Коктейль «Diva Quaranta»

17th January, 2012 | Tags: | 7 Comments
 

Хочу вернуться к чему-то простому, привычному, но в то же время не обыденному. Нужен коктейль с простой формулой и общедоступными компонентами. Но свою изюминку он иметь обязан, чтобы не стать коктейлем одного вечера.
Изюминкой станет гранатовый сок. Мы уже несколько месяцев регулярно пьём свежевыжатый гранатовый сок, так что я получил некоторый опыт в этой области – специфический для Москвы, конечно же. С гранатовым соком современные миксологи работают неохотно, поэтому выбор вариантов широтой не блистал. Я порылся в своих записях и вспомнил о Diva Quaranta, коктейле неизвестного мне автора, рецепт которого я обнаружил в книге «Mr. Boston Official Bartenders’ Guide».
Diva Quaranta Cocktail

Когда-то (точнее, именно тогда, когда я его впервые увидел) я уже делал этот коктейль и даже писал о нём в микроблоге.
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17th January, 2012 | 7 Comments »
Categories: Campari, London dry gin, Pomergranate juice, Simple syrup
 

Cosmopolitan: Twist On It!

24th December, 2011 | Tags: , | 4 Comments
 

Это продолжение статьи о моей более чем полугодовой миссии по изучению гадкого утёнка по имени Cosmopolitan. Почему он гадкий, написано в первой части. А тут я расскажу о глубоких адаптациях Космо, превращающих его в ряд новых коктейлей, которые по вкусу часто совсем на него не похожи.

Cosmopolitan: Twist It! (Cosmogroni)

Собственно, предварять более нечего. У меня на руках были Гранатовый Космополитен, который не вошёл в первую часть как «совсем уже не Космо», пара неоднозначных рецептов от Саймона Диффорда и давно замеченный Metropolitan, интересовавший меня более, чем оригинал.

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24th December, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Categories: Campari, Cointreau, Cranberry juice, Lime juice, London dry gin, Orange bitters (Angostura), Pomergranate juice, Raspberry liqueur, Vermouth (rose), Vodka (citrus flavored), Vodka (pomergranate flavored), Vodka (unflavoured)
 

Gin Daisy

30th September, 2011 | Tags: , , | 4 Comments
 

Here is the third report about what I was drinking this summer. The first and the second were about Gin Fix and Tom & John Collins respectively. Now the post about Gin Daisy completes a story about gin summer adventures.

Gin Daisy

In my post about Gin Fix I’ve explained in details my vision concerning differences between Gin Fix and Gin Daisy. It’s just an opinion based on some old cocktail books and posts of respected bloggers as well.

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30th September, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Categories: Blueberry liqueur, Chartreuse (yellow), Cherry brandy, Gin (raspberry infused), Ginger liqueur (homemade), Grenadine (homemade), Lemon juice, London dry gin, Melon liqueur, Passionfruit syrup, Raspberry liqueur, Simple syrup, Sloe gin liqueur, Soda water, Strawberry liqueur
 

S.I.P.#5: Tom Collins

2nd September, 2011 | Tags: , , | 15 Comments
 

S.I.P.#5: Tom Collins logo

The fifth S.I.P. event is coming, and the theme it brings in the spotlight is Tom Collins, an evergreen classic long drink.

Born John Collins, it was mentioned in Harry Johnson’s «New And Improved Bartenders’ Manual» in 1882. At that time Collins was based on Dutch gin also known as genever or jenever. When Old Tom gin has came to market, John Collins found a brother Tom Collins by name. In Tom Collins bartenders utilized English gin – Old Tom, Plymouth and London Dry, of course.

It was Tom Collins who has became popular long drink while his brother John remained little known because of genever’s limited availability.

In the second half of 20th century Americans have thought of John Collins. But for the newfound John they used bourbon whiskey and not genever. New thing is none other than forgotten old thing. Ironically, Americans pretend to be Tom Collins inventors and John Collins is a Britain-born long drink which was named after London Limmer’s Hotel bar waiter John Collins.

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2nd September, 2011 | 15 Comments »
Categories: Cucumber, Genever, Lemon juice, London dry gin, Simple syrup, Soda water
 

Gin Fix

27th July, 2011 | Tags: , , | 4 Comments
 

I have a secret: my favourite summer drinks are based on gin so it’s not Mojito or Paloma but Tom Collins, Gin Fizz, Gin Fix, Gin Daisy, Gin Smash etc. I found it a bit weird when I saw people going mad about Mojito or Cuba Libre. Sure, rum is exceptional in tiki but I can’t imagine summer without dry Gin & Tonic or Negroni.

