A Mountain Of Crushed Ice

At this years Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans i went to the mezcal tasting on the sunday. There was a new product there from Del Maguey to try which is their latest addition of single village mezcals, - the Vida.
Vida is primarily made for mixing, but it sips well and was made to [...]

The nose of the mezcal reaches me, its earhty…and smoky…but not overwelmingly so – in a pleasant way it invites you to take a sip.
I have written about mezcal before but i feel its time again, its such a nice and interesting spirit. Too good to not mention over and over again!

The first time i [...]

This months Mixology Monday has a fun topic - pain in the ass drinks - hosted by McSology.
This Month’s Theme is: Drinks that are a total pain in the ass to make!
Pain in the ass drinks..sure i can deliver that;-) actually i have no less than three for this MxMo which urges us all to [...]

MEZCAL AND FRESH HERBS
- Basil
Its so much fun to experiment with mezcal in cocktails as it has so much flavour of its own -  earhty, vegetal and then it also has that interesting smokiness which truly adds another dimension.
Many flavours naturally fits together and after a while with trial and errors you more or less [...]

Vermouth is the topic of this Mixology Monday - a topic that to me brings back many sweet memories from my early travels in my teens, especially it means Italy to me, not only was i introduced to Campari there but also to Vermouth namely Cinzano and Martini.
We used to drink them neat with ice, [...]

Time again! This months MxMo is hosted by eGullet Society - thanks very much for hosting! Here is the announcement:
This month, fellow Society members, we are the hosts for a Mixology Monday on the theme of dizzy dairy. Any drink using a dairy product is fair game: milk, cream, eggs, butter, cheese, yogurt, curds, you [...]

In this second post in my series about cocktails with mezcal it starts with tequila:
After a visit to the Cocktail Chronicles this spring reading the recipe for the tequila libation ”Flor de Jalisco” made by Death & Co bartender Joaquin Simo, this cocktail caught my attention and sparkled my appetite. I made one and it [...]

I`m going to start a new series - cocktails with mezcal. The reason for doing this is that i think mezcal deserves to be used much more in cocktail mixing, its such a nice spirit. Actually its used quite much now compared to before and that is a good thing, but i have never yet [...]

The nose of the mezcal reaches me, its earhty…and smoky…but not overwelmingly so – in a pleasant way it invites you to take a sip.
Its a long time i wanted to try out Del Maguey mezcals and at the Tales i got my chance during their session Agavepalooza. I also got my chance to finally [...]

Check out my new blog post on the Mixoloseum blog – and read about mezcal and sample a refreshing summer cocktail..
The nose of the mezcal reaches me, its earhty…and smoky…but not overwelmingly so, in a  pleasant way that invites you to take a sip.
EARTH, HERBS AND SMOKE

The mezcal and chartreuse has a herbal-earthy and pleasantly [...]