If you find yourself in the middle of the high season for strawberries, of course the thought arises to use this fruit as an ingredient in some classic drinks. The problem is: there are not many classic drinks that rely on fresh strawberries. Read More
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Blueberry Rum Smash
Although the main season for blueberries starts not until June, from time to time you’ll already get beautiful specimens in good quality. I am experimenting a lot with blueberries since I really really like this fruit very much. Sadly, you won’t find any Read More
Cucumber Cooler
When it starts to become really warm und summery outside, there is hardly anything better than a really refreshing cocktail. So today I want to introduce such a drink: the Cucumber Cooler. Read More
Cuba Libre & Cubata
When thinking of cola in connection with cocktails or bar culture, the Cuba Libre will most probably be the drink that comes to the mind immediately. It is definitely one of the classics among the drinks being prepared with the world famous caffeinated soft drink. Thanks to the global availability of cola Read More
Smoked Basil Daiquiri
Smoke in a cocktail – for some this may be the next big thing in cocktails, for others it might be 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
Bombay Crushed
The Bombay Crushed sometimes is referred to as something like the signature cocktail of Germany. This is certainly an interesting fact I wasn’t aware of for quite a long time, but it really seems that Read More
Dark ‘N‘ Stormy™
The Dark ‘N’ Stormy is a real exception among the Highball drinks and also in the world of cocktails. It is one of the very few cocktails which is Read More
Cuban Negron
What may seem like a jazzed up version of a Ron Collins, on a closer inspection turns out to be a Cuban drink full of mysticism. Who knows, maybe this cocktail was already popular during the pinnacle of Caribbean piracy in the 17th and 18th century and was enjoyed by several shipwrecked captains after a frenzied Voodoo Festival on a palm beach… Read More
Yellow Smash
The Yellow Smash is one of my all-time-favorites. It has almost everything I love about cocktails: a complexity of Read More
Dick Jr. Cocktail
The Dick Jr. is a Cocktail taken from the groundbreaking second edition of “Recipes for Mixed Drinks” by Hugo R. Ensslin published in 1917. I can highly recommend this book! Read More
“The one we use to drink on Sundays”
“The one we use to drink on Sundays” (german original “Der, den wir immer sonntags trinken”) is a cocktail which officially does not really exist under that name. Read More
Chao Praya
The Chao Phraya is a Thai-inspired drink. A really awesome one! Read More
Littlest Rebel
The Littlest Rebel is – as you can easily derive from the name – a border crosser in a way. While it does not really fit into the category of fizzes and Silver fizzes, it sets an unusual emphasis on the Norman apple brandy Calvados. Read More
Michelada
Beer cocktails are definitely a difficult subject. Even more here in the Ruhr area of western Germany, which is quite famous for its laborer-mentality (and “Dortmunder Beer”) Read More
Pisco Sour
There are numerous legends concerning the origin of this Sour Cocktail and there is also a real culture of debate between the countries of Peru and Chile, about being the original home of the Pisco Sour. 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
El Diablo
I must admit, although i am big fan of berries and berry flavors, currants are not my favourite ones – I could even say, that I don´t like currants at all. Read More
Mezcal Passion
The Mezcal Passion really is an outstanding drink! It simply has an astonishing complexity of flavours that explode on the tongue: Read More
Beuser & Angus Special
Initially I got to know the Beuser & Angus Special through a friend who had one of them at the Le Lion Bar de Paris in Hamburg and was absolutely delighted by it. Read More