Gin Fix

So I’m going to talk about simple long drinks with gin, lemon juice and sugar. Honestly, I don’t know how far I’ll go but Gin Fix is the first drink I want to talk about.

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27th July, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Categories: Cointreau, Genever, Lemon juice, London dry gin, Maraschino liqueur, Orgeat syrup, Peachtree liqueur, Pineapple syrup, Simple syrup
 

Ruby Rangoon

4th July, 2011 | Tags: , | 3 Comments
 

Another long drink I want to talk about has a weird history. Unfortunately I have no direct access to sources mentioned below and can’t say exactly about it. Information I stubbornly gathered in Internet is a quite diverse so my summary version looks like a theory.

Ruby Rangoon Cocktail

Because the first recipe I’ve found was a cocktail from CocktailDB, I’ve named the article Ruby Rangoon. Maybe that’s not completely correct but I love this version much more than all others.

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4th July, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Categories: Cranberry juice, Ginger ale, Lime juice, London dry gin
 

French 75

15th April, 2011 | Tags: , | 5 Comments
 

Recently I’ve opened a bottle of prosecco bought in Christmas sale. Springs comes, and it seems like the time to get some fizzy booze, light at the tongue and strong when getting into our heads.

My choice was a cocktail based on the combination I can’t resist – gin, lemon juice and sugar. Yes, I love Tom Collins and I considered French 75 as Tom Collins with sparkling wine instead of soda water.

French 75 Cocktail

This cocktail is old and popular so Internet has provided me with tons of French 75 recipes. But I decided to seek advice in «The Savoy Cocktail Book», my favourite source of classic cocktails.

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15th April, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Categories: Lemon juice, London dry gin, Rock candy syrup, Wine (sparkling, dry)
 

White Wagtail Cocktail

14th March, 2011 | Tags: | 2 Comments
 

Another cocktail with Van Gogh Açai-Blueberry Vodka I’ve created after unsuccessful efforts to discover original cocktails with this hard-to-find vodka. I was trying to produce a berry-flavoured light cocktail with strong herbal background. Hope I succeeded in my attempt.

White Wagtail Cocktail

Surprisingly the hardest thing was not to achieve the best taste but to get acceptable appearance. Van Gogh Açai-Blueberry Vodka has wonderful lilac color but lose it completely after mixing with citrus juices. Happily, Parfait Amour liqueur helped me to keep the original violet color with steel-blue tint.

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14th March, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Categories: Lime juice, London dry gin, Orange bitters (Angostura), Parfait Amour liqueur, Vodka (acai-blueberry flavored)
 

Tuxedo Cocktail

9th February, 2011 | Tags: , | 12 Comments
 

I’ve learnt about Tuxedo cocktail from David Wondrich’s Esquire Drink Database. So I thought that it’s made exclusively with sherry. Once enjoying Tuxedo with genever and dry sherry, I started to search for more information about this cocktail. To my shame, it appears that Tuxedo was a well-known and popular cocktail in the first half of 20th century.

Tuxedo

The oldest source I could find, harry Johnson’s «New And Improved Bartendes’ Manual» described Tuxedo as a cocktail with French vermouth, not sherry.

Later sources, «The Savoy Cocktail Book» and «Approved Cocktails, authorized by UK bartenders guild» also mentioned Tuxedo with vermouth. Moreover, «The Savoy Cocktail Book» contains two Tuxedo versions.

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9th February, 2011 | 12 Comments »
Categories: Genever, London dry gin, Maraschino liqueur, Orange bitters (Angostura), Pastis, Sherry (dry)
 

MxMo LII: Forgotten Cocktails – Cameo Kirby

21st November, 2010 | Tags: , | 10 Comments
 

Mixology Monday logo

Forgotten Cocktails, that’s the topic for November 2010 Mixology Monday event hosted by Dennis at his Rock & Rye blog.

The topic is not easy as it seems at first time. Here in Russia cocktails are not forgotten, they’re unknown.

I’ve remembered one cocktail  I saw earlier at «Approved Cocktails, authorized by UK bartenders guild» by Harry Craddock. Cameo Kirby, it looks like another Martini-like cocktail, and then I’ve tried it but can’t find anything about it in Internet except one more Google-book  «Gourmet’s Guide to New Orleans» by Natalie Vivian Scott and Caroline Merrick Jones.

The title Cameo Kirby is known thanks to old movie released in 1923. Who knows, maybe the cocktail was named after that criminal drama.

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21st November, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Categories: Lime juice, London dry gin, Raspberry syrup, Vermouth (dry), Vermouth (sweet)
 
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