Is there something as classic as a Gin & Tonic on a hot summer day? It’s highly enjoyable under a parasol on the patio. You can try it with different gins, different tonics or even try to make your own. Its fun and easy drink that deserves exploring. Whats in it today? We used great ingredients: Monkey… Continue reading Gin & Tonic
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.
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Tobacco Road
This is the cocktail we originally bought Cynar for and now is the time to try it out. Tobacco Road combines smoky mezcal with herbal cynar and dry sherry. Lately we have come across several cocktails with sherry instead of vermouth. Tobacco Road 1,5 oz Mezcal 1,25 oz Cynar 0,5 oz Fino Sherry 2 dashes… Continue reading Tobacco Road
A stocked fridge – enabling Diki Diki
So, it’s hot in Stockholm at the moment! Better keep some bottles in the fridge in case of a sudden cocktail party! With a chilled bottle of calvados the vintage “Diki Diki” cocktail can be created: 1,5 oz calvados 0,5 oz swedish punsch 0,75 oz grapefruit juice Shake, pour and enjoy in the heat.… Continue reading A stocked fridge – enabling Diki Diki
Pisco Sour
Pisco is not the easiest spirit to find in Sweden, but we bought a bottle at well stocked www.astorwines.com in New York during a recent travel. Yesterday we did a classic “Pisco Sour” and were surprised by the fruitiness of this South American spirit. We bought Barsol’s Pisco and it worked really well with the sour… Continue reading Pisco Sour
Chrysanthemum
Today is a fantastic summer day to try out a cocktail that has been on our mind since my last visit to Phamarium in Stockholm. On their ‘International’ part of their cocktail menu is Chrysanthemum. The cocktail first known from Hugo Ensslin’s book Recipes for Mixed Drinks from 1917. The book was one of the last New York… Continue reading Chrysanthemum
Last of the Oaxacans
Exploring our new discovered taste for Mezcal and we found a recipe after googling on Mezcal cocktails on Serious Eats. Lovely take on Last Word which is one of our favorite cocktail all categories. It’s not comparable to it but the Mezcal brings a smoky rich taste that marry the herbal green Chartreuse and the… Continue reading Last of the Oaxacans
The Gardiner
From cocktail book “Canadian Cocktails” by Scott McCallum & Victoria Walsh comes a very delightful cocktail called “The Gardiner”. The book is available at both American Amazon and European Amazon. Muddle a piece of fresh rosemary and shake with the below ingredients: 1,75 oz rye 0,5 oz green chartreuse 0,5 oz sweet vermouth 0,5 bar spoon fig syrup… Continue reading The Gardiner
Aviation
Finally got our hands on some violet liqueur and were able to make a classic “Aviation”. Its pale blu color really resembles a cloudy sky. If you like gin, this cocktail should be a fovourite. To make one, just shake these ingredients: 2 oz gin 0,5 oz luxardo maraschino 0,25 oz violet liqueur 0,75… Continue reading Aviation