Коктейль «Prince Of Wales»

14th January, 2012 | Tags: | 2 Comments
 

Немного запоздалый коктейль – традиционное для употребления шампанского время прошло. Так что мой Prince Of Wales можно рассматривать как гламурный способ утилизации оставшейся бутылки игристого вина – сухого, конечно же.
Коктейлей с названием Prince Of Wales существует минимум три, так что путаницы здесь, наверное, не меньше, чем во всей истории английской короны. После того, как я больше года назад спонтанно попробовал описываемый ниже вариант, поисковики в Интернете выдали мне горы информации о самом Принце Уэльском, о коктейлях, названных в его честь, среди которых выбранный мной вариант по упоминаемости стоит чуть ли не на последнем месте.
Prince Of Wales Cocktail

Но, так или иначе, вариант с коньяком и ликёрами Bénédictine или Grand Marnier понравился мне больше всего, и я остался ему верен.
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14th January, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Categories: Aromatic bitters (Angostura), Benedictine, Cognac, Grand Marnier, Sugar, Wine (sparkling, dry)
 

Old Fashioned. The story continues

28th May, 2011 | Tags: , , | 10 Comments
 

For me, Old Fashioned cocktail is a pure inspiration. I love it made in traditional way with bourbon and also I love to tweak a bit the cocktail’s classic recipe.

My first post is dedicated to normal Old Fashioned. Current one is about all Old Fashioned variations I love so much.

In my work I applied two basic methods: a) to change a spirit and b) to replace (partially) syrup with a liqueur. Additionally I was trying to combine various bitters and extracts.

Old Fashioned cocktail

Another method  is to mix two or more brown spirits. In my opinion that’s a tricky way and today I feel I’m not ready to go in for these experiments. Now I just adopt another bloggers’ practices, and my latest effort was theSpeakista’s cocktail called Final Five. That’s not Old Fashioned but I dare suppose it a cocktail in Old Fashioned style. In any case, I’ve made two cocktail in similar manner and wrote about it below.

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28th May, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Categories: Amaro Nonino, Armagnac, Aromatic bitters (Angostura), Aromatic bitters (homemade), Benedictine, Bourbon whiskey, Canadian whisky, Chartreuse (green), Coffee bitters (homemade), Cognac, Demerara syrup, Maraschino liqueur, Meukow Vanilla, Orange bitters (Angostura), Pastis, Rhum agricole (aged), Rock candy syrup, Rum (aged), Rum (dark), Rye whiskey, Scotch blended whisky, Simple syrup, Vanilla extract
 

Cidre Normandie

27th April, 2011 | Tags: | 10 Comments
 

After my thrilling experience with prosecco cocktails (here the first), I’ve turned to another fruit-based sparkling low-alcohol drink. Cider isn’t as popular as sparkling wine at least as a cocktail component.

There were some recipes but I had my doubts about mulled cider or shaken cocktails with cider included. So my cocktail was Champagne-based drink with calvados. Usually I substituted prosecco for Champagne therefore I didn’t hesitate to mix calvados with cider instead of  prosecco.

Cidre Normandie Cocktail

So Champagne Normandie has turned to Cidre Normandie.

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27th April, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Categories: Apple cider, Aromatic bitters (Angostura), Benedictine, Calvados