Champagne Snowball Cocktail Recipe

CHAMPAGNE SNOWBALL COCKTAIL Recipe

The Champagne Snowball cocktail was huge in the 1970s and is now enjoying a well-deserved renaissance. The cocktail is deliciously silky smooth, indulgent, and decadent. Rich thick and creamy Advocaat freshened with dry Sherry, zesty lime cordial and invigorated with Champagne.

INGREDIENTS

  • 60 ml/ 2 oz. Champagne or Sparkling Wine
  • 60 ml/ 2 oz. Advocaat / Eggnog
  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. Fino Sherry
  • 15 ml/ ½ oz. Lime Juice cordial (sweetened lime juice)

METHOD

  1. Pour the Champagne into chilled glass.
  2. Shake the other 3 ingredients with ice and strain over the Champagne.
  3. Garnish with a lime slice and dust with cacao powder.

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  1. Champagne | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Eggnog | USA | UK* | Germany*
  3. Sherry | USA | UK | Germany
  4. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

Adonis Cocktail Recipe

ADONIS COCKTAIL Recipe

Crafted sometime in the mid-1880s, the Adonis cocktail was born at the Waldorf-Astoria New York hotel, created in honor of a Broadway musical of the same name that was the first show to reach 500 performances. This low-ABV cocktail employs sweet Vermouth in a way similar to the Manhattan, but instead of Whiskey and bitters, the Vermouth is paired with dry Fino Sherry. The stirred drink is then finished with an orange twist for a soft, citrusy aroma.

INGREDIENTS

  • 60 ml/ 2 oz. Fino Sherry
  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. Martini Rosso sweet Vermouth
  • 2 dashes of Orange Bitters

METHOD

  1. Add the Fino Sherry and the sweet Vermouth to a mixing glass filled with ice.
  2. Stir until well-chilled.
  3. Strain into a chilled coupe glass.
  4. Garnish with an orange peel.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Sherry | USA | UK | Germany
  2. Martini Rosso | USA | UK* | Germany
  3. Glasses| USA* | UK* | Germany*

Koukoudo Mastiha Tonic Cocktail Recipe

KOUKOUDO MASTIHA TONIC COCKTAIL Recipe

Mastic is a resin extraction from Skinos trees, which only grow on the island of Chios. The bark of the trunks is scored so that the resin can drip off. The mastic resin is said to have stomach-friendly properties. It is very popular in Greece and used to make various products. You can not only drink mastic pure on ice, but also make exciting cocktails with it. Try the Koukoudo Mastiha Tonic Cocktail.

INGREDIENTS

  • 60 ml/ 2 oz. Mastiha Koukoudo
  • 25 ml/ ⅚ oz. honey
  • 10 ml/ ⅓ oz. strawberry vinegar
  • 60 ml/ 2 oz. Tonic Water

METHOD

  1. Pour all ingredients, except the tonic water, into shaker with ice cubes.
  2. Shake well.
  3. Strain into glass filled with ice cubes.
  4. Top with tonic water.
  5. Garnish with a lime wedge and a basil leaf.

NOTES

The high-quality Koukoudo Mastiha Liqueur from Gatsios has a soft taste. Gatsios Distillery uses only the finest ingredients to create this exclusive liqueur. The mastic aroma is very lasting in the finish. The taste of masticha resin is largely unknown in Central Europe and it cannot be compared to other flavors.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Mastiha | USA | UK | Germany
  2. Honey syrup | USA* | UK* | Germany
  3. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

Le Coquetiez du Lion Cocktail Recipe


The cocktail Le Coquetiez du Lion was created in 2007 by Gonçalo de Sousa Monteiro. A year after its opening, Le Lion was named the best newly opened cocktail bar in the world in the USA in 2008. It was Le Lion’s first signature drink. Le Coquetiez du Lion is a sophisticated yet approachable take on the Vesper, Le Coquetiez du Lion pays tribute in both its ingredients and name to drink. A later signature drink is the Gin Basil Smash.

INGREDIENTS

  • 50 ml/ 1 ⅔ oz. Lillet Blanc
  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. Gin
  • 2 dashes of Peychaud`s Bitters

METHOD

  1. Pour all ingredients into a mixing glass filled with ice cubes.
  2. Stir well until well-chilled.
  3. Strain into a chilled coupe glass.
  4. Garnish with a lime peel.

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  2. Lillet | USA | UK* | Germany*
  3. Peychaud`s bitters | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  4. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

Original Sin Cocktail Recipe

ORIGINAL SIN COCKTAIL Recipe

The Original Sin cocktail consists of Sake and Vodka with a delicate hint of honey in an absinthe-flavored glass. The cocktail was created in 2009 by Spike Marchant at the Cabinet Room in London, England.

