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Understanding Your Ingredients
Get to know what you’re putting in your mouth Now that you have the core cocktail making skills you need to make a good drink it’s time to get up to speed on the next important part – the ingredients. Afterall, if you want to make great tasting cocktails of your own it’s essential you understand exactly what you’re playing […]
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Brush Up On Your Core Cocktail Making Skills
Ready to brush up on your skills? To make truly great tasting cocktails it’s important to understand both the reasons and the mechanics behind how they are made. Although it may sometimes seem like it, (good) bartenders do not just reach for the shaker every time they make a drink – they use the right tool for the right […]
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Easy guide to lime juice – fresh lime, Roses cordial and the Gimlet
Is all Lime Juice the same? There seems to be some confusion for the newly enthusiastic home bartender as to what exactly is meant by lime juice – do we literally mean only the freshly squeezed juice of a lime or could you use one of the green lime bottles littering the shelves at the supermarket? […]
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Mixing Cocktails 101 – The Methods – Shake and Strain
. Shake and Strain . For more info about bar equipment check out the ‘Essential Equipment for your home bar’ blog post . Depending on the ingredients used and the overall effect we are seeking there are a number of mixing methods that we can use to make cocktails. We’ve covered built drinks already and […]
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Cheaters Guide to making Grenadine at home
. Sometimes it’s good to cheat… . Flavoured syrups are a useful component to cocktails as they allow us to add flavour at the same time as adding the sugar that is necessary in many drinks to achieve sweet:sour balance. . Unfortunately mass production and efforts to achieve economies of scale may be good for many […]
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Mixing Cocktails 101 – The Methods – Build
The Built Cocktail When it comes to making quick and easy cocktails there is nothing faster than a built drink. As the name suggests, building a cocktail is a process of adding one ingredient after the other and stacking them straight into the glass, no shaking or straining necessary. When do we build cocktails? […]
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Mixing Cocktails 101 – The Methods – Overview
Shaken or Stirred? When we mix cocktails we are usually trying to do two things – take different ingredients and combine them to make new tastes and flavours; and use ice to cool the ingredients and the final drink. Some ingredients will mix together easily while others are more of an ‘oil and […]
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Make Sugar Syrup at Home
Make Sugar Syrup at Home Sugar Syrup (or Simple Syrup as it is also commonly known) is one of the most common sweetening ingredients used in cocktails and also one of the easiest to make at home. Sugar is an essential ingredient in cocktails as it allows us to add a sweetener to bitter […]
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Easy Guide to Alcohol pt 2 – Liqueurs
. Liqueurs For an explanation of how alcohol and spirits are made check out the first post in the series, Easy Guide to Alcohol pt 1 – fermentation, distillation and spirits . Time for some sugar. The easiest way to differentiate between spirits and liqueurs is that liqueurs are usually much sweeter do […]
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Essential Guide to Home Cocktail Bar Glassware
. Glassware We’ve looked at the essential bar tools and the essential ingredients that you need to stock your home bar, so now is the perfect time to look at glassware. . Using the right glass for each cocktail is very important. Different glass shapes can help bring out and accentuate certain qualities of a […]