Alaska

Alaska

It's winter time, and making a classic Alaska cocktail seems s(n)o(w) fitting. A cocktail doesn't get more simple than this - just two ingredients, three if you also count the orange bitters. But while it's easy to make, it's still a surprisingly complex cocktail tastewise. The Chartreuse on its own is so full of flavour, and when it is combined with the semi sweet old Tom gin and the bitters a snow angel is indeed born. The subtle yellowness from the Chartreuse is what makes the Alaska so app


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Roman Holiday

Roman Holiday

The Roman Holiday might not sound like a winter cocktail, but look close in the ingredients list and you'll see the chili liqueur. And when this spicy spirit is combined with Cognac, rum and orange juice it actually feels like winter. This recipe is from bar Canon in Seattle and in their book there's an interesting text about how spicy spirits can be used to balance sweetness, in the same way as bitters and sours does. Ancho Reyes chili liqueur is relatively sweet on its own, but it's definitel


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20th Century

20th Century

Tonight it is time to feature a classic. This is the 20th Century cocktail made with gin, cacao liqueur, Lillet blanc and fresh lemon juice. If you've looked at page 224 in Jim Meehan's beautiful book “Meehan's Bartender Manual” you've seen a stunning photo of this cocktail already. In our shoot we also wanted to capture that pale yellow colour and subtle appearance of the cocktail. But what it lacks in colour is well compensated in flavour. It's the combination of the tart gin and the sweet c


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Jitterbug

Jitterbug

Let's kick off this new year, called 2018, with our new year resolutions and a cocktail containing exactly what's needed after yesterday's celebrations, fresh coffee! The recipe for the Jitterbug is from bar Canon's book. What's particularly fun about this cocktail is that the coffee creates this wonderful foam when shaken together with the other ingredients. Feeling very awake and alert after all this coffee, we start to contemplate our cocktail new year resolutions for 2018; 1) We definitel


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French Intervention

French Intervention

Happy new year! Can you believe we are already saying goodbye to 2017 and at the same time welcoming 2018?! From a cocktail point of view 2017 has been fantastic. Not only have we been fortunate enough to visit several of the world's best bars, but we have also found so many new great recipes that we have tried at home. We obviously want to end this year with a bang. And the French Intervention by liquid talent Shawn @narphorium is a super exciting cocktail to be shaking on new years eve. The


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Brown Sugar

Brown Sugar

This is another gem by Leo Robitschek, and it's simply called Brown Sugar. And brown is certainly what you end up with, as every single ingredient has a golden brown colour. There is the wonderful Lustau East India sherry, and delicious Italian amaro Cynar. Then there's both rye and rum and mole bitters to bind it all together. We like how balanced this cocktail is. It's many different flavours compliment each other and create a boozy and stiff cocktail, that's still so easy and enjoyable to si


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Schnitzelburg

Schnitzelburg

Kind of a Christmas drink it is, the Schnitzelburg cocktail. With the Caradamaro and Maraschino cherry liqueur, combined with bourbon and Fernet-Branca it's anyway the perfect sipper now, a few days after Christmas. What we liked about this cocktail was its intensity. It's a boozy drink, but with more tastes than just the strong bourbon. The small amount of bitter Fernet-Branca shines through, as does the sweet cherry liqueur and the spiced amaro. Brown drinks are always challenging to photogr


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Blood Orange

Blood Orange

Jamie Boudreau at Canon in Seattle [http://www.canonseattle.com/] claims this cocktail tastes of blood orange, despite no presence at all of that citrus fruit in the ingredients list. In fact, he's so sure you will taste it, he even named the cocktail Blood Orange. And believe it or not, this cocktail really tastes like blood orange. That bitterness from the Campari, combined with orange juice mimics blood orange in an almost magical way. This is the perfect way of enjoying that flavour all yea


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