"Fancy Cocktail No 1 | Crafted Pour"

"So another year is coming to an end and I’ve been meaning to find a cocktail that would be suitable to serve after the New Year’s dinner for our closest friends. Apart from the pre-dinner and midnight champagne cocktails I want to serve something that is not based on sparkling wine. One of my favorite Youtubers, Anders Erickson, posted this recipe and I couldn’t really imagine at all what this would taste like so this is something I had to try. This is by far the most adult cocktail I’ve tried and as Anders says it feels really fancy - hence the name. With the bergamot from the Italicus, sherry and tequila mix this has a really complex flavour palette that is quite hard to describe. I was playing around with the ratios but the equal parts wast just the perfect balance. I did find it had a tad bitter tone despite using red grapefruit for the glass rim and garnish so I made a saline solution to reduce the bitterness and to enhance the sweetness of the citrus from the Italicus and grapefruit. Also to give it a rounder flavour. Saline solution I mixed approximately 1dl water and a teaspoon or two of salt and let the salt dissolve. If the solution is super salty just add a few drops but I mixed around a teaspoon in the drink. Add equal parts of the spirits and the saline solution in a mixing glass with ice. Stir until cold. Cut a zest of the grapefruit and squeeze the oil over the drink and rub the glass rim and voilà.", "undefined", "Fancy Cocktail No 1",

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Fancy Cocktail No 1 By , May 8, 2009 So another year is coming to an end and I’ve been meaning to find a cocktail that would be suitable to serve after the New Year’s dinner for our closest friends. Apart from the pre-dinner and midnight champagne cocktails I want to serve something that is not based on sparkling wine. One of my favorite Youtubers, Anders Erickson, posted this recipe and I couldn’t really imagine at all what this would taste like so this is something I had to try. This is by far the most adult cocktail I’ve tried and as Anders says it feels really fancy - hence the name. With the bergamot from the Italicus, sherry and tequila mix this has a really complex flavour palette that is quite hard to describe. I was playing around with the ratios but the equal parts wast just the perfect balance. I did find it had a tad bitter tone despite using red grapefruit for the glass rim and garnish so I made a saline solution to reduce the bitterness and to enhance the sweetness of the citrus from the Italicus and grapefruit. Also to give it a rounder flavour. Saline solution I mixed approximately 1dl water and a teaspoon or two of salt and let the salt dissolve. If the solution is super salty just add a few drops but I mixed around a teaspoon in the drink. Add equal parts of the spirits and the saline solution in a mixing glass with ice. Stir until cold. Cut a zest of the grapefruit and squeeze the oil over the drink and rub the glass rim and voilà. So another year is coming to an end and I’ve been meaning to find a cocktail that would be suitable to serve after the New Year’s dinner for our closest friends. Apart from the pre-dinner and midnight champagne cocktails I want to serve something that is not based on sparkling wine. One of my favorite Youtubers, Anders Erickson, posted this recipe and I couldn’t really imagine at all what this would taste like so this is something I had to try. This is by far the most adult cocktail I’ve tried and as Anders says it feels really fancy - hence the name. With the bergamot from the Italicus, sherry and tequila mix this has a really complex flavour palette that is quite hard to describe. I was playing around with the ratios but the equal parts wast just the perfect balance. I did find it had a tad bitter tone despite using red grapefruit for the glass rim and garnish so I made a saline solution to reduce the bitterness and to enhance the sweetness of the citrus from the Italicus and grapefruit. Also to give it a rounder flavour. Saline solution I mixed approximately 1dl water and a teaspoon or two of salt and let the salt dissolve. If the solution is super salty just add a few drops but I mixed around a teaspoon in the drink. Add equal parts of the spirits and the saline solution in a mixing glass with ice. Stir until cold. Cut a zest of the grapefruit and squeeze the oil over the drink and rub the glass rim and voilà. Ingredients: - Italicus - Reposado Tequila Instructions: Add equal parts of the spirits and the saline solution in a mixing glass with ice. Stir until cold. I mixed approximately 1dl water and a teaspoon or two of salt and let the salt dissolve. If the solution is super salty just add a few drops but I mixed around a teaspoon in the drink. NYE