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Passionfruit Down River
An interesting riff on the modern classic Paper Plane. Even after drinking it, I'm still not 100% sure how I would rate it. It's nice and refreshing, but the combination seems somehow unusual and strange with the bitter, minty Branca, grapefruit and then also passion fruit. […]
Bourbon / Grapefruit / Aperol / Fernet Branca / Passion Fruit Liqueur
Experimental Cocktail CLub, Paris, France
Today we're talking about my last visit to one of Europe's epicenters of the well-known bar renaissance of the mid-2000s, Experimental Cocktail Club in Paris. What Pegu Club, Milk & Honey or Jeffrey Morgenthaler and his bar were to the UK and the US, ECC was to Paris and, indirectly, to other parts of mainland Europe at least. […]
Gabelle Amaro Salato di Torino
This little amaro review covers a very interesting case. First of all, let's get one thing straight: Who comes up with the idea of bottling “salty amaro”? The answer is Dennis Zoppi, who has long been quite a big shot on Instagram when it comes to the mixology game, even though he hasn't been nearly as active there for a while now as he was a few years ago. […]
The Bitter Handshake
A very interesting and delicious drink from the "Bitters" book by Brad Thomas Parsons, which has already been discussed here on LiquidThoughts. I think it's a bit daring to call this a Fernet Old Fashioned, as PUNCH does. With the reduction method used, there is still quite a bit of acidity, even if it is nicely masked. As a result, I don't think of it as a "real" Old Fashioned. […]
Fernet / Blood Orange Reduction / Rye Whiskey Syrup
Flôr, Porto, Portugal
We are, virtually, travelling back to Porto, where even the autumn days are feeling longer and the Portuguese coastal climate just adds a certain something to any culinary experience. When researching which bars to visit, as I had already explained in my article about The Royal Cocktail Club, our introduction to cocktail culture in Porto, I expected the most exciting ones to be outside the mostly traditional, touristy bubble of the city center. […]
25th Hour
Anyone who has been reading LiquidThoughts for a while now should know by now: you can't get much closer to a list of ingredients that is precisely tailored to me. Not surprisingly, I liked it very much, it reminded me of the flavors of a Rapscallion, Rob Roy or Bobby Burns. […]
Scotch / Tawny Port / Nonino Amaro / Maraschino Liqueur / Aromatic Bitters