Pina Colada - Coconut Fantasy

Soul of Latin

 There is drink known to be the same, which was mixed by pirates to boost their morale. The legend says that when the pineapple juice was poured into coconut with white rum, it went so far to the point of no return and inventing one of the best cocktails was inevitable. Sadly, they did not write the recipe.

 Long time passed since they re-invented the cocktail. A bartender in Buenos Aires told the world how to make pina colada, he mixed coconut cream, pineapple juice, rum and crushed ice in a blender. The result was trustworthy compared with the legend known about the forgotten cocktail.

 I do not say you have to blend it. It is matter of choice or , in my view, reliability. Go with the technique you are comfortable with, or leave the final word to your drinkers. So which one you choose?

Recipe of Pina Colada

1 and 1/2 oz - White Rum
3 oz - Coconut Cream
6 oz - Pineapple Juice

Mixing the ingredients

Fill with ice a Poco Grande glass and leave aside. Make decision, is it the shaker or you go with the blender. Fill a shaker with ice and crush it with the muddler. Drop it in the blender or if you will shake pour as follows. Pour the coconut cream first, then the pineapple juice and rum. Shake hard until reaching smooth mixture. Strain into the glass and garnish it with Maraschino cherry and Pineapple piece by decision. Now boost your crew morale and teach them how to make Pina Colada cocktail.

Pisco Sour - the Floral Liquid

Specialite cocina latina

 This one comes with unique earthy flavor, which is subtle and fresh. Its soft approach makes you lay back to enjoy the magic of the moment, so short and sweet, more like a dream.This is provided from the Pisco liquor, which is the base. Traditional alcohol for Latin America. Both Chile and Peru say they are the homes of the cocktail. Also they present 2 different recipes, but we will look at the Peruvian.

 It calls for Pisco, lime juice, egg white and bitters. If you like it sweeter few free to add some simple syrup. Provided what people like, it seems that this version outperforms the Chile's one. Also the history says that an American bartender went to work in Peru, where he managed a club, which was popular for both local and foreigners. He did the initial mix in this place.

 The people spread the word and before the cocktail establish itself, Chile created rival cocktail. The same base, different spices. Although it is not confirmed, it is the popular belief of the story behind this cocktail. It doesn't really matter, because today it is the official mixed drink of both countries.

 Nowadays we are shown well-rounded sour, which smells more like a perfume rather than alcoholic mixed drink. Let me know what you think about its home, which is it - Peru or Chile?

Recipe of Pisco Sour

1 and 1/2 oz - Pisco
1 oz - Fresh Lime Juice
2/3 oz - Simple Syrup ( If you like it sweet )
An egg white
Dash of bitters

Mixing the ingredients

Fill an Margarita glass with ice to chill. Pour in shaker egg white, pisco and lime juice. Add simple syrup too, if you will use it. Shake without ice, for 15 seconds. Shake hard, so the pisco cooks the egg white into white cream. Open the shaker and fill with ice. Shake once again, vigorously. Strain it over the ice in the glass. Garnish with dash of Bitters over the foam.

French 75 - the Subtle Icebreaker

Partymaker

 It name comes from the kick you get after you drink it, which compares with the shot of the 75 mm Machine Gun. But do not worry, it kicks you in the right direction - brings up the party mood and releases stress, warms the spirit and cools the mind. This mixed drink is like energy drink, and guess what it is carbonated, thanks to the champagne.

 This makes the preparation little bit harder, but with steady pouring and gentle stir you have nothing to worry for. Just do not forget, that champagne is for topping up the drink, and shouldn't be more than twice the ammount of gin, as the classic recipe calls.

 And yes, that is old cocktail, but suits well to the party background we encounter these days. It finds best use at private parties such - weddings, birthdays, garden parties and get-togethers, but it will be awkward in the nightclib or the beach. The idea is to load tables of it, placed in high-traffic area. For example, an hotel lobby, so everyone you invited can take one for a try. It will work wonders, because it will lessen the stress between your friends that don't know each other, for a simple reason - it is gentle ice-breaker that will spark thoughtful conversations. This in return will raise the overall mood of the group, which will only make the night last longer and fade slower. So will you do the conversation with the bartender, to prepare some, next time when you schedule a gathering? Tell him to do this.

Recipe of French 75

2 oz - Gin
1 oz - Fresh Lemon Juice
Two dashes of Simple Syrup
4 oz - Champagne

Mixing the ingredients

There is not need to chill the glass this time, unless it is very hot that day, but if you use it for a private party, just leave ice-buckets close to the glasses. It is fine to pour it in a Highball, but for better impression use kind of tall glass for white wine and make the pyramid of them, if you do it for a private party. For each, which can be multiplied to the capacity your shakers have, squeeze an ounce of Lemon Juicei a shaker and dissolve 2 dashes of Simple syrup in it. Add the gin and ice and shake vigorously for several seconds. Top with champagne, twice the ammount of the gin. Do a fancy garnish. Place a lemon twist half inside - it is simple to make one, but if you never had the chance to learn check this out - making a twist of lemon for garnish. And stem a cherry, if you make it for yourself. Else just drop a Maraschino cherry. Feel the shootout!

