Tag: spirits

Gin starts off as vodka

Vodka and gin start off as the same base spirit. It’s the addition of botanicals such as juniper which start to differentiate gin from vodka. Vodka is the easiest base for cocktails of course, because it is the most neutrally flavoured of all the spirits.

Long Island Iced Tea – I’m really not sure

The Long Island Iced Tea. I’m really not sure about this cocktail. Not sure it’d make my Top 100 but it’s a well-known and popular cocktail. It lacks subtlety and if it was a car it’d be an American large block V8. A monster of a cocktail. 7 ingredients.

Cognac – an interesting fact about …

An interesting fact about cognac. It’s all about the 6 grape growing areas within the Cognac area. The liquid spirit named Fine Champagne Cognac is explained here.

Whisky – an interesting fact about …

Whisky is a regal spirit, one that can command top prices and one with a wide range of expressions and styles. However it is a more difficult ingredient to use in developing new cocktails than say gin or vodka, because of it’s depth of flavour and variation. Here an interesting fact about whisky.

Gin – an interesting fact …

Gin is the fashionable spirit at the moment. Many new distilleries opening every week. Juniper plus a mind-boggling mix of other botanicals. Gin has a very English image, but it’s origins are in fact Dutch. Even it’s name is a nod to our neighbours across the channel.