The Next Level of Homemade Drinks
It has been way too long since I went to the last spirits fair! To change that I got the chance to visit the 2023 Village Whisk(e)y tradeshow in Nuremberg. It was great to see a lot of familiar faces live again. On top of that, I also got the chance to try some amazing […]
Here is a drink with a new rum from Drinksyndikat. Actually, the rum itself is not at all new, but instead was marked by Wagemut before. Drinksyndikat basically adopted the recipe from Nicolas Kroeger. For the cocktail I went for a Paper Plane variation.
This is probably the cocktail which I neglected the longest. I had the basic idea during Christmas time 2019. Now, two-and-a-quarter years later I finally got around to mix it and write about it. However, this also gives me the excuse to review a special port from Dow’s. On top of that, I also have […]
There is one last tropical drink I did not manage to write about during Tropical Month. This cocktail inspired by the Hurricane and another drink I found on Instagram, uses a very rare eau de vie. While this was clearly intended to be enjoyed neat, it is also fun to use it together with other […]
For this year’s St. Nicolas Day my wife came up with the idea to serve a drink in a chocolate Santa. However, it turned out that not every chocolate Santa is leakproof. Nevertheless, I came up with a suitable cocktail and added an ingredient I rarely use. No, I am not talking about the Douglas […]
There is arguably no better way to celebrate something than to open a bottle of champagne. Especially, when the bottle in question is such a special one as the Giraud Esprit Nature. The champagne is completely vinified in wood and only uses two of the three famous champagne grapes. Yet, this should not mean that […]
Today I want to present a rum to you, I did not get around to write about during this year’s Tropical Month. The Zapatera Reserva 1996 was for ever on my list, but I always postponed buying it. Well, now I am glad that I did, because I might just got my hands on one […]
Of course, there are a lot of Amarettos out there. After all, it probably is the Italian liqueur. However, most of them are overpowered by marzipan notes. In the case of the Adriatico Roasted Almond, things look a bit different. This modern approach to amaretto only uses natural ingredients and less sugar than others.
For a few years now, unaged Armagnac has been an insider’s tip. However, since regular aged Armagnac already is not the most popular of spirits, this probably will stay that way for quite some time. This really is a pity, because unaged Armagnac has a lot of potential in mixed drinks. So, the Chateau de […]
Well, sometimes you just have a little luck. In this case, I won two samples of the Perola 10the Anniversary limited rum editions. On top of that, I took part in the online tasting where Réne from Perola took us through the two bottlings. Especially interesting was to see how the two different cask finishes […]
