The Next Level of Homemade Drinks
The Home Bar Awards Challenge for August is all about cocktail mash-ups. So, I decided to randomly chose two drinks of the Difford’s Guide’s World’s Top 100 list. Luckily, with the P*** Star Martini and the Rum Sour I got two quite good draws. So, let us find out who the mash-up turned out!
Well, if your favourite spirits importer / dealer asks you to enter one of their competitions you do not hesitate. So, I came up with a tropical drink using an ounce of Aluna Coconut rum. However, the special thing about it is its colour. – Disclaimer: No curacao was hurt during the production of this […]
As promised here is my variation of the Naked Ape cocktail. Instead of banana liqueur, I chose lychee liqueur as the “exotic” fruit flavour in the recipe. Well now, do not be afraid the resulting drink is not an over the top sweet cocktail with a whole armada of fruit juices thrown into it. Instead, […]
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 […]
Before we go into detail about gin, I wanted to take a short excurse into rum. The Plantation Black Cask is a special edition which combines rum from two different countries. The 2019 edition comes from Barbados and Jamaica. I straight up thought about an El Presidente variation. However, it got a little out of […]
When it comes to rum, the first islands and countries most people think about are Jamaica, Guyana and maybe the Dominican Republic. However, basically every country in the Caribbean produces rum. This is why we will take a closer look at a rum from St. Lucia, an island even rum experts overlook sometimes.
Chances are high that you never heard of Falernum! However, among the more obscure rum liqueurs, like Pimento Dram or Swedish Punch, it very well may be the most famous. When used right, Falernum definitely is a crowd-pleaser. Therefore, let me introduce a new one from Hamburg to you. Let us find out what it […]
