Shake the first three ingredients and strain into a champagne flute. Fill with brut. Garnish with pomegranate pips.

• 1 oz applejack
• 1 oz brandy
• ¼ oz Cointreau
• 1 oz lemon juice
• brut Champagne

Shake the first four ingredients and strain into a champagne flute. Top with brut. Lemon peel garnish.

• 1 ½ oz brandy
• ½ oz Cherry Heering
• 1 ½ tsp triple sec
• ⅓ oz lemon juice
• 1 ½ tsp grenadine

Shake and strain into a sugar-rimmed cocktail glass. Cherry garnish.

• ¾ oz brandy
• 1 sugar cube
• 3 drops Angostura bitters
• brut Champagne

Drip the bitters onto the sugar cube and place it in a champagne flute. Add the brandy and fill with brut. Orange peel garnish.