Southside Cocktail Recipe

SOUTHSIDE COCKTAIL Recipe

The Southside or South Side cocktail is made with gin, lime juice simple syrup and mint. Its origins are subject to speculation. It has been proposed that it gets its name from either the South Side district of the citty of Chicage or from the Southside Sportsmen`s Club on Long Island.

INGREDIENTS

  • 60 ml/ 2 oz. Gin
  • 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. lime juice
  • 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. simple syrup
  • 10 – 12 mint leaves

METHOD

  1. Combine all ingredients except mint into a cocktail shaker, fill shaker with ice, and shake well.
  2. Open the shaker and add the mint, leaving one mint leaf around the size of your thumb for garnish.
  3. Close the cocktail shaker and roll the mint leaves from one end of the shaker to the other so as to gently release the mint oils but not to bruise the leaves.
  4. Strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with a mint leaf.

NOTES

The cocktail may have been the preferred beverage of Al Capone, whose gang dominated Chicago’s South Side.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Tanqueray Gin | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Sugar syrup | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  3. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

Zombie Cocktail Recipe

ZOMBIE COCKTAIL Recipe

The Zombie (originally also Zombie Punch) is a very strong cocktail made from rum and fruit juices, which was named after its effect on the consumer and is one of the most famous tiki drinks. The Zombie first appeared as Zombie Punch in the 1930s and goes back to Donn Beach (actually Ernest Raymond Beaumont-Gannt), an entrepreneur who owned, among other things, the Don the Beachcomber restaurant in Hollywood. He allegedly mixed it one afternoon in 1934 for a hungover friend who stopped by this restaurant before leaving for San Francisco. After killing three zombies, he left again. When he returned several days later, he said he had felt like an undead throughout the flight, hence the name zombie.

INGREDIENTS

  • 45 ml/ 1½ oz. Bermuda Black rum
  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. Gold Jamaican rum
  • 20 ml / ¾ oz. overproof rum
  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. pineapple juice
  • 20 ml / ¾ oz. lime juice, freshly sqeezed
  • 15 ml/ ½ oz. Falernum
  • 5 ml/ ⅙ oz. Grenadine syrup
  • 1 dash Angostura bitters
  • 6 drops Pernod

METHOD

  1. Add all ingredients into an electric blender with crushed ice.
  2. Blend for a few seconds.
  3. Serve in a tall tumbler glass.
  4. Garnish with a pinapple slice and a mint sprig.

NOTES

There are many Zombie recipes that essentially have in common that they contain at least three, but often five or six types of rum, including high-proof over 70% by volume. Further ingredients can be fruit liqueurs and various types of fruit juices. The smooth, fruity taste then causes the high alcohol content of the drink to be disguised.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Bacardi Carta Oro rum | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Bacard Carta Negra rum | USA | UK* | Germany*
  3. Falernum | USA | UK* | Germany*
  4. Pernod| USA |UK | Germany
  5. Grenadine syrup | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  6. Angostura bitters | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  7. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

Painkiller Cocktail Recipe

PAINKILLER COCKTAIL Recipe

The Painkiller is a cocktail with Pusser’s rum. Traditionally, dark rum, orange juice, pineapple juice and coconut syrup are mixed first, then shaved ice is added and finally some nutmeg is rubbed on it. The Painkiller is the official cocktail of the British Virgin Islands. It was invented in the 1970s at the Soggy Dollar Bar on Jost Van Dyke Island.

INGREDIENTS

  • 15 ml/ ½ oz. orange juice
  • 15 ml/ ½ oz. cream of coconut
  • 60 ml/ 2 oz. pineapple juice
  • for Painkiller #2: 30 ml/ 1 oz. Pusser’s Rum
  • for Painkiller #3: 45 ml/ 1 ½ oz. Pusser’s Rum
  • for Painkiller #4: 60 ml/ 2 oz. Pusser’s Rum
  • crushed ice

METHOD

  1. Pour ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice.
  2. Shake well and strain into highball glass filled with crushed ice.
  3. Sprinkle with fresh ground nutmeg.
  4. Garnish with pineapple wedge.

