Park Avenue
2oz Gin
1/2oz Grand Marnier
1/2oz Sweet Vermouth
1oz Pineapple Juice
Shake all Ingredients with Ice and fine strain into a Coupe
The scent screams oranges, you definitely know that there is Grand Marnier in the Cocktail; However, on the palette there is only a small trace of orange, the pineapple although subtle brings sweetness and rounds the otherwise strong floral flavours of the gin.
Caribbean Cruise
1 1/2 Bacardi
1 1/2 Malibu
4oz Pineapple Juice
1 tsp Grenadine
Shake all ingredients with Ice
Strain into a Collins glass with Ice
Garnish with a Pineapple Wedge
Coconut and Pineapple, that is all that I can tell you about this cocktail! The rum has a very subtle role in this drink, it barely even shows, it only in the minutes after you swallow that you are left with a rum flavour.
Cointreau Blush
1 1/2oz Cointreau
1/2oz Lime Juice
2oz Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice
1.5oz Soda
Build over Ice in a Rocks Glass
Garnish with a Grape Fruit Wedge
A refreshingly fruity cocktail without syrupy sweetness, a classy cocktail.Ruby Red juice is fantastic, I have only recently been able to find it in supermarkets and I wish I had sooner, its a great addition to many cocktails and tastes amazing on its own.
Absinthe Sour
1oz Absinthe
1oz Simple Syrup
1oz Lemon Juice
1/2 Egg White
Dry Shake all ingredients
Add Ice, and Shake
Double Strain into a Sours Glass (or Goblet/Old Fashioned)
Garnish with a Lemon Twist
I acquired a large amount of glassware from a bar that has been recently renovated; In hindsight most of the glasses are ugly and the majority of them useless. This glass however, caught my eye and I instantly knew it would be perfect for a Sour. With the next few days off, I though it was a good idea to start off the day with some absinthe.
With sweet notes that quickly morph into a sour attack on the sides of your tongue, this cocktail’s silky textured liquid slides down a treat and leaves behind the dominant anise flavours of Absinthe.
The Bramble
1 1/2oz Gin
3/4oz Lemon Juice
1/2oz Simple Syrup
3/4oz Creme de Mure (or Creme de Cassis, if Mure is not available)
Fill a rocks glass with Crushed ice
Pour Gin, Lemon Juice and Simple Syrup over the ice and stir
Drizzle the Creme de Mure over the top of the cocktail
Garnish with a Lemon wedge and 2 raspberries
This is one of the cocktails I have always found visually appealing, and have always wanted to make, yet simply it is never on my mind when I’m making cocktails. I finally decided to break my posting drought and bring you a rather popular cocktail.
The Bramble is a very simple cocktail that uses widely available ingredients, and takes very little time to prepare. In fact, its dead bloody simple.
I did not mix the Creme de Mure with the rest of the cocktail before I started drinking it, which resulted in the top of the cocktail tasting slightly tart and having strong (but very pleasant) flavours of the Martin Millers Gin that I used; As I approached the read:dreaded the bottom of the glass, the cocktail became quite sweet and fruity, there were still traces of the gin and lemon juice, however they were heavily subdued.
A cocktail for the warm Summer or Spring months.
In Search of a Cocktail has been lost the the deepest depths of the internet for a few months now, this all happened when the company that was hosting the blog decided that I had breached their Terms and Conditions and without notifying me, deleted all of my data. All it took was one click and *poof* months of reviews and cocktails vanished; Quite depressing.
All this occurred as I moved into a new house, no internet and little free time to find a solution. In fact during this time, I had a bit of cocktail downtime, It is only now, after a lot of hard work that I have restored this blog to its former ‘glory?’
What else has happened in this time? I have a new job, at a newly refurbished bar that serves cocktails with fresh ingredients and attracts a higher standard of clientele; A good move on my behalf!
I owe a few people reviews and even a few drinks, so to anyone that has missed the blog, I apologize. I will be topping up the site with some new cocktails very soon.
Welcome to the blog v1.5
Carl
Bat Bite
The Mash Bill:
2oz Light Rum
1oz Creme de Framboise
2oz Cranberry Juice
1/2oz Lime Juice
The Work Order:
My Thoughts:
A sour, yet sugary drink with fruity berry flavours, not an exceptional cocktail, but far from horrible, refreshing on a hot day
Mary Queen of Scots Cocktail
The Mash Bill:
1 1/2oz Scotch
3/4oz Green Chartreuse
3/4oz Drambuie
The Work Order:
My Thoughts:
A great scotch cocktail for after dinner. Slightly viscous, this cocktail imparts strong, long lasting flavours of herbs and smoked wood. Best to skip this one if you are not a fan of scotch.
A1 Cocktail
The Mash Bill:
1 3/4oz Gin
1oz Gran Marnier
1/4oz Lemon Juice
1/8oz Grenadine
The Work Order:
So..
My hosting company decided to do something with their DNS or Webserver (could be either) that rendered my site inaccessable. Brilliant.
However it is now up again and working fine!
Check back soon for some new recipes.
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