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Bee´s Knees
My beloved friend asked me for a Bee´s Knees! Without her advice maybe perhaps after years I would stumbled over this awesome drink. One of the very few ones which is sweetened with honey defining the...
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Far Beyond the Truth
The cocktail Far Beyond the Truth was created by Aly of Seven Shed for the Bitter Truth Cocktail Competition in Bristol, UK. I enjoy so much the bite of Celery Bitters in such gin drinks. Ingredients...
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Bananarac
When I read about the Banarac on Liquor.com I knew I would try this drink. My sweetheart Eva gave me as an Easter present high quality ice ball moulds, so I can make now wonderful large ice balls which...
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Angélique
On the internet blog of Fareham Wine Cellar I found this wonderful recipe for a cocktail with rhubarb liqueur, the Angélique! Ingredients 1cl Elderflower Liqueur (the recipe asks for Cordial), 2cl...
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Eclipse Cocktail
The Eclypse Cocktail is a wonderful modern drink with Tequila Añejo, created by Leo Robitsheck, New York, 2009. Ingredients Mezcal (for rinsing the glass), 6cl Tequila Añejo, 2cl Aperol, 2cl Heering...
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Vermouth Panaché by Hemingway
The great theme of this month´s Mixology Monday chosen by Bibulo.us is lower-proof cocktails, also called Shims! I did not invent an own drink as there are so many existing ones which I still have not...
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Creole Cocktail
I should have a look at the Savoy Cocktail Book more often. The Creole Cocktail is a lovely sweet and warming drink just right for a frosty winter night. Ingredients 1/2 Canadian Whisky, 1/2 Italian...
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Batavian Affair
The host for this month´s Mixology Monday is Sass & Gin. Laura declared March the month of the Old Fashioned, such a great idea! And here is my creation, the Batavian Affair Ingredients 1 tsp...
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Vesper
“Just a moment. Three measures of Gordon´s, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet. Shake it very well until it´s ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon peel. Got it?”, Ian Fleming Casino...
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Strike´s Off Cocktail
Tonight I have picked up the Savoy Cocktail Book and got caught by the Strike´s Off Cocktail. This drink was “Created by Harry Craddock on May 12, 1926, to mark the end of the General Strike“, The...
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Gladstone
“Here is our Old Fashioned representative, back to the 1806 definition of the cocktail as ´spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters.´ We´ve frozen the water and multiplied the spirits. Since a...
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Colony Cocktail
Dale DeGroff discovered the Colony Cocktail in a book called Bottoms Up by Ted Saucier (1953). This vodka-based house cocktail of the Colony restaurant in Manhattan must have been a remarkable...
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