Cocktail - Cocktail Detour (Page 54)

A(i)nt no S(c)herry

A(i)nt no S(c)herry - that's what we decided to call this Cocktail Detour original. It takes full advantage of the deliciousness of Maraschino liqueur and cherries as well as dry sherry. And as we couldn't resist having some worker ants deliver the cherries, the name of the cocktail was quite obvious in the end. This drink really bursts with cherry flavour. It's fresh, fruity and easy to drink. As there is also Champagne in the mix you get the sparkles and that tingling sensation as well. Comp

Cocktail elderflower liqueur

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Jan 17, 2018 — 1 min read

Mestizo

We are quite excited about new book “Do It The French Way” by Daniel Gaujac. This book covers five of France's most iconic apereitifs; Byrrh, Suze, Ricard, Lillet and Pernod Absinthe. While not being a recipe book per se, it rather covers the history of these spirits, accompanied with some gorgeous photographs. There's also a lot of vintage barware in the photos, if you just like us think that's intriguing. However, the second part of the book are interviews with some of the world's best barten

aperol Cocktail

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Jan 15, 2018 — 1 min read

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

Cocktail amaro averna

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Jan 13, 2018 — 1 min read

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

angostura bitters bourbon

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Jan 11, 2018 — 1 min read

The Invisible Skier

Okay, let's Tiki the Snow Away! We decided to call this original cocktail The Invisible Skier. It's a milk cocktail gone vegan as we used almond milk as the base. We then made a banana nut bread syrup out of the very same tea from DAVIDsTEA. To really give the cocktail a tiki kick we used Smith & Cross's tropical tasting rum, and to enhance the almond notes we added a small amount of Amaretto. This is a cocktail on the sweeter side. However as the sweetness is coming from almonds, banana and o

Cocktail Amaretto

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Jan 9, 2018 — 1 min read

Alaska

It's winter time, and making a classic Alaska cocktail seems s(n)o(w) fitting. A cocktail doesn't get more simple than this - just two ingredients, three if you also count the orange bitters. But while it's easy to make, it's still a surprisingly complex cocktail tastewise. The Chartreuse on its own is so full of flavour, and when it is combined with the semi sweet old Tom gin and the bitters a snow angel is indeed born. The subtle yellowness from the Chartreuse is what makes the Alaska so app

Cocktail gin

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Jan 7, 2018 — 1 min read

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

ancho reyes angostura bitters

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Jan 5, 2018 — 1 min read

20th Century

Tonight it is time to feature a classic. This is the 20th Century cocktail made with gin, cacao liqueur, Lillet blanc and fresh lemon juice. If you've looked at page 224 in Jim Meehan's beautiful book “Meehan's Bartender Manual” you've seen a stunning photo of this cocktail already. In our shoot we also wanted to capture that pale yellow colour and subtle appearance of the cocktail. But what it lacks in colour is well compensated in flavour. It's the combination of the tart gin and the sweet c

chocolate liqueur Cocktail

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Jan 3, 2018 — 1 min read