From Difford’s Guide We had some friends around for some drinks last night. I did 3 planned ones, and then a G & T as the finish up.Firstly, we had a Sweet Tears of Mine. I’ve made this a while ago, and it’s a yummy drink. Sweetish, but balanced out by the rum. 45ml Cacao…
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Refuge’s Greenhorn
Recipe by Bobby Hengelstraat, Refuse, Houston I found this drink quite by accident, while googling around. The sweet sour bitter combination kind of intrigued me. It goes with our green dinner tonight. The delicately absinthian gentian liqueur subtends the cheekiness of the tequila and the lustrous melon flavor of Midori. I didn’t have a green…
Heaven’s Earth
Recipe by @cocktail.vision on instagram. Another interesting drink, me thinks. I saw this recipe featuring the Nectar de Brazil, and thought the flavours would wok well together. So I made the Nectar de Brazil especially for this drink. I had all the spices, and also had a chilli in the fridge, just begging to be…
Snake Hips Swizzle
Joachín Simó Death & Co 2009 @servedbysoberon served up this drink a few days ago on instagram and I wanted make it. It featured cognac as the base spirit, along with some dry Curaçao and a cream sherry. It’s rich smell and taste, hints of molasses come through on the first sip, and the richness…
Powder Monkey
Again a recipe from Andy Aitken @proofcocktails.nl 60ml Lapsang Souchong and Gunpowder infused rum1 scant teaspoon (3.5-4ml) of simple syrup (1:1)1 dash pimento bitters (or another aromatic bitters such as Angostura).Stir with ice and strain into a DOF glass containing a large block of clear ice. My freezer isn’t big enough to attempt clear ice….
The Kessel Run
Recipe by Andy Aitken @proofcocktail.nl Andy says this is a reference to a Star Wars thing. I had to Google that, as I’m no super fan. I’ve watched them, but don’t even remember this reference. But the use of Szechuan Pepper got me in.Szechuan is not really a pepper, but a dried berry. Unlike the…
Grapes for Buddha
Ryan Whittaker posted this in Craft Cocktail Club on FB and I thought it sounded good. I told Blair Sollenger I would make it, so here it is. As an aside, while doing a bit of side research, because long tailing is a real thing for me, I discovered Grapes for Buddha is a piece…
The Frida Kahlo
Michele Mazanec first posted this in Craft Cocktail Club on FB. Then Karen MacLeod also posted that she made it. So I felt it should be good. I just didn’t have the fancy rose buds that they do, so had to make do with a chintzy peacock, to suffice for Frida’s fancy head gear she…
Midnight Mountain
Midnight MountainRecipe Death & Co. -Brad Farran I have been on a bit of a thing lately using liqueurs or Amaro bitters as a main ingredient. And I’ve had this Death & Co book a while, but hadn’t really used it much. And had also recently purchased some Amaro Nardini as well.So I thought I…
Rhubarb Margarita
I thought a bit of spice and warmth was needed tonight. It’s windy and rainy here in downtown Amsterdam. I found rhubarb in a green grocer the other day and thought to myself “I’ll have some of that”, knowing it makes such a lovely hued syrup. Which is just what I did. And for the…
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