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Singapore Sling

Time for another classic cocktail, the Singapore Sling, famously invented at Raffles Hotel in - Singapore.⁠ ⁠ By only looking at the list of ingredients, one might not feel so tempted to try. Cherry liqueur and pineapple juice sounds quite sweet. But thankfully the big splash of lime, the herbal liqueur and the bitter gin somehow bind everything together in a much pleasant way. This is a quencher cocktail, very refreshing and exotic at the same time. ⁠ ⁠ What we also like is the beautiful color

benedictine cherry heering

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Oct 17, 2020 — 1 min read

ONE HOT GINGER

#TikitheSnowAway Yes, it's time to melt some snow again with tiki drinks, in this fun January event arranged by @homebargirl [https://www.instagram.com/homebargirl/] and @ntitz [https://www.instagram.com/ntitz/] ⁠ ⁠ While this One Hot Ginger might officially not be a tiki drink (no rum, no tiki mug) we still get some exotic vibes from it. And as it is a hot drink it certainly does a good job at melting some snow away.⁠ ⁠ The recipe calls for bourbon, but we chose to go with Bulleit's rye, whic

Cocktail grand marnier

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Jan 20, 2020 — 1 min read

Cliftonian

Thinking that there were cocktail competitions all the way back in 1935, and that a winning cocktail from that era is still much enjoyable, is amusing.⁠ ⁠ And seeing that Swedish punsch was an internationally used ingredient already then is extra fun. Punsch has definitely become a cocktail ingredient of importance today, but already 1935 it was something to count with.⁠ ⁠ Orange juice in drinks has always scared us a bit. But the small amount in here is only nice. It counters the sweet punsch i

Cocktail gin

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Jan 14, 2020 — 1 min read

Ants in the Pants

With a name like that, there's no chance we would not shake the cocktail. Ants in the pants might not be what you get from drinking this cocktail, but it sure is fun thinking about how it got its name.⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Here we are trying out a new sweet vermouth to us, the Carpano Classico, which is the sibling of the Antica Formula we used in one of our posts from last week. We also tried it neat and it's a rich and tasty vermouth that you could happily drink on its own. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ The glasses are thrift shop f

Cocktail gin

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Jul 25, 2019 — 1 min read

Crust Rapture

In this recipe we wanted to showcase the volcanic features of Flor de Caña [http://flordecana.com/] 12 years rum. It is made in Nicaragua at the base of an active volcano, and the distillery is run by a single family on its fifth generation. What’s extra likeable is that this rum is Fair Trade certified and sustainably sourced. The rum’s flavour is rich, deep and almost mystical. There are notes and hints of toffee, grain, vanilla, arrack and burnt sugar. It is a rum we will sip on neat when

Cocktail grand marnier

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Jul 3, 2019 — 1 min read

Golden Gate

#sponsored post The lime garnish for this cocktail we are creating with the Arondight knives from Edge of Belgravia [https://www.edgeofbelgravia.co.uk/collections/arondight] whose products we’ve tried before. The Arondight range has everything from a small and flexible paring knife (seen in our photos) to a large and sturdy chef’s knife. They all fit beautifully into the Black Diamond knife holder, which we think looks almost sculptural in our photos. Edge of Belgravia are offering 20% off th

benedictine campari

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Oct 1, 2018 — 1 min read

Penumbra Ripple

When we got the chance to try the Haig Club Single Grain Scotch Whisky we wanted to put it to maximum test. It’s supposed to be the perfect whisky for ”non whisky drinkers” which we thought sounded pretty cool. Also we were told that the Haig Club mixes well in several different kind of cocktails, and we couldn’t resist creating an original cocktail. So here we are pairing it with semi sweet sherry, herbal Chartreuse and orange driven Grand Marnier. This results in a sophisticated but focused c

Cocktail grand marnier

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Sep 25, 2018 — 1 min read

Conflate

CONFLATE #nakedgrouse_partner It's time to make our first original cocktail based on Naked Grouse Scotch Whisky. This whisky is particularly good in cocktails, and it blends very nicely with most fruits. So we wanted to use some kind of fruit juice in this recipe, without choosing the most obvious ones. Being intrigued by prune juice, we bought a bottle and started experimenting. Immediately striking is that prune juice is more or less whisky coloured. This is quite cool, because the cocktail

Cocktail grand marnier

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Mar 14, 2018 — 1 min read