italicus

Sicilian Martini

Sicilian Martini

Just published, in Swedish, is Hans-Olov Öberg's and Emil Åreng's book about the world's most iconic cocktail, the Dry Martini.⁠ ⁠ Much can be told about that drink. In one way, the most simple cocktail recipe of them all, just two ingredients. In another way the most customizable cocktail as a play with ratios or the introduction of a third or even fourth ingredient can completely change the drink. And that's what the book is all about. It's actually filled with riffs and variations of this wel
Cocktail dry vermouth
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Golden Hour

Golden Hour

We recently had drinks at Dear Irving [https://www.dearirving.com/dearirving-gramercy] and one of our favourite cocktails on their current menu is the Golden Hour. It is a perfect mix of light and sweet Italicus, dry sherry, bitter Suze and refreshing Cocchi. And that salty olive oil makes the perfect edible garnish, complementing the cocktail extremely well.⁠ ⁠ We love that Dear Irving are sharing the recipes for a lot of their drinks in their Instagram feed. Definitely worth checking out. And
cocchi americano Cocktail
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Into Thin Air

Into Thin Air

Finally we were able to get a bottle of Italicus, and we are trying it in cocktail Into Thin Air by Lucinda Sterling. Here it is mixed with Irish whiskey (we used Jameson), fresh lemon juice and tonic water. First of all we tried the Italicus neat. It's sweet, fruity and citrus driven. Very refreshing, with a certain bitterness going on in the background. Worth mentioning is the low ABV. At only 20 % this is almost more like a dessert wine, and to us that means it's the perfect cocktail ingredi
Cocktail italicus
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