Yuzu is an asian citrus fruit, in the middle of a lime and a mandarin. Its juice is very fresh and fruity, and the zest is amazing in both food and cocktail. This awesome fruit is however still relatively hard to get in stores in Europe. Hopefully this is about to change. So, in this… Continue reading Yuzu cocktail
Tag: gin
Gin Cocktail
Gin Cocktail at Cocktail Detour as we believe a cocktail could be worth a detour.
Its a distilled liquor flavored with juniper berries. Mostly its used in classics like gin and tonic and dry martini. We try to find different bottles, tastes and flavors and great cocktails.
Bellow we collected the best of gin…
Hotel Room Mix – Kullamust & Gin
In between bar visits in Malmö (Sweden’s third city) we wanted to do a cocktail of our own at our hotel room. In the mini bar was a locally produced juice – Kullamust – made of apples, raspberry and mint. Extra nice that there was no added sugar to this juice. We also happened to have… Continue reading Hotel Room Mix – Kullamust & Gin
Modern Manners
We finally bought a bottle of drambuie and were excited to try it in a cocktail. On the drambuie webpage we found a cocktail called Modern Manners and decided to give it a go. Extra nice was the fact that this recipe also contains kirschwasser, a cherry eau-de-vie, that we happened to buy when in Düsseldorf… Continue reading Modern Manners
Hanky Panky Cocktail
The Hanky Panky is a classical cocktail. It only uses three ingredients, so pick the brands carefully, it’s nice to use high quality spirits here. It’s also a little bit funny there is an underwear brand actually called Hanky Panky. They make underwear in lace, in all imaginable colors. One color is very similar to… Continue reading Hanky Panky Cocktail
White Lady
The White Lady is one of those instant great drinks. Made with only three of the most common ingredients in a bar, basically anyone should be able to shake up a White Lady. As usual with this few-ingredients-type-of-cocktail, it’s extra nice to use high quality spirits. Another trick is to use organic lemons. We always… Continue reading White Lady
Arsenic & Old Lace
Found a dussin of recipes online for cocktails with Pasts. This is “Arsenic & Old Lace”. Pastis is very dominant and tend to take over when in cocktails. This is what also happened to us with this cocktail. The taste divides us between okay to undrinkable. One thing you cannot complain about is the visual impact though,… Continue reading Arsenic & Old Lace
The Abbey Cocktail
With The Abbey Cocktail we once again revisiting the 1930 cocktail book by Harry Carddock “The Savoy Cocktail Book” for inspiration. We generally don’t like orange juice in cocktails as it often takes over but here we’ll give it a try. The original recipe says: 1/2 Dry Gin, 1/4 Kina Lillet, 1/4 Orange Juice and 1… Continue reading The Abbey Cocktail
Book: Death & Co
Death & Co by David Kaplan, Nick Fauchald and Alex Day is obviously the book with recipes from the corresponding bar in New York. While we have yet to visit this bar, several of the recipes we’ve already tried at home. And this is big book! There are several hundreds of cocktails to mix, most… Continue reading Book: Death & Co
Gin & Tonic
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
Book: Gin & Tonic
A Gin & Tonic is one of the most iconic cocktails out there. It is super easy to do, just pour some gin and top up the glass with tonic water. However, with all crafted gin brands, and small batch tonics available today, making the perfect GT could take some practice. However the perfect guide was… Continue reading Book: Gin & Tonic