This year more than ever, it’s exciting to celebrate the start of a new year. February 12 will kick off Lunar New Year, and regardless of where you’re celebrating, Rémy Martin is the perfect fit to toast to the new year.
We’ve rounded up five delightful drinks to celebrate the 15 days of the Lunar New Year, the perfect fit to toast the good things to come in 2021.
HOT TODDY
Warm up even the coldest winter evening with the spicy, herbal notes of this comforting hot toddy.
Ingredients
2 oz Rémy Martin 1738 Accord Royal
½ oz simple syrup
Hot water
Cinnamon stick
Lemon peel
How to Prepare
Pour Rémy Martin 1738 Accord Royal and simple syrup into a hot toddy glass
Top with hot water, a cinnamon stick and a lemon peel, then stir
Garnish with a cinnamon stick
BAIJIU CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL
A celebratory champagne cocktail for the Asian century – a suggestion of spirit baijiu sees Rémy Martin XO wake up the night.
Ingredients
1 oz Rémy Martin XO
1 bar spoon Baijiu
1 Sugar Cube or 5ml (1/6 oz) Simple Syrup
Top with Champagne
Method
In a champagne flute, soak a sugar cube in baijiu
Pour over the cognac and top with champagne
ASIAN OLD FASHIONED
A new guise for an Old Fashioned when east meets west: Rémy Martin XO and rice wine are the perfect companions
Ingredients
1¼ oz Rémy Martin XO
½ oz Antica Formula Carpano Vermouth
½ oz Choya Sake
⅙ oz Suze
Grapefruit Twist
Method
Build over hand-cracked or cubed ice in old fashioned glass
Garnish with grapefruit twist
YUZU SIDECAR
A true Parisian classic gets an Asian makeover: yuzu takes over from triple sec to showcase Rémy Martin 1738.
Ingredients
1½ oz Rémy Martin 1738
1¼ oz Choya Yuzu Liqueur
½ oz Lemon Juice
⅙ oz Simple Syrup
Method
Shake all ingredients with cubed ice
Double strain into a couple glass
TEA FOR YU
Tea for Yu is a Rémy Martin XO cocktail that’s bursting with two citrus flavours – bergamot from earl grey tea, and yuzu.
Ingredients
1½ oz Rémy Martin XO
1/3 oz Yuzu Juice
¾ oz Simple Syrup
Lemon Wedges
50ml – 1¾ oz cooled Earl Grey Tea
Top with Ginger Ale
How to Prepare
Mix Rémy Martin XO, Yuzu juice, and simple syrup in a wine glass over crushed ice
Add additional crushed ice
Squeeze in the juice of one lemon wedge and top with ginger ale.
Garnish with fresh lemon wedge
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