Сhicago Cocktail

31st October, 2011 | Tags: | 3 Comments
 

A little classic this time – Chicago Cocktail. Impressed with French 75 and Ritz Cocktail, I was in mood for emptying another bottle of prosecco. The matter depended only on recipe, and I’ve founded it in The Savoy Cocktail Book.

Who invented the cocktail and why he called it Chicago as the cocktail consists of brandy, curaçao, bitters and sparkling wine. Harry Craddock did not mention so who knows…

Сhicago Cocktail

Anyway, Chicago Cocktail won my sympathy from the very first time when I’ve tried it. True classic, it was simple and delicious – what else do you want to get from a cocktail?

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31st October, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Categories: Aromatic bitters (Angostura), Cognac, Grand Marnier, Wine (sparkling, dry)
 

Belgian beer round-up #7

25th October, 2011 | Tags: , | 6 Comments
 

My current review is about three Belgian beers of various types. There will be opinions on strong honey ale Barbãr, on recently appeared in Moscow stores witbier Asterie and on another kriek, this time by Timmermans brewery.

Belgian beer round-up #7

All previous Belgian beer reviews are available by following this link.

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25th October, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Categories: Belgian lambic, Belgian strong ale, Belgian witbier
 

The Reverb Crash

20th October, 2011 | Tags: , | 10 Comments
 

Funny that the first Tiki drink I write about is not of those famous drinks such as Mai Tai or Zombie. There is more fun because my Tiki season has started when summer comes to the end. Anyway, I’m drinking Tiki cocktails from time to time during last three years but get only just ready for writing about it.

My choice was a bit spontaneous. I was in mood for something exotic when buying two big pink grapefruits in a local store. Juiced, they’ve provided me with a 0.5L bottle of fresh grapefruit juice, and that was a reason for making grapefruit inspired Tiki drink.

The Reverb Crash

So I’ve switched over to The Reverb Crash, a relatively new Tiki cocktail in which grapefruit juice works with passion fruit syrup and rum.

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20th October, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Categories: Aged rum, Dark rum, Grapefruit juice, Lime juice, Orgeat syrup, Passionfruit syrup
 

Alizé Daiquiri

13th October, 2011 | Tags: | 6 Comments
 

Do you love classic Daiquiri? If you ask me, I’ll answer that I didn’t understand it until I’ve got used to mix there aged Cuban rums only. Cocktails with lime and white rum make me sick, to be honest. Too acid and plain for my taste. A few years later Moscow stores offered too little rum and there were mainly cheap white rums: Cuban pair Varadero and Havana Club and Puerto Rican Bacardi, of course. Later the situation has improved a lot but since those times I dislike «ron blanco».

So now I’m used to take medium-bodied aged Cuban rums when I need to mix Daiquiri. Maybe that’s wrong but the cocktail benefits from strong and distinct rum flavour. Also I’m choosing aged rums when I want to make some fruit twists on classic Daiquiri. And this time I’ve used it in my passion fruit inspired cocktail.

Alizé Daiquiri

Here I’ve used Alizé Gold Passion, a modern liqueur based on Cognac and passion fruit. With Cuban rum, it creates wonderful tropical aroma – fruity, spicy and exotic.

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13th October, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Categories: Aged rum, Alizé Gold Passion, Lime juice, Simple syrup
 

Homemade absinthe

5th October, 2011 | Tags: | 20 Comments
 

This summer I had received two gifts from one of my readers, namely Alexander aka lookovka from Krasnodar, Russia. There were three (in sum) small bottles with various homemade absinthes made by Alexander. I’m not familiar with absinthe-consuming culture as earlier I had have a little experience with two Czech-style absinthes and nothing more than that.

Homemade absinthe

So I just tasted all the absinthes and wrote my impressions below. Hope it will be useful for Alexander and also it signs that not only vodka is produced in Russia.

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5th October, 2011 | 20 Comments »
Categories: Absinthe