Roebling Rumrise

Roebling Rumrise

Lambrusco is an intensly blue grape, that mostly grows in Italy. With it an equally intensly blue, slightly sparkling, wine is created. And with this pretty cool wine we made a Roebling Rumrise cocktail. The recipe is by Rob Krueger, and as it's quite low on alcohol it is perfect to sip in large gulps during hotter days. We were throwing a small cocktail party recently and this was the opening cocktail. Apart from being delicious it is a great conversation piece, as that blue colour is quite m
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Astoria

Astoria

It is finally our turn to try St. George's Terroir Gin [http://www.stgeorgespirits.com/spirits/gins/st-george-terroir-gin/]. We have read so much about, so using it in this Astoria cocktail was quite exciting. Douglas fir, California bay laurel and coastal sage are a few of the slightly unexpected ingredients in this gin. And especially the fir shines through, creating an earthy, foresty gin that is actually quite different to most other gins we have tried. The Astoria is basically a reversed
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Rubicon

Rubicon

Time for a pretty fancy cocktail, the Rubicon, from bar Canon in Seattle. This is a Last Word with extra everything, complete with open flames and fresh herbs. This drink is very heavy on gin, so choose this wisely. Go with your favorite. For us this was the perfect opportunity to break our bottle of Conker Spirit's [https://www.conkerspirit.co.uk/] gin. It's a delicious product from Dorset in the UK, and it was great in this herbal cocktail. As this recipe involves an open flame a warning sho
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Warehouse C

Warehouse C

When Jillian Vose made a surprise visit to bar 20hundra5 in Stockholm last year, at the very same evening we were guest judges in a cocktail competition there, we were quite excited! Having previously featured several of Jillian's cocktails in our feed we've been holding on to this one, the Warehouse C, for a while. Because it couldn't be more fitting to post this one than today, on Swedish Midsummer Eve, the strawberry fiesta day of the year. In the Warehouse C there might be only one single
bourbon Cocktail
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Sanlucar Sling

Sanlucar Sling

The Sanlucar Sling by Sahil Mehta [https://www.instagram.com/sahildmehta/]is another drink perfect for the warmer days. A highball cocktail with a lot of sherry, and then some cherry and walnut to make things really interesting and tasty. This was the perfect cocktail to try out one of our latest bottle buys in, Don Ciccio & Figli's Nocino Walnut Liqueur. [https://donciccioefigli.com/new-nocino] We were recently on holiday in Washington DC, which happens to be where this delicious liqueur is p
cherry heering Cocktail
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Crooked Kilt

Crooked Kilt

Vacay! The summer vacation is always exciting. Usually a time to travel, explore new cities, and of course new bars and cocktails. In today's post we have tried to transfer these vacation vibes into a cocktail. We chose to make a Crooked Kilt by Leo Robitschek because it's based around pineapple juice. And nothing says vacation, as much as pineapple now does it? Here we are using Naked Grouse [https://nakedgrouse.com/] blended scotch, which is just perfect in cocktails like this. Not overpowe
Cocktail green charetreuse
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Aperol Spritz

Aperol Spritz

The Aperol Spritz is one of those uncomplicated cocktails, that is still incredibly delicious. Not a lot of measuring is really required, although there is an official recipe at the back of the Aperol bottle. This has to be the official drink of summer. Everyone seem to enjoy it, and it's very understandable. The sparkling wine paired with bittersweet Aperol, slightly diluted with a splash of bubbly water certainly is a quencher! We enjoyed these drinks in the company of two friends from Gothe
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Vatican City

Vatican City

We had to make one more from Drew Lazor's [https://www.instagram.com/drewlazor/] new book “Session Cocktails [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399580867/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0399580867&linkCode=as2&tag=cocktaildetou-20&linkId=3f8974c0d43bf0239781289c3027d6cc] “. These low-alcohol recipes are so fitting for the super summer we are experiencing in Sweden. This is the Vatican City by Mikki Kristola. We love how French gentian spirit Suze is the star of this
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