Cognac
Better known as a high-end sipping spirit, cognac is finding new fans as a cocktail staple. Photo: iStock
Cognac's
contribution to cocktails can surprisingly be traced all the way back to the
1840s. Surprising, because it's only since the late 1990s and early 2000s – the
spirit's so-called second golden age – that bartenders around the world have
reinstated it on cocktail lists.
