I must confess: I really love it the bitter way! Not without exceptions or constantly, of course, but when it comes to having a cocktail settled on the bitter side or spirits with a pungent bitterness, I’m usually pretty amazed. And I also like to drink new variants or creations which certainly have already left the area of mainstream taste. Read More
Tag Archives: Vermouth
El Presidente
“Viva Cuba!” – This outcry perhaps may have been heard a little more often these days. A certain euphoria about the recent rapprochement between the Cuban government and the West, especially the US, is unmistakable in the social networks as well as in the global media. But what does that have to do with cocktails? Read More
Blue Moon Cocktail
Blue cocktails – for some those may still be the epitome of a cocktail. Sadly, this is still a quite common point of view that goes back to the bars of the 80s and 90s where lots of colorful cocktails with Blue Curacao, tiny umbrellas and small glittering palms were served. In addition with half a fruit salad on the Read More
Blood and Sand
Some cocktails must obviously taste terrible if you have a closer look on the list of ingredients. 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
Barbed Wire
At first glance, the Barbed Wire is a cocktail with a quite adventurous list of ingredients. Read More