20 best Blue Curaçao cocktails - Difford's Guide
WEBWith: Vodka, gin, Bacardi Carta Blanca, blanco tequila, blue curaçao, lemon juice, lime juice, sugar syrup and lemon-lime soda. We say: A blued Long Island Iced Tea by both colour and language. Sharman-Cox Daiquiri. With: Light rum, blue curaçao, lime juice, lemon juice, sugar syrup and egg white.
Gin Basil Smash Cocktail Recipe - Difford's Guide
WEBMUDDLE basil sprigs (no need to pluck leaves from stem) in base of shaker. Add other ingredients, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into ice-filled glass. 12 fresh. Basil leaves. 2 fl oz. Gin. 3/4 fl oz. Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) 1/3 fl oz.
Cocktails and Cocktail Recipes - Difford's Guide
WEBScotch Stone Sour. A Scotch whisky-based sour with orange juice, and all the better for it. A searchable library of over 3,000 easy to follow recipes, including the Mojito, Margarita, Old Fashioned and Daiquiri, and thousands of other vodka cocktail...
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WEBImperial Bulldog. This cocktail looks better if made to spec with the raspberries in the base of the glass but is fruitier, and arguably better, if you muddle the raspberries. Negroni Cocktail. One of, if not the simplest of classic cocktails has formed the base for so many contemporary variations. Strawberry Negroni.
20 best Cherry Brandy cocktails - Difford's Guide
WEBTwo cocktails are synonymous for their use of cherry brandy: Blood & Sand and Singapore Sling, and as illustrated by these two classics, cherry brandy combines well with both dark and white spirits (the former Scotch whisky and latter gin). This rich dark cherry liqueur also features in numerous other classic and contemporary cocktails including these 20 …
Margarita (straight-up) Cocktail Recipe - Difford's Guide
WEBHow to make: SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass. 1 1/2 fl oz. Patrón Silver blanco tequila. 3/4 fl oz. Cointreau triple sec liqueur. 3/4 fl oz. Lime juice (freshly squeezed) 1/6 fl oz.
20 best Chartreuse Verte (Green) cocktails - Difford's Guide
WEBThe Dante. With: Blanco tequila, Green Chartreuse, kümmel liqueur, sugar syrup and lime juice. We say: Citrusy fresh and herbaceous, particularly caraway from the kummel, with tequila providing the backbone. The Last Word Cocktail. With: Dry gin, Green Chartreuse, maraschino liqueur, and lime juice.
Aperol Spritz / Aperitivo Spritz Cocktail Recipe - Difford's Guide
WEBSlightly sweet, herbal, refreshing and quaffable. The good folk at Aperol, the aperitivo liqueur brand most identified with the Spritz, recommend equal parts prosecco and liqueur topped with a splash of soda. However, we've stuck with our preferred 3:2:1 ratio which is a little lighter on aperitivo liqueur and noticeably fizzier.
Casks - barrel, butt, punchon, pipe, barrique,hogshead - Difford's …
WEBCapacity: 300 litres / 79 US gallons / 66 imp gallons. Commonly used throughout the wine and cognac industries, and consequently also as second-hand casks by the Scotch whisky industry. They are best described as butt-shaped hogsheads. Barrique (Bordeaux type) Capacity: 225 litres / 59 US gallon / 49 imp gallon.
20 best Bénédictine cocktails - Difford's Guide
WEBMonte Cassino. With: Rye whiskey, Bénédictine D.O.M., Yellow Chartreuse, and lemon juice. We say: A rye whiskey-laced Bénédictine-influenced riff on a Last Word. Poet's Dream. With: Gin, Bénédictine D.O.M., dry vermouth, and orange bitters. We say: A cocktail from the 1949 edition of Esquire's Handbook for Hosts.