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Court Royale

⁠ We've been making a lot of yellow cocktails lately, and here is another one. It was the combination of gin and applejack that got us interested, but it is the lemon juice and the Lillet Blanc that give the drink its colour. All ingredients contribute to the great flavour though, and the cocktail is really enjoyable. Cheers and happy Saturday.⁠ Court Royale Recipe by Julien Calella Ingredients: 1 oz London dry gin⁠ 0,75 oz Lillet Blanc⁠ 0,75 oz fresh lemon juice⁠ 0,5 oz applejack⁠ 0,5 oz simp

applejack Cocktail

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Nov 23, 2019 — 1 min read

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

Cocktail dry vermouth

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Nov 21, 2019 — 1 min read

The Wizard

The Illusionist gin [https://www.theillusionist-gin.com/eng/home] is truly magical. When poured from the bottle it has an almost purple colour, but when it is mixed with other ingredients its colour changes. Part of the excitement is seeing what colour the mixed drink gets after adding the gin.⁠ ⁠ When we created this drink we thought it would end up a bit blue, but when the gin was mixed with Suze, it decided to go golden/amber instead. When seeing that, we just had to call the drink “The Wizar

Cocktail gin

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Nov 15, 2019 — 1 min read

North to Alaska

Recently we hosted a board-game-dinner. As we we had chosen a game with a long playing-time (more than two hours) we wanted to start as soon as our guests arrived. Hence we decided to make one of the recipes in Sarah Baird's beautiful book Flask.⁠ ⁠ In the book the North to Alaska drink is suggested as a New Year's Eve cocktail. However we can assure it also works perfectly for gaming nights. Offering your guests a bubbly cocktail immediately sets the mood, and of course the rest of the evening

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Oct 31, 2019 — 1 min read

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

aquavit Cocktail

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Oct 16, 2019 — 1 min read

Grow Ni

So today we are going true premium! Ferdinand's gin [https://www.ferdinandsgin.com/] is produced in the Saar region, using Riesling grapes. And we couldn't be happier about that, being the Riesling white wine lovers we are.⁠ ⁠ But there is not only Riesling in this gin, oh no - to that ingrediens list more than 30 botanicals are added. It creates a very distinct gin, even perfect to sip on its own.⁠ ⁠ Whenever we get a new gin we are always tempted to try it out in a Negroni. However we made a

Cocktail gin

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Sep 23, 2019 — 1 min read

Water Lemon

Water Lily is a classic cocktail made with gin, orange liqueur, lemon juice and Crème de Violette. By substituting the latter for Kokoro Gin's blueberry and lemongrass liqueur we created the Water Lemon.⁠ ⁠ In this one we are also using Kokoro gin [https://kokorogin.com/] which is made with Japanese sansho berries. They give the gin a rather unique botanical touch, that we appreciate a lot.⁠ ⁠ Thanks to the blueberry liqueur this cocktail gets a nice pale blue colour. And while it's actually a

Cocktail cointreau

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Sep 21, 2019 — 1 min read

Midway Fuji

⁠ Italian Malfy gin [https://www.malfygin.com/] has a really distinctive lemon flavour, which we wanted to showcase in a cocktail.⁠ ⁠ The Midway Fuji is made with only two ingredients in equal parts, gin and sake. It is a dry and crisp cocktail, allowing both its ingredients to shine. The citrusy Malfy gin worked so well in this one, and it contrasts so nicely to the sake. The tiny piece of cucumber became both the cutest garnish and the perfect snack to go with this dry drink.⁠ ⁠ We think thi

Cocktail gin

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Sep 17, 2019 — 1 min read