Bloody Mary - the Pandora's Box

Kamikaze's blood

This is considered to be simple highball- Vodka and Tomato Juice, but looking back long ago, people did more than just mixing vodka and juice, because there were no juices in the grocery store. Only tomatoes. So Bloody Mary is truly a cocktail, if made by its classic recipe. We have almost nothing to do with the Alcoholic Beverage, but to reach high-qualited homemade tomato juice we have to work hard over it. Picking the right ingredients and making them work together. After all it is what we aim for, discarding every ready-to-use mixes and walkthroughs. So listen right!




Recipe of Bloody Mary

2 oz - Vodka
4 oz - Fresh Tomato Juice
1 tsp - Celery Salt ( Or mix cooking salt with black pepper )
1/2 tsp - Fresh Horseradish
1/2 tsp - Worcestershire Sauce
1/2 tsp - Black Pepper
1/4 tsp - Soy Sauce
1/4 tsp - Hot Sauce
1/4 Lemon - On 2 halves
A dash of cayenne pepper


Mixing the ingredients

Take a Highball glass and rub a lemon wedge against the edge of the glass, then rim with celery salt the glass.  Fill with ice to chill and drop the lemon wedge, but keep the other on side. Take a shaker and drop Worcestershire, Soy and Hot Sauces, Black Pepper, Cayenne Pepper and Horseradish on the bottom. Fill with ice and pour Vodka and Tomato Juice on the rocks. Squeeze the lemon wedge for Lemon Juice and close it. Shake with all your vigor, energy and strength - try to beat the hell out of the every single ingredient in. Pour in the Highball and garnish with celery stalk and lemon wedge. Drink instantly!

Cosmopolitan - the Seductive Cliché

Seduction without counterproduction

  It is simple sour that uses Vodka and tastes well. It used to be regular sour until Madonna was give one publicly. Thereafter the media made cliché out of it and it is well-known worldwide nowadays. Most of the bartenders think that is the best sour made from Vodka ever known. Do we give a try on the best?

Recipe of Cosmopolitan

1 and 1/2 oz - Citrus-flavoured Vodka
1/2 oz - Triple Sec
1/2 oz - Cranberry Juice
1/4 oz - Fresh Lime Juice


Mixing the ingredients

Chill a Martini glass and leave it on the side. Pour the liquids in a shake and fill with ice. Shake vigorously for half a minute. Clean the Martini glass from the excess water and ice and fill the glass with ice and pour the mixture on the rocks. Garnish with wheel of lemon. Take it slowly.

Martini - the Ladies' Precious

Turns woman into lady

 It is named on behalf popular Alcoholic Beverage Trademark as known as "Martini" Dry Vermouth. It is made from dry white wine and nearly 20 herbs. As long as, the recipe is strictly confidential we can't provide further details that are trustworthy. And then the cocktail came by mixing this alcohol with vodka or gin. The idea behind martini is to find balance between 2 high-qualited alcoholic beverages. For perfect mix we will surely need shaking, but it will add excess water to the simple mixture, which kills the oppurtunity to reach high quality. So the classic recipe requires stirring rather than shaking. But this way we will not chill enough the cocktail, so we must use chilled Martini glass. And we got it - Class and Quality in 1!

Recipe of Martini

1 oz - "Martini" Dry Vermouth
4 oz - Gin ( Optionally you can use Vodka )
A green olive, without oils on the surface


Mixing the ingredients

Before you even start, chill a Martini glass and leave it on the side. Add ice in a Highball glass and then pour together Gin and Dry Vermouth on the rocks. Try to mix half an ounce Dry Vermouth and 2 oz Gin twice. Stir patiently, but do not waste too much time. The idea is to get perfect mixture, but not melt down ices and create bubbles. This requires perfection in your stirring technique, so better practice on it before you try to do a Martini. Clean the Martini glass from the excess water and old ice cubes and pour the mixture in with strainer. Add a green olive, which is clean from oils, or you can substitute it with a Maraschino cherry. Take a zest of fresh lemon and squeeze it over, but do not drop it in. Drink now, soon the magic will be lost, as much as the drink gets warmer.

The Old Fashioned - the Men's Drink

The classy counterpart of the gentlemen

 There are legends implied in the name of this cocktail. It is the manliest cocktail known ever, famous with its strong and mature character. The Old Fashioned is the definition of What Bitter Cocktail Is.

 To be honest, it's not the best you can have from the mixology, but for me - that is the best cocktail. I love it, because of the classiness it implies and the delicious flavours that come with the amazing looks in the glass. This one won my heart long time ago, take it to heart and do not waste time to make Old Fashioned.

Recipe of The Old Fashioned

1 and 1/2 oz - Bourbon
An orange wheel
A Maraschino cherry
A dash of Bitters
Splash of simple syrup


Mixing the Ingredients

Pick and chill old fashioned glass. Clean it thereafter and muddle together in the glass, everything, but the bourbon. Fill the glass with ice and pour the whiskey. Garnish with lemon zest to top the drink and drop a cherry in.