The Next Level of Homemade Drinks
I am continuing mixing with a liqueur I overlooked so far. Wrongly I attributed Amaretto with cloyingly sweet cocktails in the style of SoCo, Amaretto, Lime. In this case, I made I French Connection variation with a great cognac I came to appreciate some years ago. On top of that, the drink also features a […]
I know that Summer is officially over, but I want to share this fruity cognac drink with you anyway. Especially, because I absolutely agree with the Trinklaune slogan “drink more cognac”! In tis case I finally came around to try the highly praised Naud V.S.O.P. For a drink I kind of stuck with a similar […]
A lot of Tiki drinks use fire. However, it does not do the trick to just pour 151 rum over a sugar cube. For a real Tiki-fire you need a secret ingredient. On top of that, I decided to come up with a Vulcano Bowl style drink using rum and cognac. It basically means that […]
When it comes to cognac, you should stick to the motto my friends over at Trinklaune proclaim for quite a while now: Drink more cognac! Therefore, I decided to introduce the Pierre Ferrand 10 Generations Cognac to you. This is a rather special cognac: First it is aged using a portion of Sauternes barrels and […]
Even though cognac is a classic cocktail ingredient, it gets side-lined by other more famous spirits most of the time! When you do find a recipe calling for it, most of the times it uses V.S. or V.S.O.P cognacs. However, cocktails using older cognacs are very rare! Spontaneously I can only think of two the […]
Yes, I am also presenting a great new rum to you in this article, but the real star is a banana liqueur! Now you might turn up your nose, because you are thinking of artificial coloured and flavoured cheap schnapps. Yet, I will promise you that you will be surprised by this high quality banana […]
After several mentions of this special pear eau de vie I just had to get my hands on a bottle. Now that I did, I can quite understand what the fuss is all about. Although eau de vie purists probably will turn up their noses, because of the addition of a pear infusion. Yet, besides […]
The third and last drink in this little series of cognac cocktails is a highball I am planning on serving at my birthday party this year. Similar to the other two recipes it shows how versatile the most famous of French brandies is. On top of that I got to use one my favourite spirits […]
It seems like this months theme is cognac! That’s fine for me! As I already told you in my last post, cognac is far too underappreciated in cocktails! Some people think of it as not being as cool as gin, not as controversial as tequila and not as complex as whisky and therefore give it […]
Two weeks ago I presented Florian Faude’s magnificent cucumber eau de vie to you. Yet, it was not the only vegetal eau de vie Florian was kind enough to provide me with. The second one, a beetroot eau de vie was kind of a big challenge to mix with. Yet, it was totally worth the […]
