cointreau

Deauville
Deauville cocktail

Deauville

recipe by Harry Craddock 20 ml Calvados 20 ml Cognac 20 ml Cointreau 20 ml lemon juice a barspoon or two of simple syrup Shake all ingredients with fresh ice and strain into a coupe. This Sidecar riff is exquisite and the Calvados in it really comes through. The apple flavour fits this type of drink very well. We were lucky having some Amalfi lemons available during our Calvados Cocktail Lab session. These juicy lemons are sour for sure, but almost in a sweet way - if that makes sense.
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Claws on Sawtelle

Claws on Sawtelle

We thought it was fun making this sour drink that taste a lot like lime although no lime is used. Instead we made a limeless solution by combining 20 grams of malic acid with 40 grams of citric acid and 1 liter of water. (Just stir to combine).⁠ ⁠ Is it the same thing as lime? No it's not, and that's the whole idea. By using real lime a vegetal element is added along with the acid. By using the limeless solution we get the acidity but not the fruit.⁠ ⁠ Instead it is the liqueurs, Cointreau and L
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Suit & Tai

Suit & Tai

The time has finally come to surprise Matthias of @servedbysoberon [https://www.instagram.com/servedbysoberon/] with a drink. As many of you know Matthias is the annual organizer of the worldwide #secretsanté event in which cocktailers surprise each other with cocktail posts. Matthias goes through a lot of labor to make sure this event happens successfully each year, and we can only imagine how much time goes into it.⁠ ⁠ With this Suit & Tie cocktail we bow to your efforts Matthias. At the same
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San Francisco

San Francisco

Cheers to you Mark of @marks.cocktail.lab [https://www.instagram.com/marks.cocktail.lab/] - we are your #SecretSanté 2020!⁠ ⁠ In the research phase for this important task, we scrolled through your entire feed of cocktail photos. And wow, you make some stunning creations! Lately you've been presenting all your cocktails with a velvet black backdrop that certainly makes each drink pop. It looks truly beautiful!⁠ ⁠ But it's actually the cocktail on your very first post, from April 2016, that inspi
banana liqueur Cocktail
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French Car

French Car

So we were quite excited when Rubis Blanc [https://www.instagram.com/rubisblancspirit/] asked us if we wanted to make a cocktail with their white whiskey. As we always do we new spirits, we taste it completely natural at first, not mixed in any way. And the very first sip of this transparent whiskey reminded us so much of an elegant Cognac…⁠ ⁠ …hence we quickly decided we wanted to do a Sidecar riff. We used Rubis Blanc instead of Cognac, and we used home-made rhubarb syrup instead of regular si
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Pegu Club

Pegu Club

We took another chance to use the Highclere Castle Gin [https://www.highclerecastlespirits.com/home.php] in a classic cocktail. This time we chose a Pegu Club, which is a spin on a a gin sour, with orange liqueur added.⁠ ⁠ Such a nice cocktail this is! It really lets the gin shine, at the same time evoking further interest wit hoses orange notes. The sour lime completes everything in the perfect way.⁠ Pegu Club Recipe Ingredients: 1,25 oz gin⁠ 0,75 oz fresh lime juice⁠ 0,25 oz orange curacao⁠
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