dry vermouth


DRY MARTINI

DRY MARTINI

One of the most well-known cocktails, one of the most simple recipes, one of the most difficult to fully master.⁠ ⁠ A Dry Martini is all in the ingredients used, and the ratio they are used in. We've experimented with the latter and come to the conclusion that 5/6 parts gin and 1/6 part dry vermouth works perfectly well according to our taste.⁠ ⁠ Stockholms Bränneri's [http://www.stockholmsbranneri.com/] gin is a luxurious and very tasty choice of gin. We love that it's made in the center of Sto


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Dead Poet

Dead Poet

In today's cocktail we are using clear ice spheres, made by ourselves with a system we bought in Japan. The recipe doesn't specifically say to serve the drink over ice, but as these coupes are rather large we needed the ice as a filler. Also, those of you following the cocktail brainchild Morten over at @thecocktail.blog [https://www.instagram.com/thecocktail.blog/] are probably familiar with his #cubesincoupes movement, encouraging us to use ice also in cocktails served in coupes.⁠ ⁠ And these


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Fitty Fitty

Fitty Fitty

This is the slightly less overpowering dry martini variety, for those instances when less ABV is desired. We think it's such a brilliant twist on a classic, that still manages to maintain the simplicity and the elegance of the original recipe.⁠ ⁠ In a recipe like this picking the right gin is of more importance compared to some other drinks. While Audrey uses Plymouth gin we decided to go with Ferdinand's [https://www.ferdinandsgin.com/] which has some wine qualities to itself, thanks to the us


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Edda

Edda

Hven is a tiny island outside the Swedish southwest coast. There are only about 300-400 inhabitants on the island, but it still has its own whisky and gin distillery [http://www.backafallsbyn.se/hem]!⁠ ⁠ In this post we are trying their navy strength gin together with their akvavit. In the recipe for an Edda cocktail, those two ingredients are mixed with vermouth and birch liqueur to create a rather Nordic cocktail.⁠ ⁠ And look at those pointy and pretty bottles! You can tell so much love goes i


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Backgammonist

Backgammonist

We wanted to try the Illusionist Gin [https://www.theillusionist-gin.com/eng/home] in something else than a G&T and came up with the above recipe. It somehow captures summer with that elderflower in it, but also adds licorice notes from the much wonderful absinthe bitters. (If you don't have the bitters, just a drop of pure absinthe would work very well). The gin has a wonderful blue/purple colour which really complements the drink. This gin screams to be mixed with clear products, to fully s


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Erumption

Erumption

We’re coming back to our bottle of Flor de Caña [http://flordecana.com/] rum, made in Nicaragua close to an active volcano. So a pretty awesome rum, that also happens to be Fair Trade certified and sustainably sourced. With that amazing volcano so close to the production we were tempted to go tiki and serve a drink in our volcano mug. But, after sipping the rum neat we re-thinked and decided to take this recipe in a slightly more elegant and less diluted direction. Using no fruit juices at all


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Gory Guerrero

Gory Guerrero

Pineapple juice gets almost a bit foamy when shaken, and that's one of the reasons we think it's such a cool cocktail ingredient. Of course it also tastes great, it has a certain defined sweetness that's hard to replicate with other fruit juices.⠀ ⠀ If you make the juice yourself, using fresh pineapples, you are also left with one of the best cocktail garnishes - pineapple leaves. Their green color contrast so perfectly with the yellow juice, making the drink look very exotic.⠀ ⠀ This cocktail


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Princess Mary's Pride

Princess Mary's Pride

It's pride month and we wanted to contribute with a pride inspired cocktail. We chose a funky yet elegant cocktail as our pride entry, using props from American friend Dan Magro [https://www.instagram.com/danmagro/] as well as the least straight glass we possess… Princess Mary's Pride Recipe by Harry Craddock Ingredients: 2 oz calvados 1 oz Dubonnet 0,5 oz dry vermouth Mixing: Stir all ingredients with fresh ice and strain into an eye catching coupe. Glassware: coupe


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