The Next Level of Homemade Drinks
As promised here is at least one more agave based cocktail during the month of May. In this case, I went for a mango forward Mezcal Margarita with a little bit extra. On top of that, I had the chance to try another single village bottling by Del Maguey.
It has been years ago that I first read about aquavit which uses dill as an ingredient. Now that I got my hands on a bottle I was very curious to try it. It does not really come as a surprise that the suggested serve with a tonic water works very well.
Some time ago, I had the idea of combining an unaged grape eau de vie with elderflower in a sour-style cocktail. I was thinking of a Snap Dragon meets Pisco Sour kind of drink. Fortunately, my friend Manuel Engel provided me with his grape eau de vie.
I first noticed the Ode Aperitifs a while back thanks to their iconic design. However, it was not until the Haut Les Vins Signature Wine Show in 2026 that I tried the aperitifs. From the moment I tasted them, I knew I had to feature both in combination with different recipes.
It is not so easy to find a good high-quality tequila here in Germany. Luckily, I got my hands on a bottle of Fortaleza Still Strength Tequila. This also seemed like the perfect base spirit for a White Agavoni recipe I had written down a long time ago.
Sam Ross’ the ‘Naked & Famous’ probably is one of the most famous Mezcal cocktails out there. It has been a long time since I mixed the last one, so I had to change that. However, I replaced two bottles with slight variations of the original ingredients.
Here in Germany, Linie Aquavit is one of the most famous brands of aquavit. To welcome in spring, I have a refreshing recipe for you that uses an unusual combination of ingredients. However, Linie and grapefruit lemonade do work splendidly together!
I discovered the Scaramanga Rhum through my fellow bloggers from Zucker & Zeste. They interviewed Sven Sudeck who now promotes the Rhum. The Scaramanga is intended as an introduction to the relatively unknown category of Rhum Agricole. In this case, the sugarcane juice distillates come from three producers in Guadeloupe. After distillation the Rhum spends […]
I guess I am not the first to throw in a little passion fruit liqueur into a Hurricane cocktail. However, I also took the chance and am presenting the Planteray Mr Fogg Navy Rum to you. This rum just seemed as the perfect fit in this recipe.
When I wanted to name a drink after the song ‘Birds of a Feather’ by Mocky, I discovered that someone beat me to it! My good friend Johann from Cocktailbart already had remixed the cocktail created by Carloin from Boston Tiki Party. Well, after over a year has passed, I finally managed to remix it.
