|| Negroni Style – Rosemary & Violet | & | Sbagliato Style – Absinthe & Aperol || After I posted my Necropolitan, someone commented I should also do a Necronomicon, with rosemary. So I did, and I also threw in a third member of the family, a low-alcohol version. The…
|| Negroni style | Aperol, Absinthe || Spotify recommended a song by Green Lung to me the other day. I didn’t know the band, and I didn’t know the song (which was pretty good and groovy), but it was the title that’s the source for this blog: Necropolitan Line. I…
|| Manhattan style | Milk washed | Pistachio, Fig || I always like to make something special for the holidays, preferably premixable so I can bring it to every occasion I go! But the flavour idea for this has been lying in wait a couple of months, ever since I…
A.k.a. a “measurant” This is not about how the metric system is a superior system of units (although it is). It is about exactly one thing: the inadequacy of jigger when scaling recipes and converting between units. First about the scaling. I like smaller drinks. I will always take 2…
Great aperitif with aromatic snacks like papadums It’s the holiday season, so I need a nice aperitif cocktail for all those Christmas dinners that were coming up! I’d been revisiting the grapefruit-cardamom combination lately (because of an open carton of grapefruit juice), one of my favorites but it didn’t immediately…
|| Sour | Peanut, Asian Spices || This drink still makes me smile. It’s a little ridiculous but every time I drink it, it surprises me again by how well it works even though your head is telling you it shouldn’t be allowed. I was cooking an Indonesian inspired dish,…
Foams are fancy. That’s probably the main reason I make them! Everyone is immediately impressed when there’s foam on a cocktail, and what we see certainly adds to our experience. But I have to admit that when I’m making a menu for my cocktail parties, I’m still a bit brute…
Sometimes things seem to assemble slowly one piece at a time, and you’re not sure if it actually was your own idea or not. Or perhaps neither. This is one of those times. I think it started with Kevin Kos’ Rossini video: strawberry puree/syrup with a hint of basil and…
By happy accident I created a cocktail that, it turns out, is amazing at showcasing different gins. At least in my opinion for the 3 gins that I tried it with. The Gin Laser recipe is quite straightforward: Shake & Strain I’ve tried this with Roku, Tanqueray 10 and Loft…
The spiced stout syrup as an idea is not my own. My friends had been to Scotland, and they bought an Irish coffee kit there. Now that I see myself writing this I’m not so sure this is what happened…, so maybe they actually went to Ireland? Don’t remember, nor…