The Dirty Martini is a cocktail based on the Martini cocktail. It gets its name “Dirty” because the “dirty” olive brine is added to the cocktail. It is mainly obtained in the USA. With European bartenders it is rather frowned upon to add the olive brine.
INGREDIENTS
60 ml/ 2 oz. Gin
20 ml/ ⅔ oz. Vermouth dry
10 ml/ ⅓ oz. olive brine
METHOD
Add all ingredients into shaker with ice and shake.
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish with olives.
NOTES
The Dirty Martini is the only martini cocktail for which olives are used.
The Bramble is a cocktail created by Dick Bradsell in 1980s London, England. Best described as a spring cocktail, the Bramble brings together dry gin, lemon juice juice, sugar syrup, Chambord and crushed ice. Bradsell also suggests finishing off the cocktail with some fresh red fruits (such as blackberries, cranberries) and a slice of lemon.
INGREDIENTS
60 ml/ 2 oz. Dry Gin
30 ml/ 1 oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice
15 ml/ ½ oz. sugar syrup
15 ml/ ½ oz. Chambord
METHOD
Fill the glass with crushed ice.
Build gin, lemon juice and sugar syrup over.
Stir.
Pour Chambord over in a circular fashion to create marbling effect.
Garnish with two blackberries and lemon slice.
NOTES
The name of the drink comes from the fact that blackberry bushes are called brambles. In addition to the Espresso Martini, the Bramble is probably the most famous drink of the British bartender Dick Bradsell.
If you want to drink a really good Mojito, I can recommend the Mojito Beach Bar on the island of Rhodes in Greece. I was there myself and I have to say, the Mojito tastes really great in the Mojito Beach Bar. But not only the Mojito makes this beach bar an unforgettable place. The bar is right on the beach and you can relax there for a whole day. The atmosphere is very chilled and the location is really exceptional.
INGREDIENTS
Rum
soda
crushed ice
lime (cut into wedges)
cane sugar
mint leaves
METHOD
Cut the lime into wedges.
Put the lime into glass and add cane sugar and mint leaves.
Muddle the mint.
Add crushed ice, Rum and a splash of soda.
Stir it.
Add some ice and garnish with mint sprig and lime slice.
Enjoy your Mojito at the beach!
NOTES
You can find the Mojito Beach Bar on the island of Rhodes near Gennadi right on the beach. They also offer great rooms if you want to stay longer. Just visit the website. And when you arrive at the great place, give my regards to Doro and Christina. And enjoy a Mojito!
The Rose cocktail ismade of vermouth, cherry eau de vie (Kirsch) and strawberry syrup. The Rose cocktail was popular in 1920s Paris and was created by Johnny Mitta, barman at the Chatham Hotel.
INGREDIENTS
40 ml / 1 ⅓ oz. Vermouth dry
20 ml/ ⅔ oz. Kirsch
3 dashes strawberry syrup
METHOD
Add all ingredients into shaker with ice and shake.
The Singapore Sling cocktail is a gin-based sling cocktail from Singapore. The cocktail was developed sometime before 1915 by bartender Ngiam Tong Boo, who was working at the Long Bar in Singapore.
INGREDIENTS
30 ml/ 1 oz. Gin
15 ml/ ½ oz. Cherry liqueur (Cherry Brandy)
15 ml/ ½ oz. Cointreau orange liqueur
7,5 ml/ ¼ oz. Bénédictine
10 ml / ¼ oz. Grenadine syrup
120 ml/ 4 oz. pineapple juice
7,5 ml/ ¼ oz. freshly squeezed lime juice
1 dash Angostura bitters
METHOD
Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake.
The Last Word cocktail is a gin-based prohibition-era cocktail originally developed at the Detroit Athletik Club. While the drink eventually fell out of favor, it enjoyed a renewed popularity after being rediscovered by the bartender Murray Stenson in 2004 during his tenure at the Zig Zag Café and becoming a cult hit in the Seattle area in the USA.
INGREDIENTS
22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. Gin
22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. lime juice
22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. green Chartreuse
22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. marashino liqueur
METHOD
Add all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake.
