The Next Level of Homemade Drinks
Well, today is St. Patrick’s Day! While I do not have a green drink on hand, I at least can tell you about an Irish Whiskey. Teeling Whiskey is very dear to me, not only because I enjoy their bottlings very much, but also because we visited their distillery in Dublin in 2019. In this […]
Yes, this recipe hast not written “tropical” all over it. Yet, the flavour combination does remind me of an exotic drink. On top of that, the cocktail just seemed perfect for this month’s Home Bar Awards challenge – “stirred Tiki”. Be warned however, the recipe calls for some work in advance!
To keep up the resolution to write more about non-alcoholic cocktails, I am presenting another one to you today. Besides a rather unusual tea it is also a bit more labour-intensive and requires making a bergamot cordial yourself. However, the cordial is well worth the effort. Obviously, it does not only work well in cocktails […]
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 […]
After tasting the Woodland Pink Gin a few weeks ago, I decided to review the Dry Gin from the Woodland distillery, too. On top of that, I had a spiced syrup on hand and wanted to try it out. The perfect drink for this seemed to be a kind of Bramble variation. This modern classic […]
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 […]
To make the transition from Tiki month to the rest of the year as smooth as possible I decided to stay with rum as a spirits category a little bit longer. The rum I want to introduce to you today is not 18 years old, as you might expect from its label. Rather it is […]
In the probably last spirited news for 2016 we take a closer look at a great mix of new arrivals at the blog. Yes, there is no escaping the omnipresent gin! Yet, the bottle in question comes from Birgitta Rust and it is clearly influenced by eau de vies. Apart from that, I am also […]
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 […]
Finally, it seems to have caught on with spirit start-ups that the next new gin might not be the best way to start your venture. Besides the already featured German rum, Birds Weissbrand is another very interesting new spirit. Basically the Birds is a gin, made out of grapes, without juniper – but better!
