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Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing

Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing

“Helen of Troy Does Countertop Dancing” Yep, that's the rather striking name of this peculiar cocktail from The Independent in Boston. What made it catch our interest was mainly that huge amount of Angostura bitters in it, a full half of an ounce! It sounded overwhelming… However, before actually making this cocktail we decided to try some Angostura bitters neat. Our preconception was that it would be extremely bitter, so we were actually a bit surprised to discover how smooth, and gingerbread
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The Stark

The Stark

This is The Stark, as commented upon by Carolyn Gil in Sasha Petraske's “Regarding Cocktails”. It's one of the most beautiful and philosophical cocktail books out there according to us. Most cocktails in the book are relatively simple when it comes to number and type of ingredients, equipment required and preparation time needed. However this doesn't mean the cocktails are less interesting, it's rather the other way around. The Stark is a good example of this. A bourbon driven recipe, sweetened
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I'm On a Boat

I'm On a Boat

The recipe for I'm On a Boat is from bar Stoddard's in Boston. It's a tiki style cocktail based on rum, orgeat and lime. The orgeat combined with the Cognac and rum creates a rather creamy feeling. The cocktail is smooth, silky and shiny. It's extremely easy to drink. Be careful though because it's quite strong! In fact the drink kind of looks like a stormy sea when ice cubes are added and the glass is swirled anti clockwise. We served the drink in a huge Cognac coupe to really get the feeling
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Black Manhattan

Black Manhattan

The Black Manhattan, from Bourbon and Branch [http://www.bourbonandbranch.com/] in San Francisco, is an amaro-driven riff of the classic Manhattan cocktail. Swapping the regular sweet vermouth for herbal amaro Averna creates this deep, dark brown, boozy and spicy cocktail that will appeal both to lovers of whiskey as well as amari fans. The recipe for this gem of a cocktail we found in Brad Thomas Parsons's book Amaro [http://amzn.to/2wHrzqO]. It's filled with several other tempting amari re
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Manhattan

Manhattan

Manhattan - one of the most iconic cocktails ever - finally featured in our feed for the very first time. A cocktail doesn't get more simple and yet refined at the same time. If you don't count the bitters, this is a two ingredients only cocktail, made with whiskey and sweet vermouth. The dashes of bitters are essential though and the cocktail would not be the same without them. We like to stir this classic for a rather long time, say at least a minute. Two things will then happen; the cocktai
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Roman Holiday

Roman Holiday

The Roman Holiday might not sound like a winter cocktail, but look close in the ingredients list and you'll see the chili liqueur. And when this spicy spirit is combined with Cognac, rum and orange juice it actually feels like winter. This recipe is from bar Canon in Seattle and in their book there's an interesting text about how spicy spirits can be used to balance sweetness, in the same way as bitters and sours does. Ancho Reyes chili liqueur is relatively sweet on its own, but it's definitel
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Forty Thieves

Forty Thieves

Ok, prepare yourself for an absolutely unique and delicious drink! The Forty Thieves cocktail by Gino Pellarin kind of blew us away already on the first sip. There is so much going on at the same time, but somehow all those ingredients play very well together and marry into something quite spectacular. The recipe we found in The Nomad Cocktail Book. Yes, we finally bought their cookbook just to get hold of the attached cocktail book. Actually just this single cocktail made it worth it, it's tha
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Have At It

Have At It

Have at it, by Alex Day is a rather funky cocktail found in Death & Co's book. The list of ingredients is long, but there are only quite common products in it. As the cocktail is primarily based on sherry it gets low on ABV, especially as the whole creation is also topped up with club soda. There was a delicate change in the weather when we poured this cocktail. The cloudy autumn sky suddenly cleared up and the sun made a very welcome appearance. We hurried out on our balcony to do the shooting
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