Polished Diamond

Polished Diamond

Etrog has been a new discovery to us during 2017. It's a yellow citron fruit, looking like a knotty lemon. At Sukkah Hill Spirits they turn this characteristic citron into a delicious liqueur. And tonight we incorporate the Etrog liqueur in a Polished Diamond cocktail. Another ingredient in this drink is a dry white wine, which we don't use too often in cocktails. Turns out it works really well, contributing with a subtle dryness, and also helping to lower the ABV. A big part of cocktailing to


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Mots de Caraïbes

Mots de Caraïbes

We've been waiting to open our bottle of rum Fire for a while. We wanted to decide on the perfect premiere cocktail to make with this rum that we've heard so many good things about. So finally we decided to make a Mots de Caraïbes by rum enthusiast Brian Di Maggio. Brian cleverly composed this drink as an equal part cocktail, combining the sweet rum with tart Suze and balancing it all with fresh maraschino liqueur and sour lime juice. It's a brilliant recipe, so delicious. Hands up for you Bri


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Pushing Daisy

Pushing Daisy

The Pushing Daisy cocktail by Mattias Skoog has such a great meaning to us. It was one of the first cocktails we tried at renowned bar Tjoget in our home town Stockholm. And the the first time we ever tried it was on my birthday back in May, and after that we've ordered it several times. So discovering the recipe for this, which we thought was like the world's biggest secret was almost a life changer. It turns out our buddy Anders visited Tjoget on a trip to Sweden and somehow miraculously mana


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Baltasar and Blimunda

Baltasar and Blimunda

For an Instagram surprise event organized by Matthias Soberon [https://www.instagram.com/servedbysoberon/] we were assigned to do a digital cheers with Fede [https://www.instagram.com/welcometomybar/], an active bar enthusiast on Instagram. Fede is originally from Italy, but nowadays he lives in the Netherlands. He loves vintage barware and glassware just like us, so we were assigned the perfect cocktail buddy in this event. To honor you Fede, and to acknowledge your impact on the Drinkstagram


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The Humble Hero

The Humble Hero

The Humble Hero, he decided to call it… When we participated as judges in bar 20hundra5's [http://www.noll5.se/] Invitational Cocktail Competition a few weeks ago, talented bartender Linus Morgan [https://www.instagram.com/linusmorgan/] from Tap Room Kungsholmen [http://www.kitchenandtable.se/bars/tap-room-stockholm/] served us this original cocktail. And he did so after contemplating our order for a low-ABV-cocktail for only a few minutes. This drink didn't only appeal to us, but also everyb


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Tartufo

Tartufo

Whenever we see a cocktail recipe with an unusual ingredient we need to make it. And the Tartufo, with its strong flavour of black truffle, is a bold cocktail that rewards those who are just like us - open to the unexpected. It may not seem like there is a lot of truffle in the cocktail, but it still taste a lot of it. In Greg Henry's book “Savory Cocktails” the flavour of the cocktail is described as a dark earthiness, which we think is a very accurate description. A unique, adult and serious


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The Great Pretender

The Great Pretender

In The Great Pretender by Thomas Waugh there is a big splash of overproof rum. But as it is the amazing rum from Smith & Cross that's used this is totally fine if you ask us. It's such a wonderful rum with flavours of butterscotch, citrus and sugar. As there is also pineapple juice in this drink we wanted to use some pineapple cocktail picks. Getting them to balance with the little green pineapple facing upwards proved impossible. If you are looking at this photo on a smartphone you could turn


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Lady Johnston

Lady Johnston

Today is my birthday! And I'm celebrating with a Lady Johnston cocktail created by Jessica Gonzalez; There's just something with fresh basil in cocktails. It's herbal and earthy, and it adds a wonderful pale green colour when muddled with clear spirits like in this one. What's also good about this drink is that you can alter the ABV by adding more or less club soda. This means it's a good drink to serve for guests who prefer less alcohol strong cocktails, while still being able to notice the r


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