Homemade Tonic Syrup

Yes, you could just buy a bottle of ready-made tonic water, but where's the fun in that? Wouldn't it be infinite more fun to be able to tell your guests that you made it yourself? If you follow the recipe below you will make a delicious…

Blackberry and Lime Flavoured Gin & Tonic-cocktail (4 servings, great as a welcome drink)

Ingredients 2 dl (~6.6 fl oz) tonic syrup (or just ordinary tonic water)1 untreated lime1 handful blackberries8-12 ice cubesApprox 6 dl sparkling waterGin according to tasteA small handful of rose petals (e.g. rose hips) How To Mix Mix…

How to drink whiskey

To the uninitiated serving and drinking whiskey could seem as easy as opening the whiskey bottle and pour - but that is very far from reality. There are several "schools" on how to drink whiskey, and they do not always get along. Some demand…

The Perfect Manhattan Cocktail

TL;DR: You make the perfect Manhattan Cocktail by stirring Whisky, Vermouth and Angostura Bitters with ice cubes. Strain into a cocktail glass. Ingredients 5 cl whisky (Rye Whisky is preferred, but not required. any canadian, bourbon, blended…

Top 10 Gin drinks

Gin is a lovely thing. It's very tasty and can be used for a huge variety of cocktail and drink recipes. Most prefer to mix it with tonic (you know, the G&T - nice!), some prefer Schweppes lemonade (uhm!). Others prefer to mix it with "snaps"…
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Fish House Punch

Invented at a gentlemen's club in Philadelphia in 1732, the Fish House Punch was one of later Founding Father George Washington's preferred drinks. Apparently he once drank so much of the punch that it took him three days to recover from…

Choosing the right measuring device for the bar

Just like it's important to find the right cocktail shaker that fits your needs, the same thing goes for your choice of measuring jug. In fact it's a very good idea to spend some time finding all the right tools for your bar tending job, just…

Dark rum in drinks

"Dark rum in drinks, maybe even expensive vintage rum as a mixer in drinks - you can't do that, that's BLASPHEMI!?" — Anyone You've probably heard the above sentence in some variation and I must admit, that I was once one of those people…

Know the difference between caffe latte, cappuccino, latte macchiato etc

Today there are no limits as to how you differentiate your coffee and make it unique. Just like in the fantastic world of cocktails the number of coffee varieties has risen exponentially the last couple of decades. A possible reason for this…

Tip: How to layer carbonated fluids

It is relatively easy to layer spirits with different density. But what about carbonated fluids (eg. soda), where the carbon acid does not actually help in keeping those sharp layers?