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
Pour all ingredients into a mixing glass filled with ice cubes.
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.
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
Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake.
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
Rim a highball glass with the Tajín and fill with ice.
Pour in the Gin and top with the Schöfferhofer grapefruit beer.
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.
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!
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
Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker, except the Champagne.
Add ice and shake well.
Fine strain into chilled glass.
Top with Champagne.
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.
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.
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
Pour all ingredients into a mixing glass filled with ice cubes.
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
Muddle the red grapes slightly in base of shaker.
Add the other ingredients (exept the Champagne) and ice into shaker.
Daiquiri is a family of cocktails whose main ingredients are Rum, citrus juice (typically lime juice) and sugar or other sweetener. Here is my recipe of the Passion Fruit Daiquiri cocktail.
INGREDIENTS
60 ml/ 2 oz. Havana Club 3 Year Old Rum
15 ml / ½ oz. freshly squeezed lime juice
15 ml / ½ oz. sugar syrup
1 ½ fresh passion fruit
METHOD
Cut passion fruits in half and scoop out flesh into shaker (saving one half for garnish)
Add other ingredients into shaker with ice cubes and shake well.
Fine strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish with float half passion fruit.
NOTES
In addition to the Mojito, the Daiquiri is the most famous cocktail from Cuba
