Kick off your summer with this delicious cocktail by our associate Uwe Christiansen of the world famous Christiansen's bar in Hamburg, Germany.

2 oz D'usse cognac
1 oz orange liquer
1 dash true bitters
1 brown sugar cube
4 oz champagne
 
Put all the ingredients into a champagne glass and stir gently. Fill with champagne and add an orange zest.

Cheers!

Check out more of Uwe's recipes in his cocktail book, Mixed Emotions.

If you get the chance to pop over to South Beach for a little R&R, or are just lucky enough to actually live there, be sure you check out the Broken Shaker in the Indian Creek Hotel. Run by BarLab group Elad Zvi and Gabriel Ort, this pop-up mixology spot located in the unassuming Indian Creek Hotel has all the items on our venue checklist: inviting decor, a friendly staff, an outdoor patio, cool guests, great music and of course amazing cocktails.

The Deal Closer is a refreshing cocktail featuring the special herb, "Horny Goat Leaf," from South East Asia. Horny Goat Leaf is a stimulant that also works as an aphrodisiac. Mix this up at home for a sure thing:

The Deal Closer
Put 5 horny goat leaves into a water glass
Add 8 oz of D'usse cognac
Let it sit overnight at room temperature

The next day:
Cut six pieces of cucumber (small slices)
Four mint leaves
1 oz fresh lime juice
1 oz vanilla elixir
1/2 teaspoon brown sugar
3 oz Grey Goose vodka
and 2 oz of your Horny Goat Leaf infusion from the night before
put all these ingredients in a shaker
add ice
shake well
stir into a cocktail glass
garnish with a cucumber slice

Cheers!

The Deal Closer and many of Albert Trummer's signature cocktails can be found in his medicinal cocktail book, The Best Cocktails, which won Best in the World this year at the Paris Gourmand cookbook awards.

Here's one of our signature cocktails featuring all new, Jay-z endorsed cognac D'usse from the House of Bacardi:

Mystery of Monasteries
2 oz D'usse
1 oz Benedictine
1 dash elixir number 4 (thyme/orange bitters)

Add ingredients in a whiskey glass
add 1 large ice cube
stir gently
ready to serve

Cheers