The Next Level of Homemade Drinks
Great minds think alike: Some time ago, my namesake Instagram buddy Matthias Tetaert came up with a Mandarin Mai Tai variation. So, I thought I would start Tropical Month 2023 with the recipe I came up with around the same time. On top of that, I also had an excellent mandarin liqueur I want to […]
Sometimes I have slightly crazy cocktail ideas. In this case, I asked myself how much grapefruit flavour I could get into a drink. So, besides some Jamaica rum I used four different grapefruit flavoured ingredients. Let us see how the drink turned out!
I rarely revisit old drinks of mine. The only reason for that is missing time and a long list of drinks to work through. However, this time I already had the perfect drink for two special rums I wanted to review.
In a line with last year, I came up with a tropical Champagne cocktail. This time it was inspired by the classic Hurricane. However, I also added a passion fruit jam as well as some Moscatel sherry just for good measure. Furthermore, this gives me the perfect excuse to review this rather new champagne.
There are a lot of bitter liqueurs out there. Some are as bitter as Campari. Others are meant to be used as an aperitive. In this case, the folks behind the 20457 Hafencity Gin decided to come up with a slightly bitter and grapefruit forward Aperitivo.
When it comes to coconut rum, I am very sceptical. A lot of the times those flavoured rums taste artificial and way too sweet. However, the Aluna Coconut set out to be different. The folks behind the rum wanted to create a not too sweet rum with natural coconut flavour. Since, it is the first […]
You probably noticed that this Tropical Month I am very focused on the Jungle Bird cocktail. I guess this is due to the fact that it combines Negroni-notes with tropical flavours. However, today I guess the drink tends more towards a “bittered” Mai Tai. Furthermore, I used a high-ester rum which was forever on my […]
Inspired by the New Ginger Mai Tai from the Seibert’s Bar in Cologne, I also wanted to create an exotically flavoured Mai Tai. However, instead of ginger, I went for Makrut lime and lemon grass for infusing the rum. Apart from that, I paired the spiced rum and orange curaçao with matcha liqueur to add […]
Actually, I wanted to write about an entirely different cocktail. Yet, I again was inspired by Matthias Soberon and his Pain Killer Milk Punch. On top of that, I could not wait to put to use a caramel pineapple cordial recipe from the Tin Tin Bar in Stuttgart. In the end, I came up with […]
Ever since I read about a Fernet Piña Colada at Punch.com, I wanted to recreate the recipe. Well, now that I did, I can tell you that the combination of pineapple and coconut with Fernet is a match made in heaven. At least this is what I remember after mixing up two different versions of […]
