Cocktail recipes

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*

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Old Cuban Cocktail Recipe

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OLD CUBAN COCKTAIL Recipe

The Old Cuban cocktail is a Rum, lime, mint and Champagne cocktail. It is considered a refined short drink variant of the classic and popular long drink Mojito (white Rum, lime, mint, sugar, sparkling water), as it is infused with Champagne instead of soda water. In contrast to the Mojito, however, it is not white Rum that is used, but rather dark, mature Rum, which is served in a cocktail or champagne glass along with additional Angostura bitters.

INGREDIENTS

  • 45 ml/ 1 ½ oz. aged Rum
  • 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. simple syrup
  • 2 dashes Angostura bitters
  • 60 ml/ 2 oz. Brut Champagne or Prosecco
  • 6 – 8 mint leaves

METHOD

  1. Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker, except the Champagne.
  2. Add ice and shake well.
  3. Fine strain into chilled glass.
  4. Top with Champagne.
  5. Garnish with mint sprigs.

NOTES

The Old Cuban is one of the few well-known cocktails whose history of origin is understandable and undisputed, because the recipe was only published in 2002. It was created by bartender Audrey Saunders, who has been running the New York bar Pegu Club since 2005. A little later, the drink could be found on bar menus worldwide and, at least in Germany, is one of the top sellers in upscale bars. The drink is “extremely tasty and incredibly fresh”, and whoever drinks one usually has more to follow, according to several bartenders.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Bacardi Rum | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Sugar syrup | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  3. Champagne | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  4. Angostura bitters | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  5. Glasses | USA * | UK* | Germany*

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Martini Fiero Lemonade Cocktail Recipe

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MARTINI FIERO LEMONADE COCKTAIL Recipe

In my opinion, the Martini Fiero Lemonade cocktail is a really great summer cocktail. The main ingredient is Martini Fiero, a new Vermouth from the world-renowned Italian producer from Turin. In addition to the obligatory wormwood herb, fruity blood oranges are also used in its production, which give Martini Fiero its unique character. In the glass, Fiero shines with a lush red color.

INGREDIENTS

  • 60 ml/ 2 oz. Martini Fiero
  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. grapefruit juice
  • 20 ml/ ¾ oz. lemon juice
  • 5 ml/ ⅙ oz. sugar syrup
  • soda water
  • ice cubes

METHOD

  1. Fill the glass with ice.
  2. Add Martini Fiero, juices and syrup.
  3. Stir.
  4. Top with soda water.
  5. Garnish with a grapefruit wedge and a mint sprig.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Martini Fiero| USA | UK | Germany
  2. Grapefruit juice | USA | UK | Germany
  3. Soda water | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  4. Sugar syrup | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  5. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany

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Apotheke Cocktail Recipe

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APOTHEKE COCKTAIL Recipe

Nobody knows exactly where the drink comes from. The name suggests that the crazy mix comes from Germany. One does not know. Barely any bartender knows the recipe these days. The great days of the Apotheke (German for “pharmacy”) cocktail are over. However, if you like Fernet Branca, you should try the cocktail once. Legend!

INGREDIENTS

  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. Fernet Branca
  • 20 ml/ ¾ oz. Vermouth rosso
  • 10 ml/ ⅓ oz. Crème de menthe (green)

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.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Fernet Branca | USA | UK | Germany
  2. Martini Rosso | USA | UK* | Germany
  3. Crème de menthe (green) | USA | UK* | Germany*
  4. Glasses | USA * | UK* | Germany*

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Andean Dusk Cocktail

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ANDEAN DUSK COCKTAIL Recipe

In order not to forget that Pisco is made from grapes, an entire drink was dedicated to the fruit at the Andean Dusk cocktail. The fresh grapes experience an encounter with the double-fermented grape must from Champagne and the distilled wine from Chile or Peru. A great champagne cocktail that you should definitely try.

INGREDIENTS

  • 45 ml/ 1 ½ oz. Pisco
  • 20 ml/ ¾ oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 20 ml/ ¾ oz. sugar syrup
  • 4 fresh red grapes (seedless)
  • Champagne Rosé

METHOD

  1. Muddle the red grapes slightly in base of shaker.
  2. Add the other ingredients (exept the Champagne) and ice into shaker.
  3. Shake it!
  4. Fine strain into chilled cocktail glass.
  5. Top with the Champagne Rosé.
  6. Garnish with red grapes.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Pisco | USA | UK | Germany
  2. Champagne | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  3. Sugar syrup | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  4. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*