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Cucumber Sling @ 2 Brothers Bar Santorini

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CUCUMBER SLING @ 2 Brothers Bar Santorini

This time I was at 2 Brothers Bar Santorini / Greece. Bartender Xristos prepared the wonderful Cucumber Sling cocktail there. The 2 Brothers Bar Santorini is located in the beautiful Greek Island of Santorini, Two Brothers Bar first opened its doors in March 1983 as you guess it, by two brothers – Dimitris and Giannis. The tradition continues with the original owners sons Jack and Leuteris now running the show. From its humble beginings back then, the bar has grown to become an island favourite for visiting tourists and locals alike.

INGREDIENTS

  • Masticha Skinos
  • fresh cucumber juice
  • lime juice
  • ice

METHOD

  1. Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice.
  2. Shake well!
  3. Strain into old fashioned glass.
  4. Add ice cubes and crushed ice.
  5. Cheers from Santorini!

NOTES

The special taste of the Cucumber Sling comes from the fresh cucumber juice and the Mastiha. Mastiha is a sweet liqueur produced with the mastikha resin from the Greek island of Chios. It has a distinctive flavor, reminiscent of pine and herbs. It is claimed to have medicinal properties and to aid digestion.

Cocktail recipes

Gold Rush Cocktail Recipe

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GOLD RUSH COCKTAIL Recipe

On paper, the Gold Rush is a very simple drink. Composed of Bourbon Whiskey, honey syrup and fresh lemon juice, it’s essentially a with honey in place of sugar (or a bourbon-spiked take on the Bee’s Knees, if you prefer). But that whiskey-honey combination transforms the cocktail’s flavor and mouthfeel, making the Gold Rush a drink all its own.

INGREDIENTS

  • 60 ml / 2 oz. Bourbon Whiskey
  • 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. honey syrup
  • 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice

METHOD

  1. Add all ingredients into shaker with ice and shake.
  2. Strain into a chilled rocks glass over one large ice cube.
  3. Garnish with a lemon twist.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Bourbon Whisky | USA* | UK*| Germany*
  2. Honey Syrup | USA | UK | Germany
  3. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

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Cucumber Sake-Tini Cocktail Recipe

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CUCUMBER SAKE-TINI COCKTAIL Recipe

The Cucumber Sake-Tini cocktail tastes subtle and dry. It seems that cucumber and Sake are made for each other. The cocktail was created in 2004 by Lisa Ball in London, England.

INGREDIENTS

  • 45 ml/ 1 ½ oz. Sake
  • 45 ml/ 1 ½ oz. Vodka
  • 7,5 ml/ ¼ oz. sugar syrup
  • 4 cm/ 1 ½ inch fresh cucumber

METHOD

  1. Muddle cucumber in base of shaker.
  2. Add Sake, Vodka and syrup.
  3. Add ice and shake well.
  4. Fine strain into chilled glass.
  5. Garnish with thin cucumber slices.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Smirnoff Vodka | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Sake | USA | UK | Germany
  3. Sugar syrup | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  4. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

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2 Black Eyes Cocktail Recipe

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How to make the 2 Black Eyes Cocktail

The 2 Black Eyes cocktail is my first cocktail recipe with Moonshine. Moonshine nowadays is another name for an unaged Whiskey, sometimes also called silver Whiskey or white lightnin’. So here’s my simple Moonshine recipe for the fighter in all of us. Make sure you make 2 of these. Otherwise, you’ll just have one black eye, and what’s the point of that?

INGREDIENTS

  • 90 ml/ 3 oz. Moonshine
  • 45 ml/ 1 ½ oz. Chambord blackberry liqueur
  • 4 dashes of Fee Bros. Whiskey Barrel Aged Bitters 

METHOD

  1. Pour all ingredients into a mixing glass filled with ice cubes.
  2. Stil well until well-chilled.
  3. Strain into into 2 chilled cocktail glasses
  4. Garnish with brass knuckles and a switchblade.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Moonshine | USA | UK | Germany
  3. Chambord liqueur | USA | UK* | Germany*
  4. Fee Bros. Whiskey Barrel Aged Bitters | USA | UK | Germany 
  5. Brass knuckles | USA | UK | Germany
  6. Switchblade | USA | UK | Germany

Cocktail recipes

The Influence Cocktail Recipe

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THE INFLUENCE COCKTAIL Recipe

The Influence is a simple Old Fashioned that leans towards the bitter side as opposed to the more traditional sweet. This recipe specifies the bitters in drops, so unless you store your bitters in droppers, try 1-2 shakes for each type of bitters. You can always add more if needed.

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 bottle Underberg Bitters
  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. Wild Turkey Bourbon Whiskey
  • 1 barspoon sugar syrup
  • 9 drops Angostura bitters
  • 9 drops Orange bitters

METHOD

  1. Pour all ingredients into mixing glass with ice cubes and stir well.
  2. Strain and serve in a rocks glass with a large cube.
  3. Garnish with an expressed orange peel.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Underberg | USA | UK | Germany
  2. Bourbon Whisky | USA* | UK*| Germany*
  3. Sugar syrup | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  4. Angostura bitters | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  5. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

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The Salty Bird Cocktail Recipe

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SALTY BIRD COCKTAIL Recipe

The Salty Bird hardly suggests a sweet fruity drink but the name perfectly befits this bittersweet rum-laced pineapple cocktail.

