The Next Level of Homemade Drinks
There are not a lot of ways to incorporate lavender into a cocktail. Besides using lavender syrup, or a lavender infusion, I went for a lavender liqueur. However, I also had to come up with a suitable drink for it. In the end, I went for a Last Word variation.
When it comes to gin cocktails, the Last Word is one of my favourites. There just is something deeply intriguing about the flavour combination of Chartreuse and Maraschino. Of course, when I made the jasmine tea infused Ki No Bi Gin, I also had to make a Last Word variation. Let us see how this […]
Well, it seems that no matter how hard I try to write about other spirits, I always seem to circle back to mezcal. Of course, there is nothing wrong with tequila’s smoky ancestor, but I thought that I have some interesting ones and that should be enough. However, it turns out that there are still […]
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 […]
Finally, I got around to write about the infamous Siglo Cero Pox! The what, you might ask and I completely understand why. So, for those of you who never heard of Pox, it is a corn, sugarcane and wheat based spirit from Mexico. However, my blogger friend Johann already warned me that because of its […]
Besides Genever, the Dutch spirits brand By The Dutch also specializes in arrack. In addition to the aged Arrack I reviewed earlier, there is a new version on the market. . They added a “white” just slightly aged version. Let us see if the white Arrack can live up to the expectations.
The next drink with a Douglas Laing whisky is a variation on the Last Word cocktail. Or should I better say a variation of the La Ultima Palabra cocktail, because I substituted the gin with smoky Big Peat blended malt. Let us see if the peaty flavours work with the herbal Chartreuse notes.
I cannot tell you why, but when working on a cocktail with the Bunnahabhain 12 Years I thought about the Hunter cocktail. This drink almost cannot be called a cocktail anymore, because it originally only includes two ingredients. Nevertheless, it is a great combination of whisky and cherry liqueur. What I can tell you straight […]
Believe it or not, but even I am sometimes too lazy to use exotic ingredients in my cocktails. You simply get tired of using unripe dried mango powder in a cocktail after a while… In those moments I settle for just mixing up a twist on a classic cocktail. So guess which classic cocktail I […]
