The Next Level of Homemade Drinks
As per usual, I am pretty late to review some samples from Which.de. However, they also publish a new Scottish Single Malt book out. So, I took this as an excuse to write about the recent whiskies and other bottlings.
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 […]
It is volume number 11 of Soundtrack my Friend’s Drink! This time Adam chose a partner who picked a song for us. While my song chosen by Shelby Mastro was not exactly what I like to hear, I still came up with a tasty drink for it.
For the next edition of Soundtrack My Friend’s Drink, I came up with a Manhattan variation for my assigned song. This time the theme was hip-hop and I got the song Bistro from Madvillain. In this song with a great flow there is the line “Finest of the Finer Things” and I took that as […]
Let us stay with flavoured rums for a while. So, we take a closer look at the new spiced rum from Plantation. The Canerock uses Jamaica rum and local herbs and spices for its flavoured rum spirit. For a drink using it, I decided to come up with a sort of Hanky Panky variation with […]
I have been more than lucky to try a great number of excellent spirits over the last year. So, in good tradition and the spirit of a “the year in review” I am sharing the ten best liquors of 2021 with you. Yes, I know as always I am too late to make this a […]
For this year’s St. Nicolas Day my wife came up with the idea to serve a drink in a chocolate Santa. However, it turned out that not every chocolate Santa is leakproof. Nevertheless, I came up with a suitable cocktail and added an ingredient I rarely use. No, I am not talking about the Douglas […]
It really has been a long time until I got my hands on this special cognac. Mizunara oak cask ageing is en vogue right now. However, only the Maison Tessendier produces Mizunara cask finished cognacs. In this case, they took a cognac from the Borderies region and finished it in Japanese Mizunara casks for half […]
Here is another great cognac that is usually easily overlooked. The Naulin X.O. with eaux de vies aged for more than 10 years promises a lot of spice and grape flavours. Apart from that, I had some frozen coconut water on hand which I needed to mix a drink with. So, I thought I would […]
It cannot be said enough, people should drink more cognac! Yes, I know cognac still has an antiquated image. Yet, this traditional French spirit has so much great things to offer. In this case, I am writing about a cognac which comes from an island in the Atlantic Ocean. The still family owned Camus cognac […]
