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

Fourth Regiment Cocktail

The Fourth Regiment Cocktail is from the book “The Gentleman’s Companion: Being an Exotic Drinking Book Or, Around the world with Jigger, Baker and Flask”, originally from the 1930s.

Black Salt Cocktail

  From excellent book Savory Cocktails by Greg Henry we’ve picked this rather unique recipe containing salt in the actual cocktail. And it’s not just any salt you’re supposed to use, but the very cool black lava salt. The black salt you buy in small blocks, and then grate it yourself. It probably doesn’t taste very… Continue reading Black Salt Cocktail

Conference Cocktail

This is another nice cocktail from Death & Co’s excellent book. The cocktail is made with a lot of ingredients, however all of them are common. It’s still an unusual drink though, as it’s made with both whiskey, calvados and cognac – hence combining two very different base spirits. The result is pure geniality. A… Continue reading Conference Cocktail

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