lillet blanch

20th Century

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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The Humble Hero

The Humble Hero

The Humble Hero, he decided to call it… When we participated as judges in bar 20hundra5's [http://www.noll5.se/] Invitational Cocktail Competition a few weeks ago, talented bartender Linus Morgan [https://www.instagram.com/linusmorgan/] from Tap Room Kungsholmen [http://www.kitchenandtable.se/bars/tap-room-stockholm/] served us this original cocktail. And he did so after contemplating our order for a low-ABV-cocktail for only a few minutes. This drink didn't only appeal to us, but also everyb
Cocktail lillet blanch
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Sinu Metu

Sinu Metu

The Sinu Metu by Joy Richardson is made with Irish whiskey. We don't use that very often we have to admit, but we do have a bottle of Jameson in our cabinets and we decided it was time to put it to use. Also we realized the colour of the finished cocktail would match our new coasters. We bought them at the Museum of Spirits here in Stockholm. It's hard to tell from the photo, but the pattern on the coasters is made up of the molecular structure of alcohol. Quite fitting we thought! 1,5 oz Jame
cherry heering Cocktail
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