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THE BLUE BEETLE GIN

Ένα καινούριο London Dry Gin κάνει την εμφάνιση του στην ελληνική αγορά. Το THE BLUE BEETLE, απλώς και μόνο για να επιβεβαιώσει ότι το μυστικό βρίσκεται στην συνταγή.

Pisco Sour

Pisco is a spirit that is getting more and more appreciation from bartenders worldwide. Pisco Sour is one of the best-known cocktails made with Pisco. The Pisco Sour has been created in 1916 by Victor Morris, bartender at Morris Bar in Lima, Peru, as the local...

Σκoύρo Χρυσo: τζενίβερ

«Εκεί που η σκούρα χρυσή απόχρωση με ξεγελά, και παραπέμπει σε κάποιο απόσταγμα τύπου ουίσκι, ο Σπύρος θα μου θυμίσει το ταξίδι του (στην έρευνά του για το τζενίβερ), απ’ όπου άντλησε το αξιόλογο ποτό, που τον εξέπληξε με την πολυπλοκότητα των αρωμάτων του…»...

Ramos Gin Fizz: a yummy New Orlean’s classic!

  What is Ramos Gin Fizz exactly? First of all it is a cocktail. A long drink cocktail. It was created in the city of New Orleans in 1888 by a bartender called Henry Charles Ramos. Ramos Gin Fizz is an extremely yummy combination of gin, egg white, fresh lemon...

Division Bell

Division Bell, may sounds familiar as a phrase, because of Pink Floyd’s amazing music album. But, as a cocktail Division Bell is really… huh… let’s say unconventional. I was reading gaz’s regan Annual Manual for Bartenders 2011, when I...

Cosmopolitan

  Yes, Cosmopolitan is the cocktail for which you may have heard almost a zillion things about its color, its sweetness or sourness and how it was invented. It is not a classic cocktail from the past 19th century. It is no longer the trend cocktail in London or New...

Proeflokaals

The older generation of Dutch people used to try jonge, oude, corenwiijn, fruit and other styles of genever in neighborhood bars called proeflokaals. The word itself means tasting room and in fact, proeflokaals were heavy wooden style, old and fabulous bars, which were dedicated to genever.

Schiedam’s Jenever Museum

JeneverMuseum in Schiedam, is not just another museum. Of course, it is a place that houses historical facts and materials about genever production during the old Dutch days. But at the same time, under the museum’s roof there is plenty of modern equipment which is used nowadays for the production of “the mother of all gins”: The original single malt genever.

Stockholm’s SpritMuseum

People’s relationship to alcohol has always been a substantial indication of a country’s culture. Stockholm’s Museum of Spirits is focused exactly on this relationship between Swedish and booze. Located on the island of Djurgården in Stockholm, Spritmuseum is a live example of how an afternoon’s visit in a museum could turn into an unforgettable experience.

A.van Wees distillery de Ooievaar

There is an old Dutch saying which goes like this: “A sailor’s best working compass is a glass completely filled with genever”. A.van Wees distillery de Ooievaar was built in 1782. The distillery is run by Fenny van Wees and the employees are just a few loyal workers. All products are exclusively made of pure natural raw materials, without the addition of artificial flavours. The drinks are coloured with natural colorants. Jenever (in English it is spelled Genever) is a typical Dutch drink. The word means , quite simply, juniper.