The Next Level of Homemade Drinks
Well, I recently wondered which cocktail I should mix to celebrate me getting my PhD? Obviously, there really one was one choice – the Doctor Cocktail. Especially if you have some homemade Swedish Punch at hand.
I am almost too late for this month’s Home Bar Awards . I simply made a lot of beer cocktails a few weeks ago and I just was not in the mood for more. Nevertheless, I managed to come up with a Hemingway Daiquiri variation which not only includes a double IPA, but also a […]
There is a great trend for German distillers to produce their own rum. Yet, who says you have to distil it yourself? The folks behind Heimat Gin decided to use rum distilled in Guyana, for ageing and finishing in Germany. Since I am always looking for great blanco rums, I was eager to try the […]
As promised, here are the best cocktails you can mix up with blood orange eau de vies! Of course, a Blood Orange & Tonic is a great, refreshing highball. However, I also took a look at (modern) classic cocktails and added a bit of blood orange eau de vie to them. On top of that, […]
As the first article in 20178 I decided to remind ourselves of warmer days! Therefore, I prepared a summery, Daiquiri variation for us. Besides a great Demerara rum, the recipe also includes an organic flavouring. Before you now cry out in horror of food flavouring, let me assure you that the Junip Natural Organic Flavour […]
After a personal recommendation, I had to get my hands on a special bottle of Ferrand’s Plantation series: Besides their non-age-statement and vintage lines, Plantation also bottles rum from individual casks. The rum in question comes from Haiti, a country where I so far had only sample Clairin from. This means I had no previous […]
It seems like I still cannot stop writing about rum! However, this time we at least take a look at a sugarcane juice based rhum instead of the ones made from molasses. The special thing about the Clement Blanc Canne Bleue 2015 is that it basically is an eau de vie distilled from just one […]
In my last newsletter I promised you new articles on gin, but I am afraid you will have to wait a little while longer. However, I will try to make up for it with even two homemade ingredients in this article! While one of them is fairly simple the other one takes a little bit […]
