cocktails

Elderflower liqueur is a sweet, floral liqueur which is available everywhere. There are many, many recipes for this – including substituting sparkling wine for tonic. Here’s a 25 second video with one recipe and Farandaville recipe is below. Farandaville 2 oz dry gin (or 1 1/2 oz) 1/2 oz Elderflower (or 1/4 oz; or 3/4 … Read more

How easy is this – and delicious. To see a similar cocktail but with gin go here – I posted five weeks ago. The Bees Knees Farandaville recipe – same as above. 2 oz. dark rum 1/2 oz. lemon juice 1/2 oz. honey You can shake it in a mixing glass and pour into a … Read more

We are very fond of rum – it’s our Jamaica connection – and we continue to experiment with different bitters variations and other additives for our old fashioneds. But … always use Demerara syrup as per the video. Our recent recipe below. We have different ingredient proportions from the video – with half an ounce … Read more

And shown in a 45 second video. Delicious! Farandaville recipe – as above. Most recipes do not include the one dash of orange bitters. And the honey syrup and lemon amounts are personal preference. Experiment. And nothing wrong with making this directly in the old fashioned glass – as long as you stir it A … Read more

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A classy cocktail. And a short video. We mostly use the recipe above – most recipes just use simple syrup but you CANNOT beat Demerara if you can find it. (Tip – you can get it on Amazon). This cocktail is close to a sidecar. It pays to try different variations – yellow chartreuse instead … Read more

A prohibition era cocktail. Is this guy enthusiastic – Jamaican but not using rum! This is a light cocktail with the gin kicking in at the end. If you don’t think you like gin, try this drink. Garnishes. We hardly ever garnish drinks at our house – sometimes we drop a cherry in. But I’m … Read more

Delicious – if you like gin martini you should try this. The trick is finding yellow chartreuse. We like the recipe exactly as Steve the Bartender shows, but with two dashes of orange bitters instead of one. You can experiment with proportions; maybe 2 oz. of gin or a bit more than half an ounce … Read more

Another three ingredient cocktail – cognac, orange liqueur, and lemon juice – which changes as you vary the ratios. You don't have to sugar the rim, and you can add demarara syrup. The link below the video shows four variations and answers the question of which came first, the cocktail or the motorcycle attachment.   … Read more