Gin – Wicki Wacki Woo

Bijou Cocktail Recipe

May 25, 2024 No Comments

The Bijou cocktail (French for jewel) is an alcoholic cocktail made from Gin, red Vermouth, Green Chartreuse and orange bitters. It is a short drink and is served in a cocktail glass. The Bijou cocktail was first documented to have been prepared in the late 19th century, a time when the use of vermouth in cocktails was becoming increasingly popular

INGREDIENTS

30 ml/ 1 oz. Gin
30 ml/ 1 oz. Green Chartreuse
30 ml/ 1 oz. Martini Rosso sweet Vermouth
1 dash of Orange bitters by Angostura

METHOD

Pour all ingredients into mixing glass with ice cubes and stir well.
Strain into chilled Martini glass.
Garnish with an lemon zest twist.

NOTES

Fun fact, “bijou” is French for “jewel”. Gin is diamond, Green Chartreuse is emerald, and sweet Vermouth is ruby.

SHOPPING LIST

Bombay Sapphire Gin | USA* | UK* | Germany*
Martini Rosso | USA | UK* | Germany*
Glasses | USA* | UK* | Germany*

Cocktail recipes

Bikini Martini Cocktail Recipe

March 23, 2024 No Comments

The Bikini Martini cocktail is a bright blue combination of lemon, orange and peach laced with Gin. The cocktail was created for a swimwear launch in 1999. The bikini swimsuit was invented in July 1946 by designer Louis Réard and named after the Bikini Atoll, where the first public test of an atomic bomb took […]

Cocktail recipes

Six Cylinder Cocktail Recipe

March 8, 2024 No Comments

The Six Cylinder cocktail consists of 6 different spirits and nothing else. It is a bittersweet aperitivo or digestivo with pleasantly subtle, rich cherry notes. INGREDIENTS METHOD SHOPPING LIST

Cocktail recipes

Yellow Mist Cocktail Recipe

February 24, 2024 No Comments

The Yellow Mist cocktail is an apricot and almond Gin Sour. Adapted from a recipe first published in 1937. INGREDIENTS METHOD SHOPPING LIST

Cocktail recipes

Campden Cocktail Recipe

January 6, 2024 No Comments

The Campden cocktail tastes delicately bittersweet with herbal notes refreshed by zesty orange and is based on a recipe in Harry Craddock’s 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book. INGREDIENTS METHOD SHOPPING LIST

Cocktail recipes

Doesn’t taste good!? Limoncello Gin Fizz Cocktail Recipe

September 15, 2023 No Comments

This Limoncello Gin Fizz recipe is an example when amateurs want to make a cocktail or post a recipe on the internet. You mix something together that might fit, and in the end nonsense comes out of it. INGREDIENTS 45 ml/ 1 ½ oz. Gin 15 ml/ ½ oz. Limoncello liqueur 15 ml/ ½ oz. […]

Cocktail recipes

Left Bank Martini Cocktail Recipe

July 22, 2023 No Comments

The Left Bank Martini Cocktail was created in 2007/08 at the Le Lion Bar in Hamburg / Germany. A mixture of gin, white wine, elderflower and vermouth give the cocktail an incomparable aroma. INGREDIENTS 60 ml/ 2 oz. Gin 15 ml / ½ oz. Chardonnay white wine 15 ml / ½ oz. elderflower liqueur 7,5 […]

Cocktail recipes

King Charles Cocktail Recipe

June 11, 2023 No Comments

All my life his name was Prince Charles. And now he became King Charles. To top it off, the recipe for the King Charles cocktail. INGREDIENTS 60 ml/ 2 oz. Gin 7,5 ml/ ¼ oz. Scotch Whisky 15 ml/ ½ oz. orange curaçau 15 ml/ ½ oz. freshly sqeezed lemon juice METHOD Pour all ingredients […]

Cocktail recipes

Bermuda Cocktail Recipe

May 26, 2023 No Comments

If you want to make a delicious cocktail with Peachtree Peach Schnapps, you can’t avoid the Bermuda Cocktail. Although the cocktail has more of a tropical name, the combination of ingredients is very balanced. INGREDIENTS 60 ml/ 2 oz. Gin 15 ml/ ½ oz. Peachtree peach schnapps 15 ml/ ½ oz. orange juice 7,5 ml/ […]

Cocktail recipes

Blue Lady Cocktail Recipe

May 19, 2023 No Comments

Brilliant blue with a pale blue head, the Blue Lady cocktail is an eye-catching cocktail. While it contains a whopping 45 ml (1 ½ oz.) of Blue Curaçao, it’s anything but a disco drink. It’s a balanced, colorful and vintage riff by the even older White Lady. INGREDIENTS 45 ml/ 1 ½ oz. Blue Curaçao […]

1 2 3 … 8 Next »