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This guest post is from our lovely friends at Vinspire. We can all shake up something tasty to drink at the end of a long week, but one of the best things about making cocktails is learning about all the … Continue →
Posted in Cocktails | Tagged Aging of wine, Campari, Drink, Fortified wine, Grand Marnier, Hendricks Gin, Muffin, negroni, Valentine's Day, Vermouth | Comments Off on Lesser Known Cocktail Ingredients, and How To Use ThemFran at The Graphic Foodie The party town of Brighton is certainly not short of a place or two to drink. Saying that, the majority of bars cater for the influx of stag and hen parties and mainstream clubbers that want … Continue →
Posted in Cocktail Bars, Cocktails | Tagged Aperol, Cocktail, New York City, NYC, Rye Whiskey, Syrup, Vermouth, West Pier | Comments Off on My Favourite Brighton Cocktail BarsRed Vermouths First produced and consumed for medicinal purposes, drinkers soon realised you needn’t be ill to enjoy red vermouths as an aperitif, the Italians being particularly enthusiastic about a glass or three of aperitif. Around the turn of the … Continue →
Posted in Cocktails, Reviews | Tagged Brachetto, Cocchi, Dolin, Ian Hart, London, manhattan, Spice, Vermouth | Comments Off on Review: Red VermouthsWhy is it that taxidermy animals are now synonymous with Speakeasy bars? I thought the point was that everyone was busy making moonshine gin in their bathtubs out of potatoes and their mistress’ nail polish, not shooting badgers and then … Continue →
Posted in Cocktails, Reviews | Tagged Bristol, Cocktail, Cooking, Home, Lord of the Manor, Milk Thistle, Speakeasy, Vermouth | Comments Off on Cocktail Bar Review: The Milk Thistle, BristolFor almost as long as wine has been produced, so has something that resembles vermouth. Even the big-name Greek physician Hippocrates was known to be a producer of a wine-based digestive. Today, vermouth is required to be made from wine … Continue →
Posted in Reviews | Tagged Antonio Benedetto Carpano, Campari, Dolin, martini, Muscat (grape), Spice, Trebbiano, Vermouth | Comments Off on Review: White VermouthsAdam Montgomerie is the Head Cocktail Bartender at Bar Kohl Edinburgh, which turns 20 this year and celebrated in November with a huge party that was the talk of the city. Throughout 2013, Adam and his dedicated team have been … Continue →
Posted in Interview | Tagged Cocktail, edinburgh, Kohl, Lapsang souchong, London, old fashioned, Uluru, Vermouth | Comments Off on Cocktail Bartender Interview – Adam MontgomerieKevin Griffin is the Head Cocktail Bartender at Tigerlily in Edinburgh and was recently a finalist in the Diaego Reserve World Class competition, regarded by many as one of the best cocktail competitions in the world. Kevin was the winner … Continue →
Posted in Interview | Tagged Bartender, Cocktail, edinburgh, Grand Marnier, Kevin Griffin, negroni, Tanqueray, Vermouth | Comments Off on Cocktail Bartender Interview – Kevin GriffinBy Graham at The Whisky Shop If you mention whisky to someone, invariably images of Scottish Highlands, isolated distilleries and gentlemen sipping whisky on the rocks flash into their mind. However, in recent years whisky has enjoyed a rise in … Continue →
Posted in Cocktails | Tagged Angostura Bitters, Bitter orange, Cocktail, Ice cube, old fashioned, Scottish Highlands, Vermouth, Wild Turkey | Comments Off on My Three Favourite Whisky CocktailsThe Manhattan cocktail is a popular classic cocktail with vermouth, bitters and whiskey, preferably rye whiskey. The cocktail is perfectly balanced, simple to make and is equally at home in the hand of a a male or female drinker. The Manhattan … Continue →
Posted in Cocktails | Tagged Bitters, Cuban Manhattan, Manhattan Cocktail, perfect manhattan, ruby manhattan, Rye Whiskey, Vermouth | Comments Off on Our Quick Guide to the Manhattan CocktailWhen the complete history of cocktails is one day put to paper vermouth will play a star role. This classic drink should hold pride of place in any well stocked bar and cocktails with vermouth still hold pride of place … Continue →
Posted in Cocktails | Tagged cocktails, martini, Vermouth, Vermouth Cocktails | Comments Off on Vermouth – a Cocktail Legend