Dry January – Cherry Picking
At the last minute I changed the recipe I had written down. Basically, I built this alcohol free drink around the sour cherry syrup. Yet, I threw out the lemon juice.
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Tropical Month – Pirate’s Penicillin
My good friend Sepo over at the Galumbi blog came up with this drink in 2019. Yes, it took me quite a while to reshake this cocktail. However, when I am not the only one with an obscure ingredient, I just have to do it eventually.
Dry January 2024 – Bitter Water
I find it liberating to write about non-alcoholic cocktails. Mainly because, I do not need to write tasting notes on a spirit. At the same time, no-ABV drinks are hard. You have to replace the taste and mouthfeel of booze by something else while at the same time keeping the drink balanced.
Rainbow Valley – A Low ABV Refresher
Here is another drink to reminisce on summer! A lower ABV highball which serves as a perfect refresher for the hotter days, or as an excellent Aperitif. I just wanted to play around with the flavours here and use rosemary as a garnish.
Time to Wander – Orca Brau Wanderlust
When you buy a fan kit from your favourite brewery which includes a beer called ‘Wanderlust’, you definitely have to come up with a hiking inspired beer cocktail! So, this is what I did with the ‘Wanderlust’ American Pale Ale from Orca Brau.
Dance Bear – Trä•kál Patagonian Spirit
I am not a fan of tomato juice, neither while flying nor in cocktails. However, things are completely different when it comes to carrot juice. So, I came up with a liquorice forward cocktail which uses it.
In Evening Air – Hell or High Water Rum
To be honest, I am not a big fan of spiced or flavoured rum. Still, I am reviewing a bottle for you and came up with a great cocktail using it. On top of that, this honey and orange flavoured rum based spirit has quite the background story.
Bee’s Knee’s Week ’22 – Barr Hill Gin
Right after Negroni Week, there comes another week honouring a great gin cocktail: Bee’s Knees Week. Bar Hill Gin started this in 2017 and it is also a sustainability initiative. For each post with the hashtag #beeskneesweek Caledonian Spirits will plant one square foot of bee habitat.
Home Bar Awards 09/21 – Bend Your Knee
So, this month’s Home Bar Awards challenge revolves around Bee’s Knees variations. This also means it is right up my alley, because I am a big fan of the original Bee’s Knees cocktail. However, since I did not get my hands on Barr Hill Gin which partnered with Home Bar Awards, I used a barrel-aged […]
Fragments – Silvio Carta Amaro Bomba
Usually, I reserve tropical cocktails for Tropical Month. Yet, I sometimes crave exotic cocktails the rest of the year, too. In this case, I built the drink around an Amaro, but apart from that I also used a special blend of rums. In addition to a sherry barrel finished rum, I also used a personal […]