March 2009 – Page 3 – Science Of Drink

March 10, 2009October 31, 2010

MxMo First Time: SupreMai-Tai and SupreMojito

For this Mixology Monday XXXVII: First Time (LUPEC Boston) I prepared two my favorite cocktails. This two cocktails is very discovered by me and I found “gold” proportion and technique for it. This is my ultimate or supreme-version.

First cocktail is a Mai Tai. Pure tiki-classic and best cocktail in the world.

SupreMai-Tai

30 ml aged Cuban rum Havana Club Anejo 7 Anos
30 ml aged dark rum Angostura 1824
15 ml orange curacao
15 ml orgeat
5 ml rock candy syrup
1 dash Angostura bitter
Shake all with a lot of cracked ice. Serve in apropriate rock glass with crushed ice. Garnish with beautiful flower.

This SupreMai-Tai has very smooth, a little sweet and gorgeous taste.

I try to use different flowers for my SupreMai-Tai. All of it look very good. For example – narcissus.

Second cocktail is Mojito. It is very simple cocktail. The preparation of the Mojito is an art.

SupreMojito

1 tsp. sugar
10 ml fresh lime juice
10 fresh mint leaves (Mentha piperita var. alba)
70 ml white cuban rum Havana Club Anejo Blanco
50 ml soda water (alkaline mineral water)
Muddle mint with sugar and juice. Add crushed ice, rum and stir well. Add crushed ice and sida. Garnish with lime wedge and mint sprig.

SupreMojito has bright and very fresh taste of mint and rum. It is very smooth and light cocktail.

March 7, 2009March 29, 2010

Taste of some russian names

Idea of this post is exploring of some cocktails named with female russian names. I found five cocktails of this kind. Taste of some female russian names. Some of this cocktails are pure and famous classiс – Ninotchka Cocktail. The Anouchka Cocktail is a signature drink of Salvatore Calabrese. This post I devoted all my female friends :)

First cocktail is famous Ninotchka Cocktail which named in honour of Gretta Garbo in “Ninotchka” movie (1939).

Ninotchka (Nintchka, Ninitchka)

45 ml vodka
15 ml light creme de cacao
15 ml fresh lemon juice
Shake. Cocktail glass.

The taste of Ninotchka Cocktail is very interesting and unusual. The combination of smooth sour taste of lemon and sweet choсolate taste of creme de cacao is great!

Recipe of Katinka Cocktail I found in The Classic Bar & Cocktail Book by J. Goodall. This is simple and interesting cocktail.

Katinka

50 ml vodka
40 ml apricot brandy
15 ml fresh lime juice
Shake. Cocktail glass. Garnish with fresh mint.

Sweet, no so strong cocktail with bright apricot taste and little sourness. Admirable!

My favorite CocktailDB list another and very intriguing recipe of Katinka Cocktail: gin, cordial Medoc, green Chartreuse and Angostura bitters. Sounds great! Worth to try.

Recipe of Natasha Cocktail was founded in The Bible of bartender by F. Evsevsky.

Natasha

30 ml vodka
15 ml Cointreau
15 ml creme de banane
15 ml strawberry liqueur
Shake. Cocktail glass.

The Natasha Cocktail has very sweet candy taste. It is amazing temptation.

Anouchka Cocktail was invented by Salvatore Calabrese. It is one of his signature cocktail. It is simple and delicious combination of vodka and sweet blackberry liqueur.

Anouchka

70 ml vodka
10 ml creme de mur (blackberry liqueur)
Stir. Chilled cocktail glass.

This cocktail has strong and sweet berry taste. Admirable!

Recipe of Svetlana Cocktail was found on my favorite Cocktail DB.

Svetlana

45 ml 100 proof vodka
15 ml sweet vermouth
8 ml kirsch
8 ml orange juice
Shake. Cocktail glass. Garnish with orange peel.

This strong and elegant cocktail has comlex taste of vermouth and fruit with amazing bitter note in the aftertaste.

March 4, 2009March 29, 2010

Ace of Clubs

This cocktail was created in 30s of XIX century probably in the one bar with same name in New York by unknown barman. A combination of rum, lime juice and white creme de cacao sounds so intriguing for me.

Ace of Clubs

60 ml golden rum
15 ml white creme de cacao
15 ml fresh lime juice
1 bsp. simple syrup
Shake and strain into chilled cocktail glass.

I use my new rum – Ron Varadero Oro 5 Anos (Cuba) – for this cocktail. Results are excellent. The Ace of Clubs Cocktail has rich, aromatic rum taste with unusual sweet aftertaste. Few drops of Angostura bitters on the top works well and must.