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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*

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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*

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Piranha Cocktail Recipe

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PIRANHA COCKTAIL Recipe

The Piranha cocktail is a simple alternative to “Vodka and Coke” and though it only adds one more ingredient, it’s more of a drink because it requires just a bit more effort. The ratios are simple, too, so it’s easy to make quickly. Here’s a grown-up-chocolate-Coke, otherwise known as a Piranha.

INGREDIENTS

  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. Vodka
  • 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. Crème de cacau (brown)
  • 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. cola

METHOD

  1. Combine the Vodka and Crème de cacao in an old fashioned glass half-full with ice.
  2. . Stir vigorously.
  3. Add the cola.
  4. Serve and enjoy.

NOTES

My favourite cocktail with cola is the Fernandito or Fernet con coca (“Fernet and Coke”), which is a long drink of Argentine origin.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Smirnoff Vodka | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Crème de cacau | USA | UK* | Germany*
  3. Coca Cola | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  4. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

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Le Forum Cocktail Recipe

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LE FORUM COCKTAIL Recipe

Le Forum is the name of a cocktail bar in Paris / France and it’s also the name of the signature cocktail from that bar. It’s a combination of aromatic Gin, dry French Vermouth (Noilly Prat extra dry is typically the choice), and a splash of the French orange liqueur, Grand Mariner. Serve it chilled, straight up, in a Martini glass.

INGREDIENTS

  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. Noilly Prat dry vermouth
  • 45 ml/ 1 ½ oz. dry Gin
  • 1 splash of Grand Marnier

METHOD

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

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Tanqueray Gin | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Noilly Prat | USA |UK | Germany
  3. Grand Marnier | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  4. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

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Dolce Vita Cocktail Recipe

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DOLCE VITA COCKTAIL Recipe

The Dolce Vita cocktail is complex yet easy to drink, with a touch of fizz that adds something sparkling. The cocktail was created in Isola, London, England in 2002.

INGREDIENTS

  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. Vodka
  • 1 spoon Honey
  • 1 dash Orange bitters
  • Prosecco sparkling wine
  • 4 Green grapes (seedless)

METHOD

  1. Muddle the grapes in base of shaker.
  2. Add Vodka, honey and bitters.
  3. Add ice and shake well.
  4. Fine strain into chilled glass.
  5. Top with Prosecco.
  6. Garnish with a lemon zest twist.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Smirnoff Vodka | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Prosecco | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  3. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

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Paper Plane Cocktail Recipe

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PAPER PLANE COCKTAIL Recipe

The Paper Plane cocktail is an IBA official cocktail. Developed around 2007 by Sasha Petraske and Sam Ross of Milk & Honey for their former colleague Toby Maloney’s Chicago bar The Violet Hour, the recipe is a riff on the classic Last Word. The cocktail consists of equal parts Bourbon Whiskey, Aperol, Amaro Nonino, and lemon juice. The cocktail’s name is a reference to the M.I.A. track “Paper Planes,” which was apparently a guilty pleasure of Petraske’s.        

INGREDIENTS

  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. Amaro Nonino
  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. Aperol
  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. Bourbon Whiskey
  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice

METHOD

  1. Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake.
  2. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Bourbon Whisky | USA* | UK*| Germany*
  2. Aperol | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  3. Amaro Nonino | USA | UK | Germany
  4. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

 

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Bodega Dog Cocktail Recipe

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BODEGA DOG COCKTAIL Recipe

The classic cocktail of Gin and grapefruit is called a Greyhound. Add a salt rim and it’s a Salty Dog. Mess it up with grapefruit beer and spicy seasoning salt and you get a Bodega Dog.

INGREDIENTS

  • 60 ml/ 2 oz. Gin
  • 120 ml/ 4 oz. Schöfferhofer grapefruit beer
  • Tajín Clásico seasoning

METHOD

  1. Rim a highball glass with the Tajín and fill with ice.
  2. Pour in the Gin and top with the Schöfferhofer grapefruit beer.
  3. Garnish with a slice of grapefruit.

NOTES

Schöfferhofer is a German beer brand. The Hofbierbrauerei Schöfferhof was a brewery based in Mainz, Germany. In 1921, however, the Schöfferhof brewery merged with the Binding breweries and the Frankfurt Bürgerbrauerei to form Schöfferhof-Binding-Bürgerbräu AG. Today Schöfferhofer is a brand of the Binding Brewery and therefore part of the Radeberger Group.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Tanqueray Gin | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Schöfferhofer Grapefruit Beer | USA | UK | Germany
  3. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

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Damn It Jimmy Cocktail Recipe

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DAMN IT JIMMY COCKTAIL Recipe

In 2008, the bartender was playing around with Sake at the Cabinet Room in London and so the Damn It Jimmy cocktail was born. He himself calls it “probably the best drink he has developed” and, as he was thinking what to call the cocktail, the track he was listening to ended and the singer exclaimed, “Damn it Jimmy” to his fellow artists, expressing how good the track was. The cocktail was named! 

INGREDIENTS

  • 45 ml/ 1 ½ oz. Sake
  • 45 ml/ 1 ½ oz. light Rum
  • 7,5 ml/ ¼ oz. Fino Sherry
  • 7,5 ml/ ¼ oz. Martini Extra Dry Vermouth
  • 5 ml/ ⅙ oz. sugar syrup

METHOD

  1. Fill a mixing glass ⅔ full off ice.
  2. Add the ingredients and stir until chilled.
  3. Strain into chilled cocktail glass.
  4. Garnish with an olive.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Bacardi white rum | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Sake | USA | UK | Germany
  3. Martini Vermouth | USA | UK* | Germany
  4. Sherry | USA | UK | Germany
  5. Sugar syrup | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  6. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*