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Between the Sheets: cognac, white rum, triple sec and fresh lemon juice. French Connection: equal amounts of cognac and amaretto liqueur. Sazerac: cognac, absinthe, Peychaud's Bitters, and a sugar cube. Sidecar: traditionally made with cognac, an orange liqueur, and lemon juice. Stinger: cognac with a white crème de menthe.
The name XO sauce comes from fine XO (extra-old) cognac, which is a popular Western liquor in Hong Kong, and considered by many at the time to be a chic product.The name is a misnomer since the condiment contains no cognac, and it is not really a sauce in the traditional, smooth sense, but more chunky, like a relish. [4]
Different qualities of Cognac are produced by all brands, and include VS ("Very Special"); VSOP ("Very Superior [or, more commonly, "Special", though the Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac specifies "Superior"] Old Pale") and XO ("eXtra Old"). (English terms are still used, since in the early days of Cognac production it was the ...
XO ("extra old") or Napoléon designates a blend in which the youngest brandy is stored for at least six years. [46] Hors d'âge ('beyond age') is a designation formally equal to XO for Cognac, but for Armagnac it designates brandy that is at least ten years old. In practice, the term is used by producers to market a high-quality product beyond ...
They also developed an export business, and by 1814 Martell was the most consumed brandy in England. In 1831, Martell created its first V.S.O.P. cognac. [1] The use of English-language designations like "very superior old pale" and "extra old" reflected aged cognac's status as primarily an export product. [1]
D’Ussé is a brand of cognac made at the Château du Cognac in Cognac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. [1] It is a subsidiary of Bacardi. [2] D’Ussé produces just two cognacs: D’USSÉ VSOP and D’USSÉ XO. D’Ussé VSOP is aged at least four and a half years in the Château de Cognac cellars. [3]
A bottle of Courvoisier VS (Very Special) cognac. Courvoisier (French pronunciation:) is a brand of cognac, with production based in the town of Jarnac in the Charente region of France. It is the youngest and smallest of the "big four" cognac houses (the others are Hennessy, Rémy Martin, and Martell). [1]
A bottle of Vinjak VS brandy. Vinjak (Serbian Cyrillic: Вињак) is a brand of brandy produced by the Serbian company Rubin.Previously named as Cognac (Serbian: Коњак, romanized: Konjak), it was renamed when stricter laws governing what may be branded Cognac came into force.