The Next Level of Homemade Drinks
While my first love are spirits and cocktails, I am also a bit into wine. So, when I got the chance to try a organic orange wine, I was all for it! The Orange Gold from Gerard Bertrand also sounded like the perfect base for a nice autumnal Spritz!
When I tried the Mondino Senza in 2021, it won me over completely. Its natural taste combined with organic ingredients is just a perfect non-alcoholic ingredient for Spritzes and cocktails. So, for the Dry January 2022, I thought I come up with a few different recipes featuring it.
Lantenhammer just recently released a new line of barrel aged eau de vies. I already liked their Slyrs barrel aged bottlings, but in this case they aged their regular plum eau de vie in brandy barrels. On top of that, I am currently in the mood for Armagnac cocktails. So, I combined the eau de […]
There is a long-lasting tradition here in Germany to distil gentian root. However, most of the time these spirits are associated with “cheap liquor” which is consumed in old taverns and beer halls. Exactly the opposite is the case with the Wilhelm Marx Aqauvite die Genziana. Apart from the melodic name, the eau de vie […]
After gin and vermouth, clearly the next trend are non-alcoholic “spirits”. I still have not found a good way of describing this category, because strictly speaking they are not “spirits”. However, until now I have only tried non-alcoholic “gins” which should only enjoyed mixed. The Mondino Senza changes that! I can tell you right away, […]
When you have a raspberry eau de vie and a Swiss stone pine wood liqueur on hand what should you do with it? Well, believe it or not, but the first drink which sprang to my mind was the Bramble. While replacing the gin with the raspberry eau de vie might be comprehensible, to switch […]
For the festive days there is a great cocktail which almost has nothing to do with Christmas. The Mistaken for Strangers by Misty Kalkofen basically is a Grappa Last Word cocktail. So, when I got my hands on a sloe eau de vie from Lantenhammer I thought I mix up a variation of this festive […]
Well, in difficult times like these, it is essential to keep your spirit up – no pun intended. This is why I am again writing about the Quarantini Social Dry Gin. Luckily I had a second bottle on hand, because we finished the first bottle during the first lockdown. Again, I stuck with a rather […]
Nowadays there are quite a lot of spirit fairs out there. Almost every major city has one. However, there are just a few which can look back on a year-long history. If you do not have any plans for the second weekend in February, you should plan a visit!
Obviously, I could not visit the Slyrs distillery, without creating a cocktail using one of their single malts. This is why I am presenting the Bavarian Smash to you today. It basically is a highproof version of my PX Jerez Smash. Nevertheless, because of the Slyrs 51, it is noticeably different.
