The fourth episode of the Pseudo-Alcoholics series! After introducing the commonly used base wines and liqueurs, the next step is the preparation guide! In fact, making cocktails is very simple - add some ice, add some drinks, add some wine and become... The whole text is finished, so I'm joking.~
When it comes to cocktails, our first reactions are often: Martini Martini, Mojito Mojito, Margarita, Gin Tonic and other very classic and recognizable names. These works are very classic recipes in cocktails, which have been precipitated and widely circulated over time, and have gradually become well known to people, and they are also often seen on the wine list when we go to night bars and other places.
Although they are sealed as classics, but in fact, most of the production is not difficult, at home can also be easily reproduced ~ of course, in addition to the classic recipe step by step to make, in fact, there can be a lot of whims, as I said at the beginning, what is the use of what, add some drinks and some wine to become, you can explore according to your preferences or materials at home~
Because there are too many types of cocktails, as a beginner's new person, he often does not prepare a lot of base wine at home, and this series is based on [base wine], giving everyone some cocktail recipes for Amway.
This article begins with gin
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Gin, the translated name has gin, there is also gin, in the play of the wilderness dart 2 you often pick up the gin is his ~ as the british national drink, the history of gin is not very long, even invented by the Dutch at the beginning, and then carried forward by the British.
Originally, gin, like other liquors, was used to clear heat and prevent and treat diseases. Like Coke, there are foodies who think it is delicious, so they slowly adjust the recipe and improve it into a drink with better palatability and more prominent aroma, which is today's gin. Juniper flavor is the commonality of gin, because it is necessary to add spices based on juniper nuts when making (note that spices are added, juniper nuts themselves do not contain sugar starch and cannot be used to make wine), so gin has a very prominent juniper flavor, also known as gin.
Now most of the gin we buy in the market is dry gold, and the drink will be slightly spicy, so I prefer to use it to bartend compared to direct drinking, and his unique juniper flavor is quite recognizable, and many people have a good bite
Recommended gins that can be used for bartending:
In fact, it is not difficult to push, we usually in the supermarket e-commerce channel easy to buy the brand... Basically, if we use bartending, the quality requirements of the wine itself are not particularly high, and the level of "passable" or "not too bad" is probably OK, in short, it is cheap.
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Gordon & Addier is a brand of the famous liquor distributor Diageo. One of the world's highest-selling gins, and the largest export volume of gin in London, England, as the first bottle of "dry gold", his historical status can be seen. Gordon's recipe has not changed since its inception, and has been following the "ancient method of brewing", so his popularity lies in its stability, the taste that has not changed for a hundred years makes him a favorite of many people, and because of the large output, the price is also very beautiful
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="128" > Befuda</h1>
Pernod Ricard's classic wine ~ the gin I am using now, personally his love is still very high, this bottle is already the second bottle ~ also from the London winery in the United Kingdom, with a history of more than 150 years, is the world's largest export volume of gin brand, has the reputation of "the heart of the cocktail", the taste is rich, more spicy, gin flavor is particularly prominent ~
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="130" > Mumbai sapphire</h1>
Bacardi's super popular gin ~ many people look at his "blue appearance" and have the idea of starting, buy home to find that this product is actually a blue bottle, the wine inside is still colorless and transparent, it has produced a deep sense of being deceived, and then gave him a bad review...
In fact, Mumbai sapphire is made in England except that the wine is not blue, and yes it is not Mumbai.
In addition, there are many big names of gin to choose from, everyone according to the budget on the line, I recommend here are a few cheaper models. Let's take a look at the wine list~!
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<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="243" > gimlet</h1>
Add 20 ml of rock sugar syrup to the sherk pot
Add 20 ml of lime juice
Add 60ml of gin
Add half a cup of ice
Shake vigorously and thoroughly (15s)
Filter and pour out
Ai Lu commented: In fact, it is golden sour wine. Speaking of "sour wine", you may know more about the cocktail of whiskey sour, in fact, other base wines can also be concocted in the same way.
The sour wine made on the basis of gin slightly weakens the gin flavor of the wine itself, so that the originally stimulating base taste becomes soft, with a slightly bitter sour lemon and syrup to get a very balanced taste, simple and refreshing ~ may be one of the simplest cocktails that can be made with gin, but his "palatability" for novices may be slightly lower than the back of the gin and kimfis, you can try it as appropriate.
Modulation cost: Low
Beginner Recommendation Index: ★★★
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="189" > bee's Knees</h1>
This is one of my favorite cocktails
Add 20ml of honey to the sherk pot
Add 20 ml of lemon juice
Shake the lid vigorously for 15 s
Squeeze a little lemon oil into the wine with a piece of lemon zest and spread the rim of the cup
Ailu Comment: Can you exchange the syrup for honey to harvest another gin, and it is more attractive than the original taste? If you love the unique scent of honey, be sure to try this bee knee! Unlike Lyre, this wine uses yellow lemon instead of lime, with honey to make the whole glass of wine more rounded and plump, and the final finishing touch lemon peel also sublimates this wine, simply not too much ~ (you can also try a variety of citrus fruit peels such as oranges, grapefruit, lime, etc., you can get a completely different experience)
PS: Because of the different types of honey, bee knees made with different honey will have different experiences, so try it more!
