Category: cocktails

Pretty good. Name comes from the fact that it uses Yellow Chartreuse, which of course comes from a Carthusian Monastery. It is in high demand because the monks only make enough of it, and it’s cousin Green Chartreuse, to support themselves in their sparse lifestyle. Anders video is quite long as he goes on about…

Anyone who likes Negroni’s should try this – a simple substitute of Aperol for Campari. Makes it slightly less bitter and a bit more fruity. Another Negroni variation on Easter Sunday – no cocktail on Good Friday. Farandaville “pro tip” – Above is the classic Negroni 1:1:1 ratio and we like it just fine; but…

Yes this is what we had on St. Patrick’s Day – picture and recipe below the video. And it was good – four thumbs up. Anders is offering some interesting commentary but if you want to avoid much of it just go to minute 4. Farandaville recipe – proportions the same as the video. But…

The strange name comes from a 1922 movie featuring Rudolph Valentino, Blood and Sand. Below the two minute vid is a link to another video – Anders talking in some length about how the cocktail is not popular with bartenders and also his variation to pep it up a bit. Here is the link to…

We prefer this to version one, from last Friday. And we changed the recipe slightly from the short video. Farandaville recipe – just up the gin a bit from the video. 1 & a 1/2 oz gin 1 oz sweet (red) vermouth 1 oz. orange juice – fresh is best of course Shaken with ice…

This drink has a lot of variations which we will be presenting in the next few weeks. Our version of this version is below the short video. Faranda take on this version. 1.5 oz gin. 0.5 oz orange liqueur 0.5 oz lemon juice 0.5 oz homemade orange syrup made with …. oranges. Mix in in…