Negus from the Mansfield Park ball
Negus isn’t your usual mulled wine. It’s far superior. Negus is best done nice and slow. That way you can coax all the flavor out of your aromatics and create a true depth of flavor…
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Category: Drinks
Chris Baker guest post: all about vermouths
When making vermouths, the base wine is fortified with brandy to 18% alcohol then infused with an array of herbs and spices…
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Chris Baker guest post: Mead, the world’s oldest tipple
Mead is the oldest alcoholic beverage known to man. The Romans knew it as Hydromel, Old Swedish has it as Mjod and the ancient Welsh as Medd…
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Timothy Miner guest post: VICTORY GIN martini
It’s a challenging drink both on the palate and in the matter of alcohol content. This one will definitely leave you looking at things differently…
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George Orwell Part 3: a shot of VICTORY
The description of VICTORY GIN sounds like a shot to me, but this drink is balanced and pleasant so can also be sipped…
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George Orwell Part 2: homemade gin
Historically gin hasn’t had the best reputation, and I think that’s exactly why Orwell gave it such a prominent role in Nineteen Eighty-Four…
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Chris Baker guest post: Chianti and Amarone
Wine expert Chris Baker unravels the difference between Chianti and Amarone, and why wine in the Silence of the Lambs film differs from the book…
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Timothy Miner guest post: The P.G. Wodehouse Fizz
Last week, Eric gave us his take on Jeeves’ famous hangover cure, but we also thought it would be fun to ask our good friend and Brooklyn mixologist extrordinaire, Tim Miner, to have a stab too…
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Jeeves and Wooster Part 2: hangover cure
To me Jeeves’ drink screams Bloody Mary. It has all the fresh vegetables and vitamins to revitalise the body and settle your stomach…
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