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WEBAmaretto Stone Sour. A Regal Shake adds zesty oils, which, along with citrus juice, balance this almond-flavoured sour. Difford's Guide is the world’s best and biggest guide to cocktails, spirits and liqueurs.
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.
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.
20 best Crème de Banane banana liqueur cocktails - Difford's Guide
WEBBlack Magic No.2. With: Amaro, Islay single malt Scotch whisky, crème de banane liqueur and saline solution. We say: Two parts amaro to 1 part Islay single malt is a boundary pushing recipe but with a splash of banana liqueur, the resulting cocktail is balanced and tasty. Dirty Banana.
Cuba Libre Cocktail Recipe - Difford's Guide
WEBHow to make: MUDDLE lime wedges in base of glass. Add other ingredients, fill glass with ice and briefly stir. 2 wedge. Lime (fresh) 2 fl oz. Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column) 1 dash. Angostura Aromatic Bitters.
Cocktail Finder - Difford's Guide
WEBCoffee - all styles: espresso, filter, cold brew. etc. Pickle juice/brine/vinegar from pickled cucumber/gherkin Sugar - Caster/ Superfine/Baker's special sugar (white) Choose one of your cabinets. Exclude recipes that contain ingredients not in the chosen cabinet. Use the pre-populated ingredients in your cabinet as part of your search.
Paper Plane Cocktail Recipe - Difford's Guide
WEBHistory: A riff on the classic Last Word created in 2007 by Sam Ross for The Violet Hour, Chicago, USA.He first made it with Amaro Nonino Quintessentia and Campari but switched Campari out for a less bitter aperitivo liqueur soon after creating the cocktail when he started making it at New York's Milk & Honey.Sam says, "This cocktail is named after …
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.
French 75 Cocktail Recipe - Difford's Guide
WEBHow to make: STIR powdered sugar with lemon juice in base of shaker until sugar dissolves. Add gin, SHAKE with ice and fine strain into chilled glass. TOP with champagne and lightly stir. (Consider pouring half the champagne into the glass first to help reduce foaming.) 1/2 fl oz.
Margarita cocktail and its history - Difford's Guide
WEB1. Sara Morales, an expert in Mexican folklore, claimed the Margarita was created in 1930 by Doña Bertha, owner of Bertha's Bar in Taxco, Mexico. 2. David Daniel "Danny" Negrete is said to have created the drink in 1936 when he was the manager of Hotel Garci Crespo in Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico.