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BESPOKE COCKTAILS
COGNAC SUMMIT UPDATE COURVOISIER’S SUMMER REFRESHER
The Summit
1 lime zest
4 thin slices ginger
40ml VSOP Cognac
60ml traditional lemonade
1 long piece of cucumber
Method: Place lime zest and ginger slices in old fashioned glass.
Pour in half of Cognac. Lightly press lime and ginger using pestle.
Half fill glass with ice. Stir well, pour in rest of Cognac and top up
with lemonade and cucumber peel.
Cognac’s very own generic cocktail, The Summit, is being showcased Another cocktail from Courvoisier finds the Cognac house in
at leading events in Europe, via the generic body, the BNIC’s summer mood. The Beam Global Spirits & Wine-owned brand is
affiliates. In Germany it “received a very warm reception” at the now motoring in the UK where it is the number one Cognac.
major Bar Show in Berlin, and later in the year it will be unveiled to
mixologists and bar owners at the BCB Convention in Berlin. Over in Courvoisier Spice & Berries
the UK it was presented by Paul Martin (pictured), along with other 50ml Courvoisier Exclusif
Cognac cocktails at the IPC Press Event, to all lifestyle, drinks and 2 inches of cucumber diced
food editors. On the domestic front it is now listed in on-trade outlets ½ lime diced
throughout Cognac. In addition, the BNIC is producing a postcard – 4 rasberries
pic on front recipe on back – and a Cognac cocktail website has just 15 ml Gomme syrup
been activated. Method: muddle and build in a rock glass.
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