INGREDIENTS

  • 45 ml/ 1 ½ oz. light Rum
  • 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. Campari Italian bitter liqueur
  • 45 ml/ 1 ½ oz. pineapple juice
  • 15 ml/ ½ oz. freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 7,5 ml/ ¼ oz. sugar syrup
  • ½ pinch salt

METHOD

  1. Add all ingredients into cocktail shaker filled with ice.
  2. Shake well and strain into glass half filled with crushed ice.
  3. Garnish with a lime slice.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Bacardi white rum | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Campari | USA | UK* | Germany*
  3. Sugar syrup | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  4. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

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Affinity Cocktail Recipe

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AFFINITY COCKTAIL Recipe

The Affinity cocktail was was fashionable in the 1920s. Thhe Affinity cocktail first appears in “The New York Sun“ on Monday 28th October 1907.

INGREDIENTS

  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. dry Vermouth
  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. red (sweet) Vermouth
  • 60 ml/ 2 oz. Scotch Whisky
  • 2 dashes of Angostura bitters

METHOD

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

NOTES

I’ve noticed that many of the early 1900s cocktails are comprised of liquor mixed with with varying ratios of Vermouths, each one of them with a different flavour profile. Here’s a 2:1:1 ratio drink that follows that classic formula. It’s beautifully classy and it tastes awesome, too.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Martini Rosso | USA | UK* | Germany
  2. Martini Dry | USA | UK* | Germany
  3. Whiskey | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  4. Angostura bitters | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  5. Glasses| USA* | UK* | Germany*

Cocktail recipes

Alaska Cocktail Recipe

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ALASKA COCKTAIL Recipe

The Alaska cocktail is first mentioned in Jacques Straub’s 1914 book “Drinks”. At the time, this described a drink made from Old Tom Gin, Yellow Chartreuse and Orange Bitters. An Alaska cocktail is a twist on a classic martini cocktail. That’s why it’s often colloquially referred to as the “Alaska Martini”. Like many cocktails of its time, the Alaska Martini is now almost a “forgotten” classic, but it is slowly creeping back into people’s consciousness.

INGREDIENTS

  • 45 ml/ 1 ½ oz. Gin (Old Tom)
  • 15 ml/ ½ oz. Yellow Chartreuse
  • 1 dash of Orange bitters

METHOD

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

NOTES

Green Chartreuse (55% alcohol) is the original 1737 green liqueur, made from the 1605 recipe by Chartreuse Monks even today. The colour chartreuse is named after this liqueur.

Yellow Chartreuse (40% alcohol) was introduced in the 1800’s and is a milder, sweeter flavour and aroma than it’s older brother.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Chartreuse | USA | UK* | Germany*
  2. Gin (Old Tom) | USA | UK* | Germany*
  3. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

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Don Alberto Cocktail Recipe

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DON ALBERTO COCKTAIL Recipe

The Don Alberto cocktail is another great recipe with Pisco alongside the famous Pisco Sour. So it’s definitely time I dig up another good Pisco recipe. And that’s good! It’s quite sweet with both Triple sec. and Grenadine, so even those who don’t like stronger drinks should give this one a shot.

INGREDIENTS

  • 45 ml/ 1 ½ oz. Pisco
  • 45 ml/ 1 ½ oz. Italian (red) Vermouth
  • 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. Triple sec.
  • 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. Grenadine

METHOD

  1. Pour all ingredients into a mixing glass filled with ice cubes.
  2. Stil well until well-chilled.
  3. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Martini Rosso | USA | UK* | Germany
  2. Pisco | USA | UK | Germany
  3. Triple Sec. liqueur | USA | UK*| Germany*
  4. Grenadine syrup | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  5. Glasses| USA* | UK* | Germany*

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Wimbledon Martini Cocktail Recipe

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WIMBLEDON MARTINI COCKTAIL Recipe

The Wimbledon Martini cocktail was created in London sometime during the 1990s when every cocktail served in a V-shaped glass was called a Martini. It takes some time getting through the fine strainer, but when you do it’s simply strawberries and cream with the faintest hint of alcohol. Wimbledon is all about strawberries and cream.

INGREDIENTS

  • 45 ml/ 1 ½ oz. light Rum
  • 45 ml/ 1 ½ oz. Strawberry liqueur
  • 7,5 ml/ ¼ oz. sugar syrup
  • 15 ml/ ½ oz. cream
  • 3 fresh small ripe strawberries

MEHOD

  1. Muddle the strawberries in base of shaker.
  2. Add the other ingredients.
  3. Add ice and shake well.
  4. Fine strain into chilled glass.
  5. Garnish with a strawberry and a mint sprig.

NOTES

The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly known simply as Wimbledon or The Championships, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877 and is played on outdoor grass courts.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Bacardi white rum | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Strawberry liqueur | USA | UK* | Germany*
  3. Sugar syrup | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  4. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*