For several months now, I haven't been making anything new. There are plenty of excuses, but mainly I blame success. My vermouth and amaro recipes have been stable. It wouldn't be very interesting for me to say "today I made another batch of that thing I've already described in excruciating detai...
5 days into my Solera Amaro Project, I have finished drinking my first small bottle, which I am calling fill #1. (I would have finished it 4 days ago, but I thought I should try at least a bit of self control.) It is now time to transfer half of the large bottle, which currently contains fill #2...
Anecdote #1
Sometimes, for a lark, I like to mix equal portions of every amaro in the house with soda. The results are always different, but always interesting and surprisingly well balanced.
Anecdote #2
Amor y Amargo in New York (one of the city's few redeeming features) makes a delicious 8...
It's that time again. Today, I'm spellchecking the lineup from a Gordon & MacPhail tasting that I recently attended.
Glencadam
- Glendale
- Glenda
- Macadam
- Madalena
- Longterm
- Longtime
I was hoping it would eventually suggest Macallan, but it veered off at the end.
Miltonduff
- Milton du...
Tincture-based vermouth
This is the first version of my sweet vermouth recipe using only tinctures, instead of boiled spices.
- 500 ml Wine
- 175 ml Brandy
- 1.5 oz Oloroso Sherry
- 1 oz Bitter Orange
- 0.25 oz Sweet Orange
- 35 dr Anise
- 20 dr Clove
- 35 dr Cardamom
- 30 dr Juniper
- 20 dr Dande...