Beginner Recommendation Index: ★★★★
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="70" > Gin and Tonic</h1>
Ingredients: Gin, tonic water, lemon, ice cubes
make:
It is recommended to use a long drinking cup and add half a cup of ice cubes
Pour in 1 ounce of gin, which can be increased or decreased according to the amount of wine
Add 10 ml of lemon juice
Add chilled tonic water to fill the cup
Ailu comment: People's first time is always impressive, my first cocktail is gin tonic. It was recommended by the owner when I first stepped into the bar a few years ago for a drunken drink. It is estimated that I am relatively young, and the boss made me a glass of golden tonic after inquiring about my alcohol intake and needs.
Gin Tonic is very good to eat, and it is also a wine that I recommend for friends who are trying cocktails for the first time. Tangli water contains quinine, tastes like a little "medicinal" Sprite, full of carbonic acid, directly drink a little sweet, after mixing with gin slightly relieved the sweet feeling, with sour lemon to drink is very refreshing and thirst-quenching, the material and production are also very simple.
PS: If you don't have tonic water on hand, you can also change it to Sprite, which will become the golden fitsse that you want to talk about below.
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Ingredients: Gin, lemon juice, soda, rock sugar syrup
Add an appropriate amount of ice to the sherk cup
Add 1 ounce of gin
Add 15 ml of lemon juice
Add 10 ml of rock sugar syrup
Cover and shake well into a long drinking cup
Add soda to fill the cup
Ai Lu comments: Like Jin Tonic, Jin Fei Shi is a drink based on gin, and the naming style is similar, which is the representative work of the Fries style cocktail. Basically, it can be said that the tonic water is replaced with soda water, giving this cocktail the ultimate refreshing taste, generally speaking, in order to increase the taste, the rock sugar syrup will be added, but directly replacing the soda with Sprite or other lemonade is actually a good choice~
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="205" > France 75 French 75</h1>
Pour 15 ml of syrup into the sherk pot
Pour in 15 ml of lemon juice
Pour in 30ml of gin
Shake well for 15 s
Strain into cup
Fill the glass with sparkling wine, about 120ml, depending on the size of the glass
Ellaway: It's another sparkling cocktail, but unlike the previous two, this one we'll add grape sparkling wine to make a "champagne" cocktail with a certain deceptiveness. The golden sour wine with sparkling wine is more smooth to drink, the slightly sweet and slightly sour taste is not as direct as the stimulation of the piano bud, and the introduction of wine flavor and bubbles makes the wine body more refreshing, pleasant smell, giving people a "sense of high-grade"
Compared to real champagne, this French 75 has more strength and more staying power, so you should pay attention to the amount of drinking.
Modulation cost: Medium
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Add 8-10 mint leaves to the sherk pot
Add 2-5 slices of cucumber
Add 20 ml of syrup
Mashed
Add half a cup of ice cubes and shake well for 15s
Ailu Comment: If the first few wines can be said to be refreshing, this east side is a cocktail that uses mint and cucumber to present "refreshing" in a more advanced form. The special plant flavor combined with the original gin flavor of gin is very natural and smooth to drink, and you can also feel a very obvious sense of multi-layeredness, which is also a cocktail that is very suitable for beginners. When you feel tired of drinking the first few slightly "monotonous" cocktails, it is highly recommended to start with this one from the east side and experience the layering brought by more materials.
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Ingredients: Gin, dry miste, olives
Add an appropriate amount of ice cubes to the sherk cup
Add 1 oz of dry gin
Add 15 ml of dry Misi
Stir gently with a bar spoon
Pour in the martini cup and garnish with olives
Ai Lu comments: Martini is known as the king of cocktails, friends who have seen "007" should be familiar with this wine, the film's protagonist James Bond's favorite is Martini. As a cocktail that has been given countless meanings and countless glories, Martini's status in the cocktail industry can be seen, compared with the several cocktails introduced earlier that are easy to enter suitable for novice drinking, Martini is more mature, the degree is higher, the taste is also spicy, beginners recommend not to try easily, but once the amount of wine is practiced, it must be made up.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="51" > Long Island Iced Tea</h1>
Ingredients: Gin, tequila, vodka, white rum, lemon, cola, rock sugar syrup
Add 10 ml of gin
Add 10 ml of tequila
Add vodka 10ml
Add 10ml of white rum
Add 20ml of lemon juice
Add the syrup to taste
Fill the cup with Coke again
Stir the bottom with a bar spoon
Ai Lu comments: From the recipe point of view, we know that this wine is actually a slightly more alcoholic cocktail, many people will be deceived by the name of Long Island Iced Tea, in fact, he does not have tea and the degree is high, the degree of confusion is full ~ and it is said that the reason for the name "tea" is only because his finished color is somewhat similar to black tea.
When I first came into contact with Long Island Iced Tea in college, it was a wine that was particularly liked by a well-connected senior at that time, and as long as it was on the menu, it was his must-order. As a cocktail made from four base liquors, Long Island Iced Tea should be more suitable for drinking a little bit than the previous sweet and refreshing entry-level models, and if the amount of alcohol is not suitable, the ratio of cola to wine can be slightly adjusted.
Although this wine uses gin, it actually uses a lot of other base wines, and writes it down as the cocktail of the final pressure (number) axis (number) ~ I hope everyone taps hahaha.
Modulation cost: High
Beginner recommendation degree: ★★
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="242" > conclusion</h1>
Many people may not like the "plastic taste" of gin, but compared to the pure and immaculate taste of vodka, the unique aroma of gin makes him more recognizable and does not make people feel just "winey". Therefore, I prefer to use gin to use vodka bartending, so gin is also a base wine that my family consumes a lot
Well, this time the gin cocktail list is written here ~ I will update the cocktails made by other base wines later, please continue to look forward to it ~