Celebrate the Holiday season with Hennessy's festive cognac cocktails

Out with the old, in with the new – a good ending includes good cocktails and good company. Time to surround yourself with people you love and enjoy concoctions unique and exclusive in character.


The Hennessy & Champagne cocktail

New Year’s Eve evokes promise and hope, so celebrate new beginnings with flare by serving the Hennessy & Champagne cocktail. A playful and intensive concoction, where the subtle roundness of the cognac completes the sweet effervescence of champagne, putting a bold mark on any festivities.


• 30 ml Hennessy V.S.O.P or Hennessy V.S cognac

• Top with champagne

• 3 Dashes Angostura Bitters

• 1 Sugar cube

• 1 Cherry



How to prepare your drink:

1. Soak the sugar cube in Angostura.

2. Place in flute.

3. Add Hennessy cognac.

4. Top with champagne.

5. Garnish with a cherry.

The Jerry Thomas Brandy Punch cocktail

Enjoying a few deliberately crafted and joyous experiences together with your loved ones is the premisses that the Jerry Thomas Brandy Punch cocktail was crafted around. As one of our all-time favourites, this drink breaks away from the ordinary, leaving behind a lingering sweetness.



For 20 cocktails you’ll need:

• 500 ml Hennessy Very Special cognac

• 250 ml of water

• 75 ml of lightly aged Rum

• 2 cups Simple syrup or 3 cups of sugar

• 135 ml Lemon juice

• 15 ml Grand Marnier™

• 60 ml Hibiscus Grenadine

• Sliced pineapple

• 2 Oranges sliced into wheels

• 1 Package of raspberries


How to prepare your punch:

1. Combine all ingredients in a large bowl.

2. Stir to dissolve the sugar as much as possible.

3. Add a large block of ice to chill punch before serving.



The Hennessy Coqui cocktail

Crafted with an endearing amount of playfulness and colour, and with garnish so meticulously placed; the Hennessy Coqui is unanimously a cognac cocktail that unveils other flavours, invisible to the naked eye and hidden for the untrained palate.

• 1 cup of Hennessy V.S.O.P cognac

• 0.5 cups of Rum

• 60 ml Frangelico™

• 0.75 cups of evaporated milk

• 1 ¼ cup Coconut cream

• 2 Egg yolks

• 1 tsp Vanilla extract


How to prepare the drink:

1. Combine the ingredients in a blender.

2. Blend lightly to avoid foam.

3. Leave chilled in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours and serve either neat or over ice in Punch or Rocks glasses.

4. Garnish with grated nutmeg.

The Hennessy Honey cocktail

After everyone’s asleep and the snow is coming down, cosy up by the fireplace with your significant other and have a nightcap. The simplicity and warmth of the Hennessy Honey cocktail makes it ideal for those cold days ahead.


• 40 ml of Hennessy V.S.O.P cognac

• 5 ml of Acacia honey

• 40 ml Hot water

• 1 Slice of lemon



How to the cocktail:

1. Mix the Hennessy cognac, honey and hot but not boiling water in a glass.

2. Stir to dissolve the honey.

3. Garnish with a lemon slice.



The North Star cocktail

The festivities are in full swing, and this artisanal creation is the star of the show, ideal for those who like complex aromas to occupy their palate. Unique, woody and exclusive in character, an aromatic concoction that encapsulates the holidays, capturing the essence of the assorted craft of details.


• 70 ml Hennessy V.S.O.P cognac

• 10 ml Maple syrup

• 1 Dash Fee Brothers Black Walnut Bitters

• 1 Dash Angostura Bitters

• 1 Star anise


How to prepare your drink:

1. Place all ingredients in a mixing glass and stir with ice until chilled.

2. Strain into an Old-Fashioned glass without ice.

3. Garnish with star anise.

Old Fashioned cocktail

In the wake of an age where fast-paced satisfaction outweighs everything else, a drive has arisen to honour and preserve the art of indulgence. In comes the Old Fashioned cocktail, a legendary spectre, a warm and aromatically spiced concoction, ideal for those who like a drink that is distinctive and strong in character.

• 50 ml Hennessy V.S.O.P cognac

• 15 ml Simple syrup

• 2 Angostura Bitter Dashes

• 1 Orange zest



How to prepare the drink:

1. Drop bitters into an Old-Fashioned glass filled with ice cubes.

2. Add a splash of water and the syrup.

3. Pour the Hennessy V.S.O.P cognac slowly.

4. Garnish with a twist of orange.