The Next Level of Homemade Drinks
After diving into rye whiskies some weeks ago, it is time to take a closer look at some other American whiskeys as well! In this case, it is all about an unconventional and therefore rather special whiskey. The Dry Fly Port Barrel Wheat Whisky is finished in huckleberry wine barrels. This is why, it is […]
Like the Bourbon Blind Tasting in 2016, I decided to repeat the procedure in 2017 with a Rye Blind Tasting. The tasting was comprised of seven different rye whiskies and they were first sampled on their own and in a cocktail afterwards. Of course, we settled for the famous Manhattan cocktail – it maybe is […]
Today I want to take a look at nothing less than a bourbon icon! Maker’s Mark with its red wax seal on the bottle neck was, and still is, the favourite of many bourbon drinkers. However, since a few years there is a new version out there and since a few months it is regularly […]
It has been a while since I put some bourbons to the test. So, I thought it was time to review some new bottles. This is why, I arranged a blind-tasting with some friends. In total we tried eight different bourbons, five with an ABV between 45.7 % and 50 % and three cask strength […]
While everyone (bartender) loves bourbon and rye whiskey, they easily forget about other interesting whiskey categories from the States. There is a growing number of corn, Tennessee and wheat whiskies from a few big producers and an uncountable number of small, craft distilleries. Of course, demand determines supply and so it is no wonder that […]
Despite Tiki month I could not resist visiting another spirits trade show. Especially, when it is in my hometown! In this case, I am talking about the Whiskey Village 2016 in Nuremberg which took place for the fourth time. At least this year’s special theme was rum. So, actually we should be alright for Tiki […]
First an apology is in order: I did not manage to keep my blog up to date and there is no excuse for that! Well, wait actually there is: I moved to another town and started an internship. I simply could not handle everything at once. Nevertheless, I owe you an article no matter what […]
This time I first created a cocktail and began looking for the right spirit afterwards. Maybe that is not totally right, because I had the idea of making a Manhattan style cocktail with green walnut liqueur for quite some time. Now I finally got my hands on some of this exotic liqueur. Moreover, with the […]
While researching beer cocktails it is needless to say that I had to try a fair amount of beers from all over the world. To be honest this was not the worst task to cope with. Additionally this gave me the idea to provide you with short profiles of some small breweries. Obviously I will […]
Ever since I first got my hands on the PDT cocktail book I wanted to try Jim Meehan’s cocktail the Great Pumpkin. However, until this year it was virtually impossible to get pumpkin ale here in Germany. This year though, while researching beer cocktails I discovered one from Ratsherrn brewery in Hamburg and of course […]
