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Lady Johnston

Today is my birthday! And I'm celebrating with a Lady Johnston cocktail created by Jessica Gonzalez; There's just something with fresh basil in cocktails. It's herbal and earthy, and it adds a wonderful pale green colour when muddled with clear spirits like in this one. What's also good about this drink is that you can alter the ABV by adding more or less club soda. This means it's a good drink to serve for guests who prefer less alcohol strong cocktails, while still being able to notice the r

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Dec 9, 2017 — 1 min read

Dark and Stormy

The Dark and Stormy is normally made with rum (the dark) and ginger beer (the stormy). In Death & Co's recipe the ginger beer is rather substituted with ginger syrup and club soda. It's quite clever as this allows for individual decisions on how ginger-intense you want to go, and how much sparkles you want. We served this cocktail to our guests at a dinner party. It kicks off the evening in a fun way. That ginger taste is a good conversation starter to begin with. And if you plan to serve more

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Nov 14, 2017 — 1 min read

The Italian Job

This cocktail, The Italian Job by Joseph Akhavan, is easily one of the most delicious and delicate drinks we've ever made at home. To us is has it all; good ingredients, a catchy name, an easy to remember equal part recipe and a stunning colour. It's the kind of cocktail that just begs to be photographed and featured online. So what's in it? Well it's a delicious blend of Smith & Cross rum, Cocchi Americano, Aperol and Byrrh. As it's an equal part recipe it's easy to scale, for example if you w

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Nov 8, 2017 — 1 min read

Rubberband Man

A Rubberband Man, that's what I'm holding in my hand (together with a rather large amount of rubber bands). This balancing act was well worth the effort though, this cocktail is a really nice one! When we found the recipe we were primarily intrigued by two things; the funny name of the cocktail and the Cardamaro content. Cardamaro is a low ABV amaro with a really nice flavour, almost of ginger bread but slightly more bitter. Here it is mixed with both rum and Cognac, and a small amount of Bene

angostura bitters benedictine

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Oct 23, 2017 — 1 min read

Mulata Daisy

We've been wanting to make the award winning Mulata Daisy by Agostino Perrone for a long time but we've been missing chocolate liqueur in our home bar. But after a recent trip to London a bottle is now bought, and we can finally try this mesmerizing recipe. 0,75 oz lime juice cocoa powder 2 bar spoons Galliano liqueur 1 bar spoon caster sugar 0,5 bar spoon fennel seeds 1,5 oz white rum (Bacardi suggested) 0,75 oz chocolate liqueur Rim the glass with lime and dip it in cocoa powder. Pour the Gal

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Oct 9, 2017 — 2 min read

The Gift Shop

If you are making a cocktail called The Gift Shop, by Thomas Waugh from Death & Co New York City, you know it's gonna be good! It starts with the muddling of fresh cucumber wheels, releasing both flavour and aromas. Then there is the large amount of rum, and the less voluminous pour of amaro Cardamaro. Finally there's a sweet and sour mix of lime and sugar and a nonchalant dash of bitters. 3 cucumber wheels 2 oz white rum 0,5 oz Cardamaro 0,75 oz lime juice 0,75 oz simple syrup 1 dash Angostura

angostura bitters cardamaro

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Oct 5, 2017 — 2 min read

Rum Direction

Our interest in rum has increased over the last year. It could be because we've visited a lot of great tiki bars, or it could also be because of a rum distillery tour we did this summer. Or it's just because there are so many mouthwatering rums out there. In this cocktail, called Rum Direction, we are using Pyrat rum. it's that chubby bottle with a metal medallion around its neck. It has an orange flavour going on, that probably doesn't work in all cocktails, but it's so good in this one. Rum

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Oct 1, 2017 — 1 min read