Fiji Gloaming

In the course of my article about the Plantation Vintage Edition Fiji 2009, I had had already mentioned some thoughts about various cocktails that came to my mind during the tasting of this particularly beautiful rum. Today’s drink is simply a result of those thoughts and they have really let to an astounding result. A summery purist cocktail, so to say – basically exactly the right thing to have during the current heatwave (albeit it is more suitable for the evening hours). Read More

Scofflaw Cocktail

Today I would like to raise a toast – to the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which has surely delectated a lot of bloggers in the last few weeks and which became effective today. Although I would still like to keep politics out of this blog in the future as far as possible, I hope you will allow a little potshot at this point. Read More

Pure Spirits: Plantation Vintage Edition Fiji 2009 & The Viti Levu Ocean Potion

I did already announce it and now the time has come: the second new release from the Plantation Vintage Edition series is in the spotlight of today’s article. The Plantation Fiji 2009 is a rum from a country that really is not the first associative address in terms of rum; even more excited I am to find out what such an exotic rum will actually taste like. Read More

Pure Spirits: Luxardo Amaro Abano & Aponus Sour

Today it will once again become bitter and spicy because again it is about an Italian Amaro. And it is one I was very excited about. The Amaro Abano from Luxardo enjoys quite a respectable reputation and has been recommended to me from several people as a rock-solid and versatile representative of his genre. How it tastes like and what I have done with it you can find out in this article. Read More

Pure Spirits: Plantation Vintage Edition Peru 2004 & Peruvian Rum Swizzle

The fact that Rum is not only produced in the Caribbean, but increasingly also in other countries around the world who want to participate in the big market for sugarcane distillates, is no longer a big secret or something only known to rum geeks. Sometimes rum is even called the “most global” of all spirits, but it is also the most chaotic (because of the many different legal regulations and categories). Meanwhile, Rum from Central and South America is almost considered a completely normal mainstream product. Read More

Pure Spirits: Jameson Caskmates Stout Edition & The Stout Irish Apple

Irish whiskey has more or less played a minor role in my blog so far, which is mainly caused by the fact that I personally prefer a good Scotch. Well, I don’t want that to be understood as a blanket statement because of course there are also big differences among Irish whiskeys and of course, not every Scotch whisky is better than every Irish one, but in general I would tend to uphold this preference. Nevertheless, I am very curious about today’s whiskey. Read More