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“Land Locked Blues” 𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖

“Land Locked Blues”

𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕦𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕤
𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕚𝕥 𝕞𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝕔𝕦𝕣𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕥
𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕚𝕝 𝕚𝕥 𝕗𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕤 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕒 𝕔𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕪 𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕟
𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕪 𝕚𝕟 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕨𝕒𝕪

How are we all feeling? These are certainly difficult and strange times for most of us! I work for the NHS, but I am quite lucky that I can work from home for the time being – I am getting quite stir crazy though, so I thought this Bright Eyes titled cocktail was quite fitting. I can only dream of cocktail making at the moment, as I’m an hour and a half away from all my supplies with no clue as to when I can go back there! I have a couple recipes left to share at least, and I am enjoying browsing through all y’alls

One of those recipes is my second, and final, entry to the #HomeBarAwards March Challenge (Women Powered)– I had more ideas, but alas coronavirus had other ideas! This beauty uses Nativo Gin, a wonderful Chilean gin made by Lady Ramirez Ibarbe, an engineer turned distiller! Being Chilean, Nativo has some really unique botanicals with a lovely spicy finish! I’ve paired with some midori, which works amazingly well with a little spice!

As difficult as things are right now, please please stay at home as much as you possibly can! The sooner we practice real social distancing, the sooner this can all be over! #FlattenTheCurve sounds like meaningless drivel at this point I’m sure, but it’s the most vital thing to make sure our hospitals can care for everyone who gets sick and minimise deaths – it really is important so please do your part!

And onto the recipe!

Ingredients:
🔸1oz Nativo Gin
🔸1oz Midori
🔸1/2oz Lime Juice
🔸1 slice Red Chilli
🔸1-2oz Rhubarb Tonic
🥃Glass: Tall
🌶Garnish: Red Chilli

How to mix:
🔹Shake all ingredients, except tonic, over ice
🔹Strain into glass filled with ice
🔹Top with tonic and garnish
😋Tasting notes: Sweet, fruity, citrus forward, spicy finish
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"Puff of Smoke" #ad This is a vodka cocktail wit

“Born for This” 𝒜𝓁𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉,

“Born for This”

𝒜𝓁𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉, 𝓈𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝓀 𝓎𝑜𝓊'𝓇𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹𝓎? 𝒪𝓀𝒶𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓈𝒶𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓂𝑒, 𝑔𝑜 - 𝓌𝑒 𝓌𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒷𝑜𝓇𝓃 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈

I'm really excited about March's #HomeBarAwards challenge - Women Powered! The only rule is the drink must feature at least one ingredient from a woman-led company

For my first entry, I had to feature the amazing Joy Spence - the master blender for Appleton Estate Rum, the first female master blender in the spirits business. One of the reasons I chose her rum is because being appointed as master blender in a very male-dominated business led to people believing she was only given that position because her parents owned the company (they don't). I know we can all agree she has definitely shown she belongs there!

I'm using the 25 year old Joy Anniversary blend for this cocktail, and oh my is it some beautiful rum! Unfortunately, I cannot afford to splash out on a whole bottle but I did treat myself to a couple of drams. This rum has so much flavour to it - ginger, raisin, coffee, and vanilla being the most prominent to for me - so when I made the cocktail I picked ingredients that would only enhance the flavours of the rum, rather than add to or mask it (some may call me blasphemous for even mixing it in the first place, but I don't follow the rules!) And the garnish uses another women-led rum - Owney's Orignal Rum, created by Bridget C. Firtle. A really delicious white rum with notes of fruit, spice, and molasses

For the photo, I wanted a somewhat “feminine” vibe, but not traditional. And I had some dried up and dead daffodils I hadn’t thrown out yet - I love how they worked in this!

Ingredients:
🔸1/2oz Amaretto
🔸1oz Appleton Estate Rum 25yo Joy Anniversary Blend
🔸3/4oz La Quintinye Royal Vermouth
🔸3/4oz Regal Rouge Rose Vermouth
🔸1/4oz Giffard Banane du Bresil
🔸2 dashes Coffee Bitters
🔸1 dash Black Walnut Bitters
🍸Glass: Coupe
🌰Garnish: Prune soaked in Owney's Rum

How to mix:
🔹Rinse the coupe with amaretto then drink the amaretto
🔹Stir the remaining ingredients over ice
🔹Strain into coupe and garnish
😋Tasting notes: ginger, coffee, subtle citrus, almond, vanilla

Sugar We’re Going Down . “I’ve been dying to

Sugar We’re Going Down
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“I’ve been dying to tell you anything you wanna hear, ‘cause that’s just who I am this week”

Ingredients:
🔸1.5oz Jenever (I use @bobbysdrygin )
🔸3/4oz Lemon Juice
🔸1/2oz Cocchi Vermouth Di Torino
🔸2 dashes Grapefruit Bitters
🔸2 bar spoons Simple Syrup
🔸1.5oz Butterfly Pea Flower Infused Sauvignon Blanc
🍸Glass: Tall
🌼Garnish: Daffodil and Lemon Twist

How to mix:
🔹Shake all ingredients, except BPF Sauvignon Blanc, over ice
🔹Strain into glass filled with crushed ice
🔹Pour over BPF Sauvignon Blanc, swizzle
😋Tasting Notes: Citrus forward, subtle fruity notes, sweet

I think I can speak for most of us when I say “ughhhhhh”

That’s really all I have the energy to say about the pandemic right now! So instead I’ll share a fun, bright, and delicious cocktail to hopefully put us all in a better mood!

