A Mountain Of Crushed Ice

Heard about Trader Tiki`s Exotic syrups yet? no??
If not - let me tell you what lovely genuine yummy and handcrafted syrups these are…I`m really happy to see these syrups now avalable and for purchase. Long ago i tried a few of them and they were pretty fast used up! and mind you i`m not a [...]

There´s a demand for more posts from the TDNs that includes some of the comments and i do agree, its fun reading - especially if you`ve been there for a while and gotten to know the wonderful people who populate the mixoloseum chat room, but a few comments cannot really give a true picture of [...]

TDN TIKI-TIME! THE WORLDS BIGGEST ONLINE COCKTAIL PARTY - ONE YEAR CELEBRATION!
I can´t believe how fast time has flied, its time for our 1 year anniversary of the Mixoloseum’s weekly online cocktail party - Thursday Drink Night aka TDN!
It started so small and it has grown more than i could imagine during this year that [...]

When i first tasted Martin Miller´s gin i found it had a special flavor and i really like it, it has a smooth and a bit earthy-bitter juniper flavour paired with an overall pleasant spicinress and slightly bright citrus and herbal flavours in between.
There´s one thing i specifically like with good gins and its that [...]

TDN - Muddled  Just-picked, ripe strawberries, crushed until their red satin juice stains your muddler. A few slices of ginger, mashed into a stringy lattice of spice. Two basil leaves, delicately pressed into some simple syrup, imbuing it with aromatic delight. A dash of bitters, a jigger of booze, and you have an original cocktail. [...]

Picture by John Hearn - The Bastard´s Booze Blog.
Genever manages to taste like gin and whisky at the same time..Initially gin was very similar to genever, but over time it developed a distinctive style, eliminating malt wine. But the original juniper flavored spirit was genever - originating from Holland.
As always this TDN was fun and [...]

Rum is my favorite spirit and i wish not just my drinks would have attended this TDN but me too. Amazingly enough i have now managed to miss out on 2 rum TDNs and 2 rum chats!
I have liked rum for many years and oddly enough one of my earlier rums was the 15 year [...]

Beefeater 24 is being distilled to a new recipe using specially selected botanicals including a blend of Japanese Sencha and Chinese green teas.Beefeater’s original creator James Burrough constantly tried different combinations of ingredients and used seville oranges already in the 1860s.
Sharing Burrough’s passion for experimentation and flavour, Desmond Payne started experimenting too, trying a whole [...]

SWIZZLES GALORE! That´s what this post is all about.
“TDN: The Swizzle Pouring high-proof rum over the bed of crushed ice brings me joy and happiness. But what about gin and Chartreuse? Or vermouth and Peychaud bitters? This coming Thursday we’ll be making more swizzles than you can twirl a stick at. And as voted on [...]

The theme for last week’s Thursday Drink Night was absinthe and sure there were both nano-drops and death pours made with our favorite louching spirit. As voted on by the participants at the Mixoloseum blog,the best cocktail of the evening will win a bottle of Marteau absinthe courtesy of Gwydion Stone.
Its was amazingly quiet the [...]