Tropical Cocktail

• 2 oz. Cognac or Brandy
• 2 oz. Hypnotiq
• ½ oz. Pineapple Juice (Optional to sooth potent alcohols)

Old Fashioned Glass

Potent alcohol/cognac attack with slight tropical notes on the finish. Use pineapple juice to sweeten and round out alcoholic impact.

Pour cognac, hypnotiq and optional pineapple juice into an iced old fashioned glass. Shortly stir (five seconds) and serve.

The drink was created at a Hpnotiq launch event by a restaurant bartender at Sean Combs' New York restaurant, Justin's. A Hpnotiq employee noticed many women but few men drinking his company's liquor, because the men considered the blue, fruity drink to be too effeminate. Victor Alvarez, a bartender at the restaurant, mixed Hennessy with Hpnotiq to dilute the fruity flavor, resulting in a green beverage that quickly became a hit ¹⁾.