NOTES

The name of the Soggy Dollar Bar comes from the fact that there is no dock and you can only get there by swimming, so the dollars get wet on the way. Owner Daphne Henderson had the cocktail with Pusser’s rum on her menu and Pusser’s founder Charles Tobias thought the cocktail was so good that he later adopted it. The Painkiller Signature Drink from Pusser’s is now known around the world.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Pusser’s rum | USA | UK | Germany
  2. Coconut syrup | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  3. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

Irish Margarita Recipe

IRISH MARGARITA COCKTAIL Recipe

Green Cocktail for St. Patrick ‘ s Day

This is for you the perfect Irish Margarita recipe for St. Patrick’s Day! Fruity and sweet, this green cocktail will win you over with its tropical flavor, emerald green color and brown sugar rim. Forget the green beer!

INGREDIENTS

  • 60 ml/ 2 oz. Tequila Reposado
  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. Blue Curaçao
  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. Peachtree liqueur
  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. Irish whiskey
  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. Aperol
  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. lime juice
  • 60 ml/ 2 oz. pineapple juice

METHOD

  1. Put a sugar rim with brown sugar on your glass.
  2. Pour all ingredients into shaker with ice.
  3. Shake well and strain into cocktail glass rimmed with brown sugar.

NOTES

Every year the Irish and now almost the whole world celebrate St. Patrick`s Day. On March 17th, green is the predominant color of Irish people celebrating all over the world; in some cities, the rivers are even colored green on St. Patrick’s Day. On this occasion, here is a great green cocktail for St. Patrick`s Day called Irish Margarita.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Tequila Reposado | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Blue Curaçao liqueur | USA | UK* | Germany*
  3. Whiskey | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  4. Aperol | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  5. Glasses | USA * | UK* | Germany*

Fourth Degree Cocktail Recipe

FOURTH DEGREE COCKTAIL Recipe

The Fourth Degree cocktail is a bit sweet, but the flavors are deep, multi-layered and complex. You will get herbal and anise notes, but also surprising hints of fruit, chocolate and almond. The aroma of herbs and lemon peel is just as delightful. And, due to the large proportion of vermouth, the drink isn’t too strong.

INGREDIENTS

  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. Gin (Old Tom)
  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. French Vermouth (Noilly Prat)
  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. Italian Vermouth (Martini bianco)
  • 4 dashes Absinthe
  • 1 cherry

METHOD

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

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Gin (Old Tom) | USA | UK* | Germany*
  2. Martini vermouth | USA | UK* | Germany
  3. Noilly Prat | USA |UK | Germany
  4. Absinthe | USA | UK* | Germany*
  5. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

Jasmine Cocktail Recipe

JASMINE COCKTAIL Recipe

The Jasmine cocktail was invented in San Francisco in 1992. The former bartender Paul Harrington, who later worked as an architect, was asked for a new drink by an acquaintance. The Jasmine cocktail is mainly characterized by the fact that the interplay of gin, Cointreau, Campari and lemon juice is reminiscent of one thing: the taste of grapefruit. If you taste it the Jasmine cocktail is always a surprise.

INGREDIENTS

  • 45 ml/ 1½ oz. Gin
  • 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 7,5 ml/ ¼ oz. Campari
  • 7,5 ml/ ¼ oz. Cointreau

METHOD

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

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Bombay Sapphire Gin | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Campari | USA | UK* | Germany*
  3. Cointreau orange liqueur | USA * | UK* | Germany*
  4. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

Algonquin Cocktail Recipe

ALGONQUIN COCKTAIL Recipe

The Algonquin cocktail is one of several classic cocktails served in New York City`s Algonquin Hotel in the 1930s. Its true origins were lost in time. The drink is probably the first cocktail to combine rye whiskey with pineapple juice.

