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
 

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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)
 

The Bloodhound Cocktail

13th October, 2010 | Tags: | 2 Comments
 

One more article about summer cocktail with berries I failed to post at the right time because of two-month abnormally heavy heat in Moscow.

The Bloodhound Cocktail isn’t modern recipe. I saw it on Noilly Prat promo website and later found it in two books I have available.

The Bloodhound Cocktail

The first book was Frank Meier’s «The Artistry Of Mixing Drinks» (1936). The second one was Mardee Haidin Regan’s «The Bartender’s Best Friend» (2003). And I found another third version at the CocktailDB. All these recipes differ from each other so it was interesting to me to find my own perfect variant.

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13th October, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Categories: London dry gin, Strawberry, Strawberry liqueur, Vermouth (dry), Vermouth (sweet)
 

MxMo September: Lime – Gimlet

19th September, 2010 | Tags: , , | 11 Comments
 

The topic for September’s MixMo is very cheerful – lime. Thanks Doug who chose this theme and hosted current event at his The Pegu Blog.

Mixology Monday

Recently I took my time to read carefully Sonja Kassebaum’s article about homemade lime cordial. I wanted to make a couple glasses of  Gimlets and to compare how cordial and fresh lime juice work there.

So then I knew the theme for new MixMo, my Gimlets were ready to be tasted. What a coincidence!

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19th September, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Categories: Lime cordial (homemade), London dry gin
 

MxMo XLX: Brown, Bitter and Stirred – Rendevous

29th August, 2010 | Tags: , | 14 Comments
 

Mixology Monday is in action again, and that’s great!

Thanks to Lindsey Johnson, next MixMo event is hosted at her Brown Bitter and Stirred blog. And the theme for the event is the same – Brown, Bitter and Stirred!

MxMo XLX: Brown, Bitter and Stirred

I like bitter cocktails very much so that’s nice to make something like Rob Roy or Manhattan. But later I changed my mind and decided to be more orthodoxal. No bourbon, no rum and no scotch. Only dry London gin – bitter and strong. And as regards requested brown colour, Italian amari can tint my gin.

Recently one recipe caught my eye. Very simple and promising , it was Rendevous at Dr. Bamboo blog.  I wasted no time and made it immediately. That was nice, and I’ve decided to return to the cocktail when I’ll be in creative mood.

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29th August, 2010 | 14 Comments »
Categories: Amaro Ramazzotti, Campari, Cherry brandy, Cherry infusion, Fernet Branca, London dry gin
 

Gin Basil Smash

15th July, 2010 | Tags: , | 4 Comments
 

We have an abnormal hot weather here in Moscow. No rains, dust, burning hot stone. Absolutely no intention to do anything. Cocktails I drink now are extremely simple.

But there was one exception when I have been told to use some basil we gathered at our garden. Gin Basil Smash, a cocktail I saw at  Gin, Not Vodka was so interesting, and I’ve summoned all my strength to do it.

Gin Basil Smash

By the way, Daniel Nadasi in his article about Gin Basil Smash mentioned that Jay Oh Gosh! Earlier wrote about it too. And Jay mentioned that Gin Basil Smash has been invented at Le Lion Bar in Hamburg, the place which Daniel Nadasi visited before writing that article (and the place that article was about).

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15th July, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Categories: Basil, Lemon, London dry gin, Simple syrup
 

GH Cooler

14th May, 2010 | Tags: , | 2 Comments
 

I continue with my stories about attempts to enrich my home bar with various homemade components.

The first one was my experiment with grapefruit bitters. Only the third batch has been found satisfactory, and then I thought about proper recipes where this bitters can be used in.

Almost a liter of bitters from two failed batches has been utilized in usual drink for my wife and her friends – orange juice with dry vermouth. Grapefruit bitters made it a bit dry and aromatic.

The third batch’s result, 400 ml of brown/amber liquid with unique flavour was ready to be used in something more complex.

I couldn’t find any proper drink recipe and decided to create my own one.

GH Cooler

My recipe was based on two simple cocktails: Tex Collins и Pink Pussycat. It was not first attempt to create own recipe, and I was quite surprised with this one – my new cocktail was not bad as opposed to previous ones.

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14th May, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Categories: Grapefruit bitters (homemade), Grapefruit juice, Grenadine (homemade), Honey-ginger syrup, Lime juice, London dry gin
 

Leap Frog Highball

27th April, 2010 | Tags: | 6 Comments
 

This post is inspired by the discussion about limited possibilities to buy original ginger ale in Russia and Ukraine.

I just walked to supermarket positioned itself as an elite food and drinks shop and bought there a bottle of Schweppes Canada Dry Ginger Ale, the only original ginger ale brand I ever see in Moscow.

I wanted to make a simple long drink with ginger ale, and Moscow Mule was the first recipe came into my mind. But later I read some articles and I didn’t like that I found out about this drink. Then I just browsed CocktailDB and found a simple and nice cocktail similar to Tom Collins. It’s called Leap Frog Highball.

I abandoned my plan to make a version with homemade ginger ale because I’m sure that it will be much better than fcommercial one, and this post is about ginger ale bought in a shop, not home-made.

Leap Frog Highball

The second abandoned plan was to use vodka instead gin. I felt that vodka will do for ginger ale perfectly but the recipe recommends gin so I’ve decided to follow it.

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27th April, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Categories: Ginger ale, Lemon juice, London dry gin
 

MxMo XLVIII: Pain in the Ass – The Bunny Hug

21st April, 2010 | Tags: , | 9 Comments
 

Mixology Monday event

This is my debut in MixMo events, and I’m happy to know that this one is the fourth anniversary Mixology Monday event.

The theme is not pleasant as I would like it to be but I instantly thought of one drink which make me very disappointed. It’s called The Bunny Hug, and I’ve knew about it in Slakethirst blog.

Funny coincidence: I was inspired by the Slakethirst post which was for the very first Mixology Monday event dedicated to pastis.

I’ve made this cocktail twice when I was searching for recipes with Ricard pastis. I was so enthusiastic about Monkey Gland and was going to make all drinks with pastis. The Bunny Hug has stopped my impulse with its harsh and unpleasant flavour. I didn’t give up and tried to use another bourbon and another gin but failed again.

So now is the time to make the third effort.

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21st April, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Categories: Bourbon whiskey, London dry gin, Pastis
 

Green tea gimlets

23rd March, 2010 | Tags: , | 4 Comments
 

I missed Mixology Monday XLV dedicated to drinks with tea. But I’m not sorry. I have read all posts and now I can say that was great for me as a puppy in mixology.

The most interesting for me was the Green tea gimlet on Drink Of The Week, mainly because of green tea syrup used there.

Green tea gimlets, with vodka and lemon

I’m very interesting in old-school drinks with gin and vodka, and gimlet itself promised a wonderful experience. Besides that I like green tea too so green tea gimlet was perfect recipe for me.

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23rd March, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Categories: Green tea syrup, Lemon juice, Lime juice, London dry gin, Vodka (unflavoured)
 
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