top splash of soda

Method: Top with a splash of soda and garnish with a lime or lemon wedge.

1.5 oz Hennessy V.S
.5 oz fresh lime juice
.5 oz fresh lemon juice
.75 oz simple syrup
4 raspberries
.25 oz Creme de Mure or Creme de Cassis
1 egg white
1 basil leaf

Method: Muddle raspberries in shaker tin and add all liquid ingredients including egg white. Shake without ice to activate egg white, then add ice and shake to chill. Fine strain into glass and garnish with a basil leaf.