INGREDIENTS

  • 10 ml/ ⅓ oz. Absinthe
  • 60 ml/ 2 oz. Vodka
  • 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. Sake
  • 5 ml/ ⅙ oz. honey syrup

METHOD

  1. Pour the Absinthe into ice-filled Martini glass and top with water.
  2. Leave the mixture to stand in the glass.
  3. Pour Vodka, Sake and honey syrup into shaker with ice cubes.
  4. Shake well.
  5. Finally discard contents of absinthe-coated glass and fine strain contents of shaker into absinthe washed glass.
  6. Garnish with star anise.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Smirnoff Vodka | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Absinthe | USA | UK* | Germany*
  3. Sake | USA | UK | Germany
  4. Honey syrup | USA* | UK* | Germany
  5. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

Fallen Leaves Cocktail Recipe

FALLEN LEAVES COCKTAIL Recipe

The Fallen Leaves cocktail was created in 1982 by Charles Schumann in Munich, Germany and first published in his book American Bar. The cocktail is suitably autumnal in colour with two Vermouths and two Brandies (Cognacs) presented in harmony. Annother famous cocktail of Charles Schumann is the Swimming Pool cocktail.

INGREDIENTS

  • 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. Calvados
  • 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. Martini Rosso sweet Vermouth
  • 7,5 ml/ ¼ oz. Martini Extra dry Vermouth
  • 5 ml/ ⅙ oz. Rémy Martin Cognac

METHOD

  1. Pour all ingredients into a mixing glass filled with ice cubes.
  2. Stil well until well-chilled.
  3. Strain into a chilled glass.
  4. Garnish with a lemon zest twist.

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  2. Martini Rosso | USA | UK* | Germany
  3. Martini Dry | USA | UK* | Germany
  4. Calvados | USA | UK | Germany
  5. Glasses| USA* | UK* | Germany*

Here Comes The Sun Cocktail Recipe

HERE COMES THE SUN COCKTAIL Recipe

As the cocktails’s name would suggest, the Here Comes the Sun cocktail is bright in both colour and flavour. Rye Whiskey lends a spice and depth that play well with the hginger syrup and fresh lemon juice. And in the end the beer adds body and a refreshingly fizzy mouthfeel to the drink.

INGREDIENTS

  • 45 ml/ 1 ½ oz. Rye Whiskey
  • 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. ginger syrup
  • 15 ml/ ½ oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. wheat beer

METHOD

  1. Add the Whiskey, ginger syrup and lemon juice into a shaker with ice.
  2. Shake until well-chilled.
  3. Strain into a chilled coupe glass.
  4. Top with the beer.
  5. Garnish with a lemon wedge.

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  1. Rye Whiskey | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Ginger Syrup| USA | UK | Germany
  3. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

Cynar Flip Cocktail Recipe

CYNAR FLIP COCKTAIL Recipe

Canadian Whiskey meets Italian aperitivo in the Cynar Flip Cocktail, resulting in a flavourful and creamy cocktail.

INGREDIENTS

  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. Cynar
  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. Canadian Whisky
  • 15 ml/ ½ oz Cointreau
  • 7,5 ml/ ¼ oz. simple syrup
  • 1 fresh egg
  • 1 dash Angostura bitters

METHOD

  1. Pour all ingredients into shaker with ice cubes.
  2. Shake well.
  3. Strain into chilled glass.

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  1. Cynar | USA | UK | Germany
  2. Cointreau orange liqueur | USA * | UK* | Germany*
  3. Canadian Whisky | USA | UK | Germany
  4. Angostura bitters | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  5. Glasses| USA* | UK* | Germany*

Extreme Chocolate Martini Cocktail Recipe

EXTREME CHOCOLATE MARTINI COCKTAIL Recipe

The Extreme Chocolate Martini cocktail is characterized by an extremely high chocolate taste. Chocolate liqueur plus Cacau liqueur makes for an unforgettable taste and it’s hard to tell if it’s a cocktail recipe or a dessert recipe.

INGREDIENTS

  • 60 ml/ 2 oz. Vodka
  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. Mozart dark chocolate liqueur
  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. Crème de cacau (brown)
  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. cream
  • chocolate sauce

METHOD

  1. Prepare your martini glass by drizzling it with your chocolate sauce.
  2. Pour all ingredients into a shaker filled with ice.
  3. Shake like a chocolate-deprived person.
  4. Strain into your prepared glass.
  5. Garnish with a piece of chocolate.

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  1. Crème de cacau | USA | UK* | Germany*
  2. Mozart Dark| USA | UK* | Germany*
  3. Smirnoff Vodka | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  4. Crème de cacau | USA | UK* | Germany*
  5. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

Agua de Cuba Cocktail Recipe

AGUA DE CUBA COCKTAIL Recipe

The cocktail Agua de Cuba is a light, summery rum-based drink with fresh watermelon and subtle clove spice. I prefer to strain the cocktail in a red wine glass glass than in a flute.

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 slice fresh chopped Watermelon
  • 60 ml/ 2 oz. Havana Club 3 Year Old Rum
  • 20 ml/ ⅔ oz. Falernum liqueur
  • 20 ml/ ⅔ oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice

METHOD

  1. Cut watermelon into 16 segments, chop the flesh from one segment into cubes and muddle in base of shaker.
  2. Add the other ingredients and ice into shaker.
  3. Shake it!
  4. Fine strain into chilled glass.
  5. Garnish with a watermelon wedge.

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  2. Falernum | USA | UK* | Germany*
  3. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*