I am so exhausted after this week (the NHS certainly isn’t a boring place to work right now!) so I won’t attempt to stay too much about this cocktail as I doubt it would make sense! I will say two things - Sauvignon Blanc floats are the bomb and bring on spring!! Hope y’all are staying safe and sane, and taking care of the vulnerable people around you if you can! And don’t be that dick who hoards essential items you don’t need!
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Man o’ War Yay, it’s Friday again! Who else h

Screaming Infidelities . “As for now I’m gonna

Screaming Infidelities
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“As for now I’m gonna hear the saddest song, and sit lone and wonder how you’re making out”

Ingredients:
🔸2oz Cranberry Juice
🔸1.5oz Natvio Gin
🔸0.5oz Apple Brandy
🔸0.5oz La Quintinye Royal Extra Dry Vermouth
🔸0.25oz Lemon Juice
🔸2 dashes Chocolate Bitters
🔸1 bar spoon Simple Syrup
🍸Glass: Coupe
🌿Garnish: Absinthe Mist

How to mix:
🔹Shake all ingredients over ice until well chilled
🔹Strain into chilled coupe
🔹Use an atomiser spray bottle filled with absinth, and spray once over surface of the drink
😋Tasting notes: Fruity, subtle spicy notes, tart and dry finish and anise aroma

A quick one from me today because this week is wiping me out! So I will just say that this is a gorgeous serve with a really lovely gin from Chile, with really unique botanicals and a great chilli finish – and it works beautifully in this cranberry cocktail
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Keep Yourself Warm . “It takes more than fucking

Keep Yourself Warm
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“It takes more than fucking someone to keep yourself warm”

Ingredients:
🔸1oz @cuttotherum Smoked Rum
🔸1oz Grapefruit Martini Bianco
🔸1oz Vecchio Amaro del Capo
🥃Glass: Rocks
🍊Garnish: Orange Zest

How to mix:
🔹Stir all ingredients over ice until chilled and slightly diluted (about 30 seconds)
🔹Strain into rocks glass with large ice cube
😋Tasting notes: Tobacco, smoke, bitter orange, grapefruit peel

This weekend just flew by, but I did get a lot done! Including a big clear out, and I put up a bookcase (and by that I mean my stepdad put it up for me) for all my bottles - take a look at my stories to see them all finally nicely organised! Gave me a chance to count them too, and there’s about 100 not including the few I have in the kitchen and all the bitters. Not a bad collection, but definitely far from complete! How was your weekend?

This simple serve is one I did a few weeks ago but forgot to share because I didn’t like the photos. The cocktail itself is delicious though, a smokey rum negroni using martini bianco infused with grapefruit peel and gorgeous vecchio Amaro del capo
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MakeDamnSure . “you are everything I want, ‘ca

MakeDamnSure
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“you are everything I want, ‘cause you are everything I'm not”

Happy Friday! This COVID19 madness has really thrown off everyone’s schedule and “to do” lists at work, so I’m definitely looking forward to a couple days off to recharge and realign for Monday! What are your weekend plans?

The weekend, of course, also means cocktail time so I have gorgeous serve today with a rum and mezcal split base – the smokiness and earthy notes of the mezcal really works beautifully with the sweet spices of the rum, a real dream pair

Ingredients:
🔸1.5oz @goslingsrum Black Seal Rum
🔸0.75oz @pensadormezcal Mezcal
🔸0.75oz Caramel Pineapple Syrup
🔸0.5oz Punt e Mes
🔸0.25oz Maraschino Liqueur
🔸2 dashes Black Walnut Bitters
🔸4 Fresh Basil Leaves, bruised
🍸Glass: Coupe
🌿Garnish: Basil

How to mix:
🔹Shake all ingredients over ice
🔹Double strain into coupe
😋Tasting notes: Oaky smoke, earth, sweet spices, herbal, bittersweet finish .
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Vecchio Gin Sour Happy Friday! I’m celebrating

Vecchio Gin Sour

Happy Friday! I’m celebrating with a reshake from @thebitterfairy
Paula tried out her bottle of Vecchio Amaro del Capo in a gin sour, and it’s sounded so good I just had to try it! I didn’t have any Gran Classico though so I subbed it for some Campari

It was a wonderful blend of citrus, juniper, mandarin, bitter orange, and floral notes. Definitely a new Friday night regular!

Ingredients:
🔸1.5oz Gin (I used @eastlondonliquorcompany )
🔸0.75oz Vecchio Amaro del Capo
🔸0.75oz Campari
🔸0.5oz Mandarin Juice
🔸0.5oz Lemon Juice
🔸Dash of Orange Bitters
🔸1 bar spoon Simple Syrup
🥃Glass: Rocks
🍊Garnish: Mandarin Slice

How to mix:
🔹Shake all ingredients over ice
🔹Strain into glass with large ice cube .
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