The “L’Amour en Fuite” is our first post, out of four, with cocktails from Jamie Boudreau’s The Canon Cocktail Book.
Category: Cocktails
Discover what cocktails we love and learn how to make them. We try classics, compose our own, or try signature cocktails from others and let you know what we think.
We like them – What do you think, please leave a comment!
Dry Martini Cocktail
Dry Martini is one of the worlds most famous cocktails. It’s made with gin and dry vermouth in different proportions varying from 2:1 to 100:1. These variations would taste differently for sure and it’s up to you to decide.
Woken Cadaver Cocktail
A wonderful coffee cocktail, also containing cacao-infused Campari.
Champs Élysées
Champs Élysées another classic cocktail that is modern again. You can find it in The Savoy Cocktail Book and there it’s described as a group cocktail for six people. And yes, Champs Élysées works wonders at a cocktail party.
Aviation Cocktail
It’s color is supposed to resemble that of a slightly cloudy sky, maybe that’s why the “Aviation” is so easy to fall in love with.
Howl on the Hill Cocktail
These kind of brown drinks are often based on bourbons or ryes, but the Howl on the Hill is actually a rum cocktail. We used Angostura 1919, but most likely any good quality dark rum will work brilliantly in this cocktail.
Zaza Cocktail
Zaza Cocktail is another classic cocktail you find in many cocktail books and is a combination of Gin and Dubonnet. The history of Dubonnet starts 1846 when the chemist Joseph Dubonnet in an effort to make French Foreign Legionnaires drink quinine to battle malaria in North Africa. Since quinine is very bitter he blended it with fortified wine and herbs and the Dubonnet aperitif was born.
Tuxedo Cocktail
When a regular dry martini doesn’t excite you enough, the Tuxedo Cocktail offers some more complexity and some additional flavors.
Scandinavian Leather Cocktail
The Scandinavian Leather is a beautifully green cocktail, made with fresh cucumber juice and cucumber stripes as decoration. The recipe is from Oskar Kinberg’s “Cocktail Cookbook“. It’s an unusual cocktail as it’s based on aquavit (hence the name of the cocktail). Aquavit is relatively bitter, and in Scandinavia it’s usually consumed plain, as a “snaps”. But… Continue reading Scandinavian Leather Cocktail
Vieux Carré Cocktail
This is the “Vieux Carré” made of rye, Cognac, sweet vermouth, Bénédictine and bitters. It’s one of those classic cocktails that many have tried or heard of, but it’s still a very interesting and tempting drink. It gets a dark rich color from the sweet vermouth and the Peychaud’s bitters, so contrasting with a yellow… Continue reading Vieux Carré Cocktail