Of course you don’t need a list of ingredients as extensive as an average novel to create a good cocktail. Numerous classics prove this again and again. Read More
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Colquiche Cocktail
Pisco is a truly great spirit, which I have described a little closer in conjunction with the world famous Pisco Sour. Nevertheless, Pisco often leads a miserable existence in European bars and therefore its usage is really seldom. Read More
Bayrisch Kraut
Today I’ll stay in the spirit of the latest recipes I have posted here and want to introduce another beer cocktail. Again, this cocktail is taken from the book “Cocktailian – Beer & Craft Beer” and again it is a modern creation. The name, however, might seem a little bit odd (at least for people who understand German) and won’t trigger associations with a drink: Bayrisch Kraut Read More
Cathedral Cocktail
I have already referred to the sensitive subject of “beer in Germany” in different contexts. Especially while the current wave of craft beer and microbreweries also grows larger and larger in Germany many people are discussing about the sense and nonsense of the “Reinheitsgebot” (German purity law – Personally, I advocate a reformation of the Reinheitsgebot). When it comes to beer, Germany is a highly conservative country and if people start to talk about mixing beer as an ingredient in cocktails, at least Read More
Blackberry Cooler
I’ve started a lot of articles with remarks and thoughts about the weather and appropriate drinks. This might seem a little bit redundant, but there is hardly anything more important than the seasonal context for choosing a special drink. Perhaps a particular Read More
Culross Cocktail
Sometimes you’re dealing with cocktails which have been gone for a long time or at least have been more or less forgotten by most people. If you’re unlucky, you’ll realize very soon after tasting them why these special mixtures did not gain much acceptance. But sometimes you’re lucky and stumble upon a real gem and perhaps can even improve it with some fine-tuning. Read More
New York Sour
Sours are absolute classics among the cocktails and are based on a very simple principle: Read More
Apricot Cooler
Now that the weather starts to get a bit more friendly again, you might like to have a refreshing drink, relax on the balcony or just enjoy being outside. Today I want to publish a nice recipe for such occasions, which in addition comes with a lower degree of alcohol so that you won’t get drunk all too soon. Read More
Fedora Punch
There’s hardly anything out there being as much anticipated on a yearly basis as the first real summer days. Whether meteorologically it’s still spring does not change the anticipation: Read More
Golden Gate Swizzle
Easter is finally over and after a small trip to the eternal city of Rome I want to continue by presenting a nice cocktail in which the famous Italian Amaro Fernet Branca is used. Read More
Aviation Cocktail
The Aviation Cocktail is a real classic which is currently experiencing some kind of a renaissance. While the drink is another recipe from the highly recommendable “Recipes for Mixed Drinks” byHugo R. Ensslin, it was long forgotten due to Read More
Brandy Crusta
The Brandy Crusta is a drink that goes back to the God Father of American bar culture, Jerry Thomas. 1887 his milestone of bar culture was published posthumously under the title “Bartender’s Guide or How to Mix all Kinds of drinks”: Read More
Hot Bloody Citrus Toddy
Who doesn’t know? When winter is coming a cold seams to breath down your neck. Whether you should drink alcohol in such a situation is certainly to be doubted. Read More
The Swarm
The Swarm is also a cocktail with the artichoke bitter Cynar. However, we’re dealing with a drink that is located more on the sweet side, but has a very nice complexity. At first I was very excited to see how the drink would probably taste and to my very great surprise, the final result was very close to Read More
