sweet vermouth

Brooklyn Eagle

Brooklyn Eagle

The Brooklyn Eagle gets a really nice colour from all that bourbon. Yes you are reading it correct, this is a 4,5 oz recipe with a whopping 2 oz of bourbon in it! Thankfully we had a large enough glass available. The good thing about the cocktail being so big is that it's actually a really delicious drink so being able to sip it for a long while is only nice. Also if you shake it long and hard enough there is the chance of a delicate foam forming on top of the cocktail, thanks to all that lime
bourbon Cocktail
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Cocktail Detour
Red Viper

Red Viper

We've been reading the book “Tequila & Mezcal” (only in Swedish) by Josephine Sondlo and Madeleine Solo Rapp from cover to cover the last weeks. And there are so many great recipes in this book it was almost difficult to decide what to start with! However, the cocktail on the book's cover is a Red Viper, and this is the one we eventually decided to make first of all: Now our cocktail turned out a little less red compared to the cover version. Probably because we used Carpano Antica Formula swe
Cocktail cynar
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Cocktail Detour
Widow's Laurel

Widow's Laurel

Let's focus a bit on glassware, such an essential part of any cocktail. We love going glassware hunting. The charity shops in Stockholm see us frequently, and we can never resist a good glass temptation. The coupe glasses in this photograph we spotted on a recent trip to Berlin, in a charity shop on Friedrich Straße. There were four of them, in perfect condition, but with no price tag. As the selection in the shop seemed quite curated we expected a hefty price tag but were really surprised to f
Allspice dram angostura bitters
Cocktail Detour

Cocktail Detour