|| Rosemary, grapefruit, spices | French-Italian style || Recently, Difford’s Guide ran a Mandarine Napoleon challenge. I’ve never entered a cocktail competition before, but this one was perfect for me. You just submit the recipe from home, and there are separate categories for home enthusiasts like me, and for professionals.…
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The Royal Fairy
|| Absinthe, Basil | Simple Sour || This is one of my earlier creations. I went through a phase then where I was amazed by how something as intense as absinthe could actually make a drink smoother – if used in moderation! I was also charmed by the family of…
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The Intergalactic
|| A gin old-fashioned | Juniper | Cardamom | Lemongrass | Almond || This is it. This is the one. The reason I really started this cocktail blog. As I write this, I have recorded about 50 cocktail recipes of my own devising on my home menu. That is something…
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Cardamom-Lemongrass Bitters
I didn’t really have a reason to make this, I just knew I wanted to. The inspiration however came from messing around with some curry recipes. While doing that, I realised at some point lemongrass and cardamom are amazing together. To confirm I chewed on a cardamom pod and took…
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Naming Cocktails
Naming your creation is probably the hardest thing about creating a new cocktail. Not only is this attested to in the Death & Co book (“It’s not as easy as, say, naming a baby or a car. You can’t call a new cocktail Austin and move on.)”, but the problem…
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Arrow of Time
|| Apple, Hazelnut, Bourbon | Sweet Fashioned || When I was at a party, someone had heard about my cocktail hobby and was curious if I could make something there. Always happy to oblige a challenge, I went to the kitchen and fridge to see if there was anything to…