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In Scotch We Trust!
International Whiskey Day began to be celebrated in 2009, in memory of Michael Jackson, the writer and British whiskey critic.
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Year summary! Trends in the world of cocktails and recipes worth entertaining at home
Every year I celebrate and host you in my bars at your various happy events, this season of the year I often find myself preparing special cocktail menus for the end of the year and Hanukkah celebrations. In the recipes I add a mention of the sparkling Christmas for the locals and foreigners who are waiting for the magical holiday atmosphere.
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A recipe for warm sangria for a homemade and intoxicating winter
Although sangria is not a cocktail in the traditional sense of the word, spices from the world of cocktails make it
So good...
Over the years and after hundreds of tests, I finally found my chosen spices for it:
Independence Special: What would they drink here, to "be a free people in our country"?
This time of year brings longing for the good old Land of Israel. The smell of the orchards, the green trees and the mournful Hebrew songs being played, flood you with nostalgia, and thoughts of what was here then, seven and a half decades ago.
Gold rush cocktail
There is a kind of big pendulum swinging back and forth, at first everything is simple.
In making drinks we creative bartenders use what we can find, and add new ingredients or processes as they are available to the old and familiar
How does a classic cocktail even become trendy?
What is a trend anyway? Or a trend in cocktails? You can think of it as a development and change that people adopt in the way they behave and at a certain point in time it is ripe enough to enter the world of intoxication as well...
How do you make cocktails with chili?
In recent years, once every few days I come across the question: "Yotm, do you make cocktails at Spicehouse with chili?" The love of spicy that is developing in Israel combined with the hot climate reminds bartenders very much of Mexico...
On death and glory - whiskey cocktail of the peak of the summer
With so many types of Japanese Irish and American Scotch whiskey to choose from, it can be difficult to choose just one for a cocktail. So what is the solution? Combine two styles!
Bubbly Negroni recipe
The Negroni is a century-old cocktail that has burst back into consciousness in the last decade. It is a favorite of bartenders because it is easy to remember its dimensions. Hundreds of different versions have been launched and they all work! White Negroni, Negroni splash, Boulevardier (bourbon-based Negroni), barrel-aged Negroni, mezcal and more...
What cocktail did the great women drink?
Over the years, in my long career as a mixologist and bartender, when I had a dead moment at the bar, I found myself imagining - what all kinds of larger-than-life characters would be drinking - if they walked into the bar right now.
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