The World Of Cocktails
The French Connection is a cocktail made with equal parts of Cognac and Amaretto liqueur. The cocktail is named for the Gene Hackman film of the same name.
Kir is a popular French cocktail made with a measure of Crème de Cassis (blackcurrant liqueur) topped up with white wine. Besides the basic Kir, a number of variations exist.
Here ist he basic Kir recipe served in a wine glass.
Kir Royal is a French cocktail, a variation on Kir. It consists of Crème de Cassis topped with Champagne, rather than the white wine used in traditional Kir. The Kir Royal is typically served in a flute glass.
The Kir Berrichon is made with a combination of red wine and blackberry liqueur. The drink is named after Berrichon, a French dialect spoken in the Berry province.
A rather unusual hot cocktail is probably the Hot Pint from Scotland. In this cocktail, black beer, whiskey and egg yolk are mixed together. You can test when you are cold, but you don’t have to.
The Hot Pint cocktail is particularly suitable for black beer lovers.
The other day my architect Lutz came to me and told me that he had had a great cocktail: the Dune Daiquiri with sea buckthorn. So it doesn’t always have to be a normal Daiquiri. Here is Lutz’s recipe:
Daiquiri is a family of cocktails whose main ingredients are rum, citrus juice (typicall lime juice), and sugar or other sweetener.
The Mai Tai is a cocktail based on rum, curaçau liqueur, orgeat syrup and lime juice. It is one of the quintessential cocktails in Tiki culture. So the Mai Tai, like the zombie, is a tiki drink. This means that it by no means comes from Hawaii, the South Seas or Polynesia, but was created in the continental USA to serve romantic clichés about an exotic island paradise.
The Mai Tai became such a popular cocktail in the 1950s–60s that many restaurants, particularly tiki-themed restaurants or bars, served them. The Mai Tai was also prominently featured in the 1961 Elvis Presley film Blue Hawaii
The Red Snapper cocktail is gin’s answer to the Bloody Mary. In my opinion, it works better too – a quick-witted, articulate riposte if you will. It’s a tall, refreshing pick-me-up and a much more civilised hair of the dog remedy than the Corpse Reviver #2. This is a drink that was designed with 11am on Sunday in mind, and as such has been hijacked by the brunch munching masses. Next time you feel the fatigue wrought by too much dancing, try the Red Snapper.
The drinking of cocktails as a morning drink to revitalize has a long tradition. While today morning consumption is classified as a sign of an advanced alcoholic disease and in particular the re-introduction of alcohol in response to a hangover is not recommended, morning consumption of alcoholic beverages such as cocktails was not uncommon until the late 19th century.
You are looking for a festive cocktail to celebrate New Year´s Eve 2020? Look no further! The Confetti Champagne cocktail is about as exciting as a cocktail can be, thanks to it’s Pop Rocks rim.
Even if 2020 wasn’t always easy, I was able to visit many great bars with really extraordinary people. I can only recommend all of these cocktail bars to drink a great cocktail when you are in the area.
Christina, Dora, Dini, Vera, Erez, Everwood, Greg, Jusuf, Knud, Tisho, Yannis and all the other people who helped me.
My X-mas cocktail of 2020 is called Spicy Pomegranate Moscow Mule Cocktail. We need vodka mixed with fresh lime juice, a squeeze of grapefruit juice, pomegranate juice, spicy jalapeños, and topped off with ginger beer for a touch of sweetness and a little bit of bubbly. It’s both festive and warming, perfect for X-Mas and cold winter nights.
And here is the recipe of Moscow Mule not in X-mas times…
The Dark & Stormy cocktail is a highball cocktail made with dark rum (the “dark”) and ginger beer (the “stormy”) served over ice and garnished with a slice of lime.
As one of the very few well-known cocktails, his name is protected by trademark law and has been the subject of legal disputes several times.