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Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Pineau Experiment No. 6 was perhaps the best of the bunch. . .
The next step was to try mixing some drinks of my own using Pineau des Charentes.
Pineau turned out to slightly awkward stuff to mix with, probably on account of it having such a mild taste. My natural inclination was try substituting pineau in recipes that traditionally call for other aperitif wines (i.e. following well worn patterns like Manhattans and Martinis). This approach did not work well.
While I did not come up with anything truly exceptional, several experiments yielded one or two promising results. (more…)
Posted in Bunnyhugs originals, Cynar, Exploring tastes, Peychaud's Bitters, Pineau des Charentes, Recipes, Suze, apricot brandy (dry - Barack Palinka), aromatic bitters, bourbon, calvados, creme de framboise, kummel, lemon, orange bitters, peach bitters, pineapple, pisco, rum, rye, whiskey/whisky | 1 Comment »
Monday, March 31st, 2008
I picked up a big bag of passion fruit and did some experimenting with passion fruit juice cocktails. I started with some ‘classical’ recipes from the early 20th Century. I have not personally checked the origins of these drinks, but I am guessing the first three are from the 1920s pr 1930s.

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Posted in Cointreau (triple sec), Exploring tastes, Lillet, Recipes, absinthe & pastis, aromatic bitters, blossom water, bourbon, calvados, cocktail bitters, gin, grenadine, lemon, passion fruit, quinquina, whiskey/whisky | No Comments »
Sunday, March 16th, 2008

With a name like Seamus, I felt obliged to come up with something to mark St. Patrick’s Day. Thus, in a moment of inspiration, I reached for the Crème de Menthe, Chartreuse and Midori, then got busy carving a clover out of a lime shell. The world was about to be introduced to the Leprechaun’s Abortion.
Don’t worry. . . I realize the world does not need another drink whose only distinguishing feature, besides tasting awful, is being green. (more…)
Posted in Bunnyhugs originals, Infusions & experiments, Irish, eggs, lemon, tea, whiskey/whisky | 1 Comment »
Sunday, March 9th, 2008

Glenborrodale Castle in Argyll, home of Adelphi Distillery Ltd.
On Thursday evening I went to a whiskey tasting put on by The Adelphi Distillery together with online retailer Whisky Galore, and hosted by Glengarry Wines. (more…)
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
In my quest for more Kummel drinks I came across this one. I picked it out because the recipe looked interesting and unpredictable. What was a caraway, vermouth, whiskey and bitters flavored sour going to taste like?

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Posted in Irish, Recipes, aromatic bitters, cocktail bitters, kummel, lemon, sweet (Italian), vermouth, whiskey/whisky | No Comments »
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
I decided to whip up a quick something using blackberry brandy and settled on the Allegheny. It was the first recipe to come up on CocktailDB when I searched for blackberry brandy and lemon juice. Bourbon and dry vermouth looked like they would do nicely to fill out the drink, and a dash of bitters promised to spice things up a little.

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Posted in Recipes, aromatic bitters, blackberry brandy (creme de mure), bourbon, cocktail bitters, dry (French), lemon, vermouth, whiskey/whisky | No Comments »