By 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 with.
Start off by brushing up on the fundamentals behind how alcohol is made with an introduction to distillation and fermentation.
The Easy Guide to Alcohol part one – Fermentation, Distillation and Spirits
Next, dive into the sweeter side with a look at how your favourite liqueurs are made.
The Easy Guide to Alcohol part two – Liqueurs
We follow this up with an introduction to that most versatile of citrus fruits, the lime.
Easy Guide to Lime Juice – Fresh Lime, Roses Cordial and the Gimlet
Now you can tell the difference between a spirit and a liqueur , how they taste, how they are produced, and also when and why we should use fresh citrus. Great! Let’s put this knowledge to use in the next guide as we breakdown a cocktail into it’s separate components.
Make some drinks!
With a core knowledge of the key techniques and the ingredients needed to make a decent drink it’s time for you to start experimenting with recipes of your own! Feel free to let me know how you go by leaving a comment below, I’m very interested to see what you can come up with.
/David
