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Godfather Cocktail Recipe

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Godfather Cocktail

The Godfather cocktail is a 1970s-era drink, named for the popular film “The Godfather” and it is often made with equal parts of Whiskey and Amaretto, but my version dials down the sweetness. And I take instead of Scotch whiskey a smoky Whisky from Ireland, because it tastes better in my opinion.

INGREDIENTS

  • 60 ml/ 2 oz. Whiskey
  • 20 ml/ ¾ oz. Amaretto

METHOD

  1. Fill a mixing glass ⅔ full off ice.
  2. Add the ingredients and stir until chilled.
  3. Strain into an ice-filled rocks glas.

NOTES

My version of the Godfather uses a 3-to-1 ratio of whiskey to amaretto. This will produce a sweet drink, but not as sweet as the 1-to-1 ratio suggested by amaretto producer Disarrono. Certainly, they prefer that you use lots of their liqueur. The company even used to claim that their version was Marlon Brando’s favorite cocktail.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Smoky Whiskey | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Amaretto | USA | UK * | Germany*
  3. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

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Barracuda Cocktail Recipe

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BARRACUDA COCKTAIL Recipe

Barracuda is not only the name of an island and a lake, there is also a great Barracuda cocktail which I would like to introduce to you in my cocktail blog. The Barracuda cocktailis an alcoholic cocktail based on gold Rum, Galliano liqueur, pineapple juice, fresh limee juice and top with Prosecco.

INGREDIENTS

  • 45 ml/ 1 ½ oz. gold Rum
  • 15 ml/ ½ oz. Galliano liqueur
  • 60 ml/ 2 oz. pineapple juice
  • 1 dash fresh lime juice
  • Top with Prosecco

METHOD

  1. Shake pour ingredients with ice.
  2. Strain into chilled glass.
  3. Top with Prosecco.

NOTES

Use the Galliano L’Autentico liqueur for the Barracuda cocktail, not the Galliano Vanilla liqueur.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Bacardi Carta Oro rum | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Prosecco | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  3. Galliano | USA | UK * | Germany*
  4. Glasses | USA * | UK* | Germany*

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Champagne Cocktail Recipe

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CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL Recipe

Perhaps the Champagne cocktail was somewhat over-hyped, but this classic cocktail remains as popular as ever. Starts bone dry and becomes slightly sweeter as you reach the dissolving cube at the bottom, depending on how briskly you drink of course.

INGREDIENTS

  • 90 ml/ 3 oz. Champagne
  • 10 ml/ ⅓ oz. Cognac
  • 2 dashes Angostura bitters
  • 1 sugar cube

METHOD

  1. Add 2 dashes of Angostura bitter onto sugar cube and drop it into champagne flute.
  2. Add cognac followed by gently pouring chilled champagne.
  3. Garnish with a lemon twist.

NOTES

This simple classic cocktail is the best way to improve a flute of bubbly.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Champagne | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Cognac Remy Martin VSOP | USA * | UK* | Germany*
  3. Angostura bitters | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  4. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

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Tuxedo Cocktail Recipe

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TUXEDO COCKTAIL Recipe

The Tuxedo cocktail is composed of gin, Vermouth dry, maraschino liqueur, Absinthe and orange bitters. Related to the Martini cocktail, the Tuxedo has had many variations since its inception in the 1880s.

INGREDIENTS

  • 45 ml/ 1 ½ oz. Gin (Old Tom)
  • 45 ml/ 1 ½ oz. Vermouth dry
  • ½ barspoon maraschino liqueur
  • ½ barspoon Absinthe
  • 3 dashes orange bitters

METHOD

  1. Stir all ingredients in an ice filled mixing glass.
  2. Strain into chilled cocktail glass.
  3. Garnish with with a cherry and a twist of lemon zest.

