The Next Level of Homemade Drinks
Ever since I first got my hands on the PDT cocktail book I wanted to try Jim Meehan’s cocktail the Great Pumpkin. However, until this year it was virtually impossible to get pumpkin ale here in Germany. This year though, while researching beer cocktails I discovered one from Ratsherrn brewery in Hamburg and of course […]
In the cocktail world there are well-known ingredients like Gin, Orange Curacao, Rum etc. and there are ingredients most people have never heard of. Mirto definitely is one of them. So follow me as I take a closer look at this Sardinian liqueur and its application in cocktails!
On Monday the 20th of October, Gelbes Haus the bar I am working in received the Fizzz Award for the “Best Longseller“ concept. Of course that makes us very proud and happy, but also a little scared if we will be able to keep all those new customers at bay!
No, unlike Marshall from How I Met Your Mother, I don’t suggest that you get drunk and ruin a news report by posing naked in front of the camera. However, since it seems that beer is no longer considered a necessary evil in cocktail bars I thought I should have a closer look at its […]
The series of (hopefully) useful consumer advice continues. This time it’s all about blended scotch whisky. Maybe this section of whisky is often overlooked, due to it’s famous brothers bourbon and single malt, but in the last years some new interesting products were introduced. Follow me as I take a closer look at three promising […]
Der 8. Barconvent Berlin lud am 07. und 08.10 engagierte Bartender, Gastronomen, Produzenten und Kenner der feinen Getränke ein. Es galt die neusten Trends und Produkte vieler namenhafter Brennereien, sowie handwerklicher Kleinbetriebe und Soft-Drinkhersteller genauer unter die Lupe zu nehmen. Nun liegen zwei intensive Tage hinter mir und eine kleine seelische Katerstimmung lässt mich darin […]
After the Tonic Water Tasting, I asked myself how homemade Tonic Water would stand up to the test. This actually was something I wanted to try for a long time now. So, I set to work and made some tonic syrup. And here are the results!