The Next Level of Homemade Drinks
There are different ways of adding elements of another drink to a cocktail, aging, infusions, fat-washing… Still, one of the easiest ways is prepairng a syrup containing some of the ingredients used in the original cocktail. In this case I wanted to flavour an Old-Fashioned with the aroma of a Martini. The logical consequence was […]
It’s been a while since I last shared a homemade recipe with you. Finally the wait is over: I found the time to make some liquorice syrup. Find out how to make some delicious bittersweet syrup bellow!
If you didn’t notice before: Vanilla is one of my favorite flavors. I’m talking about real vanilla here, not the cloyingly sweet vanilla flavor you know from ice cream or stuff like that.
This is an important ingredient in Tiki drinks. Especially the original Zombie wouldn’t be the same without it. But don’t worry, making it isn’t much harder than making plain simple syrup.
As ginger is an important ingredient for Tiki drinks and I simply love its hotness, I have to share this syrup recipe with you.
As I use a lot of different types of sugar in my drinks I will tell you how to make a syrup that will quickly dissolve in your cocktail. You can use any type of sugar you like.
Ever since our visit to Casa Eva in Mallorca this year, I was thinking about their newest gin the L’Horabaixa. It was one of the few new gins that was able to impress me. So, I am very happy that Stefan send me a bottle and I could try the recipe I pitched to him […]
Orange Curaçao is a staple of any cocktail or home bar. Yet, there are just a few high-quality ones out there. This new one comes from Satoshi combines orange eau de vie with Italian brandy and some sugar. I just had to try it in a Margarita variation.
I do enjoy the spritis from Scheibel’s ‘Alte Zeit’ range quite much. Yet, there liqueurs are where they really shine! In this case, I came up with a sparkling wine cocktail using their whisky as well as the new Blackcurrant Rum.
Citadelle already have a lot of experience with ageing gins. Yet, they went the extra mile with their Juniper Decadence bottling. So, I came up with a Sazerac version – a drink I usually would not use a gin in.