NOTES

The cocktail is named after the Tuxedo Club in Orange Country (New York) where it was first mixed. Tuxedo Park, the planned community where the club was built, is itself a derivation of the Lenape word tucseto. The form of menswear by the same name originated at the same country club around the same time.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Gin (Old Tom) | USA | UK* | Germany*
  2. Martini Dry | USA | UK* | Germany*
  3. Maraschino liqueur | USA | UK* | Germany*
  4. Absinthe | USA | UK* | Germany*
  5. Orange bitters |USA*| UK* | Germany*
  6. Glasses| USA* | UK* | Germany*

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Hallon-Lakrits Cocktail Recipe

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Hallon-Lakrits Cocktail

On my trip to Stockholm in Sweden in July 2019, I got to know many Swedish cocktails. The Hallon-Lakrits cocktail is a festive candy drink that tastes just as the Swedish name promises – raspberries and licorice. So, just like the popular raspberry peel. Worth mentioning is also that this is a drink that one can very easily vary to adapt to their own taste preferences. This stated recipe is only a good basic recipe.

INGREDIENTS

  • 60 ml/ 2 oz. Sourz Raspberry
  • 10 ml/ ⅓ oz. Pernod
  • 20 ml/ ¾ oz. Grenadine  
  • 10 ml/ ⅓ oz. lemon juice
  • 80 ml/ 2 ¾ oz. Sodawater

METHOD

  1. Fill a glass half with crushed ice.
  2. Add Sourz Raspberry, Pernod, Grenadine and lemon juice.
  3. Stir so that everything mixes.
  4. Add the soda water and fill the rest of the glass with ice.
  5. Stir slightly and garnish with a lakrits stick.

NOTES

It’s all about finding a balance in the flavors you like. If you think it’s too low in licorice, you can easily increase the amount of Pernod. If you want the drink a little sweeter, you can try to use Seven Up or Sprite instead of soda. Since they are a little sweeter, you may need to add some extra lemon juice. Do not be afraid to try different variants.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Raspberry Sourz | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Pernod | USA | UK* | Germany*
  3. Grenadine | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  4. Soda water | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  5. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

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Long Island Iced Tea Cocktail Recipe

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LONG ISLAND ICED TEA

The Long Island Iced Tea (also: Long Island Ice Tea) is a type of alcoholic mixed drink typically made with vodka, tequila, light rum, triple sec, gin, juice and a splash of cola, which gives the drink the same amber hue as its namesake. Although its name suggests this, it does not contain tea, but it looks like iced tea because of the cola it contains. The five “white” (clear) spirits rum, vodka, gin, tequila and triple sec. are, usually in equal proportions, added with juice to a large long drink or fancy glass filled with ice cubes and a splash of cola. Lastly, it is decorated with the lemon slice and a straw, after stirring with bar spoon smoothly.

INGREDIENTS

  • 20 ml/ ¾ oz. white Rum
  • 20 ml/ ¾ oz. Vodka
  • 20 ml/ ¾ oz. Gin
  • 20 ml/ ¾ oz. Tequila
  • 20 ml/ ¾ oz. Triple Sec.
  • 10 ml/ ¼ oz. lemon juice
  • Top half with orange juice and half with Cola

METHOD

  1. Add all ingredients into highball glass filled with ice.
  2. Stir gently.
  3. Optionally garnish with lemon slice.

NOTES

There are numerous legends about the origin of the cocktail. According to one version, it is said to have been invented by a rich, bored housewife on Long Island, New York. When she secretly reached into the house bar, she only took a small amount from each bottle, since her husband should not notice anything about it. As a cover, she filled the drink with cola. It also tells of students who used small amounts from their parents’ bottles.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Bacardi white rum | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Bombay Sapphire gin | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  3. Russian Standard vodka | USA | UK* | Germany*
  4. Sierra Tequila Silver | USA | UK* | Germany*
  5. Triple Sec. liqueur | USA | UK*| Germany*
  6. Coca Cola | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  7. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

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Cantaritos Cocktail Recipe

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Cantaritos Cocktail

The Cantarito cocktail is a Tequila-based cocktail served in a clay cup known as a jarrito that helps to keep the drink cold. A cantarito contains ingredients such as agave, orange juice, pink grapefruit juice, lime juice, sea salt and grapefruit soda. The cantarito is popular in Mexico but not as well known in the United States.

