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Champagne Snowball
Champagne Snowball

Champagne Snowball

Wow @servedbysoberon - your cocktail recommendations are always of the highest standard! When Matthias spotted our previous egg liqueur post, he reached out and urged us to try Simon Difford’s “Champagne Snowball”. A recently received bottle of Champagne Piaff became the base. A crisp dry sparkling wine which is absolutely stunning on its own. It has those bready notes that we like so much, and we also think that pale blue label looks so good. The egg liqueur we use is from Poli, an Italian gr


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Minch's Lure

Minch's Lure

This mix of whiskey, pear and almond is very intriguing. It plays on the best features of Highland Park scotch, its woody and earthy notes, and combines them brilliantly with the fruity pear and the nutty almond. A very delicious and somehow unusual cocktail.⁠ Recipe by Tommy Ho Ingredients: 1 oz Highland single malt whiskey⁠ 0,75 oz pear brandy⁠ 0,75 oz amontillado sherry⁠ 1 tsp simple syrup⁠ 10-15 drops almond extract⁠ Mixing: Stir all ingredients with fresh ice and strain into a coupe. Gl


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La Viña

La Viña

Rye has always a favorite drink base for us, and this one from Michter's is fantastic in this interesting cocktail. The stiff rye is mixed with more subtle Solera sherry as well as amaro Nonino. It results in a nice sipping drink, perfect either before or after a good dinner (or both). ⁠ Recipe by Alex Day Ingredients: 1 oz rye⁠ 1 oz amaro Nonino⁠ 1 oz East India Solera sherry⁠ 1 dash orange bitters⁠ Mixing: Stir all ingredients with fresh ice and strain into a coupe. No garnish needed.⁠ Gla


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Aplomb

Aplomb

There was a period when we met Tiff & Joe of @twocoupes [https://www.instagram.com/twocoupes/] quite often. It happened first in New York City at the Maze bar. Then Tiff's dancing brought her via a cruise to a brief stop to Sweden and we had lunch with her. Fast forward and Tiff was back in Stockholm but this time also bringing Joe. And then late 2019 we visited them again in New York City.⁠ ⁠ But since then, the pandemic has somehow stopped these fun meetups. So instead we are now making one of


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Cobble Stone Highball

Cobble Stone Highball

This drink we made last summer, but for some reason it didn't get posted back then. When we stumbled upon the photos now, a strong urge for summer appeared.⁠ ⁠ Because this is quite a cooling and quenching drink. As it's made with amaro, sherry and sparkling wine it is fairly low-ABV, and if served over ice cubes like we did it is a super refreshing cocktail.⁠ ⁠ Using sherry as a base in cocktails is something we really like. There is a certain dryness to sherry (especially fino) that we enjoy a


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La Conha

La Conha

It's kind of a Pina Colada though not quite. It's made with coconut water rather than coconut milk/cream and we love how this refreshes an otherwise very heavy and sometimes overwhelming classic.⁠ ⁠ We also especially like the addition of sherry. It gives the drink a certain dryness, plus it helps taking down the ABV. ⁠ ⁠ A good way to start 2021 we think!⁠ Recipe by Kate Houser⁠ Ingredients: 1,5 oz white rum⁠ 1,25 oz pineapple juice⁠ 1 oz coconut water⁠ 0,25 oz fino sherry⁠ 0,25 oz fresh lime


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Muletide

Muletide

We thought this cocktail is fitting today, kust a few days before Christmas. It's a spicy mix of smoky mezcal, ginger and allspice. And although served chilled, there is definitely some heat in this one.⁠ ⁠ Happy Friday!⁠ ⁠ Recipe by Joann Spiegel⁠ Ingredients: 1,5 oz mezcal⁠ 0,75 oz Amontillado sherry⁠ 0,75 oz ginger syrup⁠ 0,5 oz lemon juice⁠ 0,5 oz allspice liqueur⁠ Mixing: Shake all ingredients with fresh ice and fine strain into rocks glass. Garnish with a lemon peel.⁠ Glassware: rocks


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Palo Negro

Palo Negro

For a while we've been wanting to mix a really luxurious, tequila-based cocktail. We've been looking for just the right, elegant enough recipe, as well as a high quality tequila to base it on.⁠ ⁠ In Josefine Sondlo's and Madeleine Rapp's book “Tequila & Mezcal” we found Ivy Mix's recipe for the Palo Negro. A complex drink even though theres only three alcoholic ingredients in it. A large amount of tequila, a big splash of spicy palo cortado sherry and then another splash of dark rum. Two distinc


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