Cocktail Detour (Page 62)

Rubberband Man

A Rubberband Man, that's what I'm holding in my hand (together with a rather large amount of rubber bands). This balancing act was well worth the effort though, this cocktail is a really nice one! When we found the recipe we were primarily intrigued by two things; the funny name of the cocktail and the Cardamaro content. Cardamaro is a low ABV amaro with a really nice flavour, almost of ginger bread but slightly more bitter. Here it is mixed with both rum and Cognac, and a small amount of Bene

angostura bitters benedictine

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Oct 23, 2017 — 1 min read

Le Bateleur

“Le Bateleur” - we just love the name of this Death & Co original by Alex Day. It's a true autumn cocktail with all those dark spirits in the same recipe. The gin obviously leads the way, but it is nicely accompanied along that way by Punt E Mes, Strega and Cynar. A quite Italian cocktail in the end, despite the french name. This is a perfect slow sipper cocktail, high on ABV. It's also a 3,5 oz recipe so you're in for a long lasting indulgence. If you garnish with an orange twist like we did y

angostura bitters Cocktail

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Oct 21, 2017 — 1 min read

Gargoyle & Spire

Yes, we finally own a bottle of Italian Strega! We've tried it in cocktails at different bars, but have so far not made anything with it ourselves. But with a secured bottle in our home bar it was time to make a Gargoyle & Spire cocktail. The Strega has a beautiful yellow colour. Flavour wise its not too far from yellow Chartreuse, but at the same time different. In this drink it's combined with gin and sparkling wine, but only a small amount of simple syrup. This makes it a slightly bitter coc

Cocktail gin

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Oct 19, 2017 — 2 min read

Domo Arigato

Unusual cocktail ingredients is always fun. In the Domo Arigato by Ran Duan there is sesame oil . . . and it's paired with mezcal! Check out this awesome recipe: 2 oz mezcal 0,75 oz lime juice 0,5 oz simple syrup 1 bar spoon sesame oil 3 oz ginger beer Shake everything but the ginger beer with ice, double strain and pour into glasses pre-filled with the ginger beer. Now a bar spoon of sesame oil can be a tiny amount or a large amount depending on the size of your bar spoon. As we did two cockt

Cocktail mezcal

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Oct 17, 2017 — 1 min read

Naked & Famous

Naked & Famous, by Joaquin Simó is a very interesting cocktail. It's one part Last Word and one part Paper Plane (according to Death & Co's book in which we found the recipe). Thanks to the Aperol this cocktail gets a very appealing orange/pink color. The taste however is more dominated by the smoky mezcal, a spirit that we love, so this is definitely our type of cocktail. Another thing we like about the Naked & Famous is the fact that it's an equal part recipe. If you make this delicious drin

aperol Cocktail

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Oct 15, 2017 — 1 min read

Gin Lane

We had friends over for dinner, and one of them prefers sour cocktails. And we are basically the same, go too sweet and the cocktail could become undrinkable. It is after all a cocktail, and not candy we long for. So when the recipe for a Gin Lane calls for one full ounce of fresh lemon juice, we know it was the perfect welcome cocktail. It is a sour type of cocktail indeed, but of course that orgeat and also the ginger ale take away some of the acidity, making sure the Gin Lane is a well bala

apricot brandy Cocktail

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Oct 13, 2017 — 1 min read

Almond Espresso Martini

Hey we are Swedes, and we are the world's third biggest coffee consumer per capita. We drink it for breakfast, after lunch and during our Swedish “fika” of course. But we also love it in cocktails. Hence an Almond Espresso Martini fits us perfectly. There is a lot of coffee flavour in this one, but it is also nicely complemented by Italian Amaretto liqueur contributing with an almond touch. 1 oz freshly made espresso 1,25 oz vodka 0,75 oz Amaretto 0,5 oz coffee liqueur Shake all ingredients wi

Cocktail Amaretto

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Oct 11, 2017 — 2 min read

Mulata Daisy

We've been wanting to make the award winning Mulata Daisy by Agostino Perrone for a long time but we've been missing chocolate liqueur in our home bar. But after a recent trip to London a bottle is now bought, and we can finally try this mesmerizing recipe. 0,75 oz lime juice cocoa powder 2 bar spoons Galliano liqueur 1 bar spoon caster sugar 0,5 bar spoon fennel seeds 1,5 oz white rum (Bacardi suggested) 0,75 oz chocolate liqueur Rim the glass with lime and dip it in cocoa powder. Pour the Gal

chocolate liqueur Cocktail

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Oct 9, 2017 — 2 min read