INGREDIENTS

  • 45 ml/ 1½ oz. Rye Whiskey
  • 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. Martini Bianco vermouth
  • 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. pineapple juice
  • 1 dash Peychaud`s bitters

METHOD

  1. Add all ingredients into shaker with ice and shake.
  2. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
  3. Garnish with a pineapple wedge and a marschino cherry.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Rye Whiskey | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Martini vermouth | USA | UK* | Germany
  3. Peychaud`s bitters | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  4. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

Tailspin Cocktail Recipe

How to make the Tailspin Cocktail

The Tailspin is a lovely little cocktail similar to the Negroni. And everyone loves a Negroni. This variation on the classic washes the glass with Campari, while Green Charteuse adds rich texture and potent herbaceousness.

INGREDIENTS

  • 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. Gin
  • 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. Martini rosso sweet vermouth
  • 22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. Green Chartreuse
  • 1 tsp. Campari

METHOD

  1. Chill coupe glass, rinse with Campari, and pour off extra liquid.
  2. Combine gin, sweet vermouth and Green Chartreuse in a mixing glass with ice.
  3. Stir and strain into coupe glass.
  4. Express lemon peel over top and drop in the glass.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Campari | USA | UK* | Germany*
  2. Tanqueray Gin | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  3. Martini Rosso | USA | UK* | Germany*
  4. Chartreuse | USA | UK* | Germany*
  5. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

Russian Spring Punch Cocktail Recipe

RUSSIAN SPRING PUNCH Cocktail

The Russian Spring Punch cocktail was created in London, England by Dick Bradsell in the 1980s. He claims not to remember which bar he was working at at the time, but tells the story of how he created the recipe for personal friends wishing to hold a cocktail party while minimizing the amount of money they had to spend on alcohol. Participants were provided with the vodka, cassis, sugar syrup and lemon juice, and were asked to bring their own Prosecco. It is named for the russian vodka, and the John Collins, which is a spring drink.

INGREDIENTS

  • 30 ml/ 1 oz. vodka
  • 15 ml/ ½ oz. Crème de Cassis
  • 15 ml/ ½ oz. lemon juice, freshly sqeezed
  • 10 ml / ¼ oz.  sugar syrup
  • 60 ml/ 2 oz. Prosecco

METHOD

  1. Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker, except the Prosecco.
  2. Shake well with ice, strain into chilled tall tumbler glass filled with ice.
  3. Top up with Prosecco.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Absolut vodka | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Crème de Cassis | USA | UK* | Germany*
  3. Prosecco | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  4. Sugar cane syrup | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  5. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

Irish Mule Cocktail Recipe

How to make the Irish Mule cocktail

The Irish Mule cocktail is a whiskey-based spin on the Moscow mule, a classic cocktail invented in the 1940’s. When it was first invented, this drink may have been a ploy to sell vodka, ginger beer and copper mugs. The mule is part of a family of cocktails called bucks: drinks made with ginger beer or ale, citrus juice, and liquor. So a Moscow mule is a vodka buck, and an Irish mule is a whiskey buck!

INGREDIENTS

  • 60 ml/ 2 oz. Irish whiskey
  • 15 ml/ ½ oz. lime juice, freshly squeezed
  • 180 ml/ 6 oz. Ginger Beer
  • lime wedges

METHOD

  1. Squeeze lime juice into a Moscow Mule mug (or a Collins glass) and drop in the spent shell.
  2. Add 2 or 3 ice cubes, then pour in the Irish whiskey and fill with cold ginger beer (not ginger ale, although what the hell).
  3. Garnish with a mint sprig.

NOTES

And here are my recipes of Moscow Mule and a special X-mas mule recipe.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Whiskey | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Ginger Beer | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  3. Moscow Mule Mug | USA* | UK* | Germany*