We went over flip ingredients individually, but never went into the description of what the cocktail is as a whole. And the eve of a new year feels like as good a time as any to reminisce, sitting around the fire, drinking, and telling tall tales of years gone by.
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21. Flips: The Seasoning – Amaro
Amari (plural for an amaro) aren’t in a lot of flip style drinks, but they are fun to experiment with since they provide both spice and bitterness like a typical cocktail seasoning ingredient.
20. Flips: The Balance – Eggs & Dairy
The cocktail term ‘nog’ actually refers to alcohol with cream added. Although the origin of the term is highly debated online. The trouble with ever getting accurate alcohol history is that the people passing it along for hundreds of years were all typically intoxicated.
19. Flips: The Core – Fortified Wine
In the martini chapter we learned about vermouths: wines that are fortified with extra booze and flavored with botanicals. Here we’ll learn about unflavored fortified wines, like sherry, port and madeira.
18. Highballs: The Balance – Sparkling Water, how to serve it, and what are my other options cuz that sounds boring.
Well, when we did the bitters & seltzer experiment we saw how sparkling water can dilute or spread out flavors that were pretty concentrated before, and how the bubbles bring more of the bitters’ smell up to your nose.
17. Highballs: The Core – any spirit that also provides its own seasoningÂ
At its most basic level, any two-ingredient rail drink qualifies as a highball, but the ingredients, the preparation, and the presentation are what make these cocktails shine.
16. Daisies: Bonus Round!
This is the part where I step back and follow their recipes. But I Have learned from the previous weeks how to spot an obviously bad internet recipe.
15. Daisies: The Balance & Seasoning together (say wahhaat?)
As far as cocktail ingredients go, liqueurs are alcohol, flavoring, and sweetener rolled into one, but it’s hard to know what they’ll taste like or how much you’ll need in a cocktail until you try it.
14. Daisies: The other Core – Mezcal
It’s not so much an experiment as it is, having a margarita. If you feel like buying a bunch of different mezcals to compare them, by all means go for it, but I’m not a big fan so I’m just going headfirst into this cocktail
13. Daisies: The Core – Brandy
Brandy is a catch-all term for spirits distilled from fruits like grapes or apples. Brandy styles are divided into the following:
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