Swimming Pool is the name of a creamy-sweet cocktail based on white rum and vodka. By combining rum with coconut and pineapple juice, it belongs to the group of coladas and is closely related to the popular Piña Colada. In contrast to this, part of the white rum is replaced by vodka and a shot of Blue Curaçao (blue orange liqueur) is added, which gives the drink the turquoise-blue color of a swimming pool and thus its name. Another famous cocktail of Schumann is the Flying Kangaroo.
INGREDIENTS
40 ml / 1 ⅓ oz. white Rum
20 ml/ ⅔ oz. vodka
20 ml/ ⅔ oz. coconut syrup
10 ml/ ⅓ oz. cream
40 ml/ 1 ⅓ oz. pineapple juice
10 mll/ ⅓ oz. Blue Curaçao
METHOD
Fill the cocktail shaker with ice.
Add the remaining ingredients, except for the Blue Curaçao.
Shake and strain into fancy glass filled with crshed ice.
Top with Blue Curaçao liqueur.
Garnish with a piece of pineapple and a cherry.
NOTES
The “swimmingpool” – originally written in one word and actually not a cocktail in the classic sense, but a so-called fancy drink – was created in 1979 in Munich’s Schumann’s Bar and was first published in 1984 by its operator, the bartender Charles Schumann.
The Penicillin cocktail is made with Whiskey, ginger and fresh lemon juice. The drink was created in 2005 by New York bartender Sam Ross. Its name derives from the drug penicillin hinting to the medicinal properties of some of ist ingredients, with suggested effects similar to that of a hot toddy which is said to relieve the symptoms of cold and flu.
INGREDIENTS
60 ml/ 2 oz. Blended Scotch Whiskey
75 ml/ 2 ½ oz. Lagavullin 16y Whiskey
22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice
22,5 ml/ ¾ oz. honey syrup
2 – 3 quarter-sized slices of fresh ginger
METHOD
Muddle fresh ginger in a shaker.
Add the remaining ingredients, except for the Lagavulin Whiskey.
Fill the shaker with ice and shake.
Strain into a chilled old fashioned glass with ice.
The Margarita is a cocktail based on Tequila (his original name was Tequila Daisy). The short drink varies the classic basic structure of a sour (spirit + citrus juice + sugar) by replacing the sugar (syrup) with Cointreau, an orange liqueur. In the course of the spread of Tequila as a mixed spirit, the Margarita also became popular worldwide in the second half of the 20th century and, along with Tequila Sunrise, is one of the internationally best-known Tequila drinks.
INGREDIENTS
50 ml/ 1 ⅔ oz. Tequila
20 ml/ ⅔ oz. Cointreau orange liqueur
15 ml/ ½ oz. freshly squeezed lime juice
METHOD
Put a sugar rim on your glass.
Pour all ingredients into shaker with ice.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass rimmed with sugar.
The Sex on the Beach cocktail is in its original form a fruity, moderately sweet cocktail and belongs to the group of New England highballs. The most famous recipe from the United States is mixed with cranberry nectar and also contains vodka, peach liqueur and orange juice. My recipe also includes pineapple juice and black raspberry liqueur (Chambord).
INGREDIENTS
20 ml/ ⅔ oz. Peachtree liqueur
60 ml/ 2 oz. orange juice (freshly sqeezed)
60 ml/ 2 oz. pineapple juice (freshly pressed)
45 ml/ 1 ½ oz. vodka
60 ml/ 2 oz. cranberry juice
15 ml/ ½ oz. black raspberry liqueur (Chambord)
METHOD
Shake the first three ingredients (the beach part) with ice.
Strain into ice-filled glass.
Then shake the last three ingredients (the sex part) with ice.
Strain into glass to sit on top oft he beach base layer.
Garnish with an orange slice.
Serve with a stirrer and instukt drinker to mix layers before drinking.
NOTES
Since the cranberry nectar was previously difficult to obtain outside of the USA, for example in Germany, there are now many preparation options under the popular name Sex on the Beach. These contain other juices, syrups, liqueurs and sometimes even other basic spirits such as tequila. Often the orange juice is completely or partially replaced by pineapple juice.
