The Next Level of Homemade Drinks
While spirit forward cocktails are great, you cannot drink the heavy stuff all the time. Especially Summer calls for light cocktails with less alcohol. This is why I came up with a fun highball using L.N. Mattei quinquinas. So, this article is also about the Grand Reserve Blanc and Rouge from Corsica.
After my review of the Epicurean blended malt from Douglas Laing, I decided to take a look at their Island blend next. The Rock Oyster is a mix of single malts from Arran, Islay, Jura and Orkney. As a pairing in a cocktail, I went for a slightly bitter, but refreshing quinquina from Cap Corse. […]
I somehow missed Negroni Week this year! This is somehow atypical for me, but I still have some great ideas for Negroni variations. One of them is not only composed of gin, but also includes a fabulous blood orange eau de vie. As if this was not enough there also is a new, limited Mondino […]
Excuse the long headline, but this is a rather big article! Not only do I want to present three different spirits to you, but also while all of them were really excellent, one of them just blew me away! On top of that, I am also very pleased with the cocktail which actually contains all […]
Okay, I admit that this headline is more than lurid, but while most people would argue that the Martini is the king of cocktails, it takes even more practice to get accustomed with the Negroni’s taste. Yet, when you do, you probably will be magically drawn to it more often than to a Martini! Moreover, […]
I have to admit I was a bit sceptical when I first heard about the Oro Ibiza Gin. The combination of its unusual design and the relatively low ABV made me think that this gin maybe was made for long nights spent partying in Ibiza, rather than the use in high quality cocktails. Yet, when […]
What would you do if you had various fortified wines on hand? Making classic cocktail variations would certainly not be the worst idea. Well, that is why I settled on mixing a Rob Roy variation. Of course, I named it according to the unwritten law of giving drinks with Scottish ingredients the name of a […]
Sometimes things happen which you do not expect. In this case, I was prepared to taste the Sonoma County Distilling Rye, but the presentation ended up in a full on whisky tasting. This way, my boss and I where the first persons in Bavaria to try the new Glendalough whiskies and Poitín. And here are […]
Im Zuge meiner Recherche zum Thema Gin wollte ich euch auch Informationen aus erster Hand liefern. Aus diesem Grund habe ich Kontakt zu Gin Herstellern aus meiner Region aufgenommen. Herr Simon von der Simon’s Feinbrennerei aus Alzenau war so freundlich, mir alle meine neugierigen Fragen zu beantworten. Zusätzlich stellte er mir seine verschiedenen Ginqualitäten zum […]
View In: de en Weil der Gin Hype nicht zu einem Ende zu kommen scheint, dachte ich es wäre eine gute Idee ein paar grundliegende Fragen zu Gin zu beantworten. Wegen der unglaublichen Anzahl an neuen Gins und Tonic Waters ist das ganze etwas ausgeartet… Also habt Geduld und begebt euch mit mir auf die […]
