Name: Stinger
Prep time: 2 min
Total time: 2 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktails
Ingredients: 2 oz cognac; ¾ oz white crème de menthe

A starkly simple after-dinner duo of cognac and white crème de menthe that drinks like a cool breeze across a warm barrel, bracingly minty up front and grape-sweet beneath.

combine and stir

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cognac

white crème de menthe

Stinger

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Stinger

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