INGREDIENTS

  • 60 ml/ 2 oz. Tequila Reposado
  • 45 ml / 1 ½ oz. freshly squeezed orange juice
  • 20 ml / ¾ oz. freshly squeezed pink grapefruit juice
  • 15 ml / ½ oz. freshly squeezed lime juice
  • 2 pinch salt
  • 60 ml/ 2 oz. Thomas Henry Pink Grapefruit

METHOD

  1. Pour all ingredients into ice-filled pot or glass.
  2. Stir it.
  3. Garnish with a lime wedge.
  4. Consider serving with straws.

NOTES

If you use a Cantaritos clay pot submerge the pot in cold water to clean the inside and wet the outside of the clay pot.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Tequila Reposado | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Cantaritos clay pot | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  3. Thomas Henry Grapefruit | USA | UK* | Germany*

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Easter Cocktail 2020 Recipe

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Easter Cocktail 2020 Recipe

In my Easter cocktail 2020, I use two rare cocktail ingredients this time: eggnog and Mozart liqueur. This cocktail is for the sweet tooth. Chocolate, creamy, sweet with a cream topping – ideal for cozy evenings with the girls! And it looks good, too.

INGREDIENTS

  • 40 ml/ 1 ½ oz. eggnog / advocaat
  • 40 ml/ 1 ½ oz. Mozart Dark chocolate liqueur
  • whipped cream
  • chocolate flakes

METHOD

  1. Put the eggnog in a small cocktail glass.
  2. Let the chocolate liqueur carefully run over the back of a spoon onto the eggnog liqueur.
  3. Garnish with whipped cream and chocolate flakes

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*
  2. Eggnog | USA | UK* | Germany*
  3. Mozart Dark| USA | UK* | Germany*

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Opera Cocktail Recipe

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Opera Cocktail

The Opera cocktail is a mixture of gin, Dubonnet and maraschino liqueur. The Dobonnet smooths the gin while the maraschino makes it sweater. The Opera cocktail is one of those old classic cocktails that doesn’t get much attention these days.

INGREDIENTS

  • 60 ml/ 2 oz. Gin
  • 60 ml/ 2 oz. Dubonnet Red
  • 7,5 ml/ ¼ oz. maraschino liqueur

METHOD

  1. Stir all ingredients in an ice filled mixing glass.
  2. Fine strain into chilled glass.
  3. Garnish with an orange peel.

NOTES

The Dubonnet is an aperitif first sold by Joseph Dubonnet in 1846 and is very similar to the Vermouth.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Tanqueray Gin | USA* | UK* | Germany* 
  2. Dobonnet Red | USA | UK* | Germany* 
  3. Maraschino liqueur | USA | UK* | Germany*
  4. Glasses| USA* | UK* | Germany*

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Mimosa Cocktail Recipe

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Momosa Cocktail Recipe

The Mimosa cocktail is composed of Champagne (or other sprakling wine) and chilled citrus juice, usually orange juice. It is traditionally served in a tall Champagne flute e.g. at weddings, at brunch, or as part of business or first class service on some passenger airlines and railways. The mixing ratio of the classic mimosa differs based on the source.

INGREDIENTS

  • 75 ml/ 2 ½ oz. Champagne
  • 75 ml/ 2 ½ oz. orange juice

METHOD

  1. Ensure both ingredients are well chilled.
  2. Mix into a Champagne flute.
  3. Garnish with an orange slice.

NOTES

The Mimosa cocktail is named after the yellow-flowered mimosa plant. The combination of sparkling wine and orange juice has been consumed for centuries in Spain, especially where oranges and cava and other sparkling wines are plentiful. A good alternative is the Django Reinhardt cocktail.

SHOPPING LIST

  1. Champagne | USA* | UK* | Germany* An
  2. Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*