I developed these brightly coloured Martinis inspired by the cocktails of the 80s.
Tag: classic cocktails updated
Black Mexicana #2
Black Mexicana #2 is a modern take on a Black Russian. Better too with more depth and complexity.
Citrus Negroni
The Citrus Negroni is a great, modern twist on the 3 ingredient classic.
Cardamartini
Cardamartini is an exotic twist on the classic martini. Featuring cardamom. Try it.
Spiced Negroni – an interesting twist on a classic
Many will argue that the iconic Negroni shouldn’t be messed with. However this for me is the the best Negroni around. The Spiced Negroni featuring the fabulous Audemus pink pepper gin, Sacred Spirits spiced red vermouth and a little Campari.
Black Mexicana – new Tequila cocktail
The Black Mexicana is a golden tequila based cocktail. Crammed full of Mexican ingredients it is a modern twist on a White Russian – sort of. The chilli infused tequila I put together myself, but there is a lot of flavour to this cocktail. Chilli infused reposado tequila, Patron XO Cafe, Monin liquorice syrup and cream are what you need.
Cocktail ingredients swapping out swapping in
Mixology allows us to be creative, making up new cocktails and messing with the old ones. While the variations are limitless of course, here I’ve written about variants of the classic Sidecar that I’ve been working on.
Caribbean Black Iced Tea – an attempt to improve the Long Island Iced Tea
The Caribbean Black Iced Tea is a variant of the traditional Long Island Iced Tea. The key difference though is that I’ve swapped out the white spirits and replaced them with the more mellow, more complex, frankly better dark spirits.
Aperol Negroni
Aperol Negroni is a great alternative to the classic Campari based Negroni. Equal measures of Aperol, Gin and sweet vermouth shaken with ice is the way I make this and it is possibly a better balanced cocktail than the original. But as with all these things it’s your choice – of course
Black Jack – a liquorice cocktail
Black Jack is a new cocktail based on the classic Black Russian. The flavours have been modified. This contains vanilla vodka, Kahlua coffee liqueur and the special ingredient Monin liquorice syrup. The finished product is a dark, rich and surprisingly chocolatey.
Deauville – the Sazerac reformulated
The Deauville is my reworked version of the old classic cocktail the Sazerac. Led by the fact that I’m not keen on the flavour of aniseed, I swapped out the absinthe, and replaced it with Chartreuse. Also I find Yellow Chatreuse works better than green. Tastes better and the colour is better too.
Basquezera – a modern twist on the Silk Stockings
This is a new cocktail based on the 80s classic the Silk Stockings but with a modern twist with chocolate & chilli.