A 2022 exploration of the ‘Sangria’. What started as a Covid activity (during the 105-day Sydney lock-down of 2021), is now a continuing journey through the cocktail’s of the past. This time the famous ‘Sangria’. SANGRIA Make yourself a Sangria at home. ‘Sangria’ means ‘blood-letting’, and I like my Sangria dark, rich and blood coloured,…
A 2022 re-discovery of the ‘Amaro Sour’ cocktail, a less-well-known ‘sour mix’. What started as a Covid activity, in the 105-day Sydney lock-down, is now a continuing journey through the cocktail’s of the past. This time, a surprising find in the sour-cocktail family – the forgotten ‘Amaro Sour’. AMARO SOUR Make yourself an Amaro Sour…
A 2022 re-discovery of the ‘Grasshopper’ cocktail, created before Prohibition, but at its height in the 1970’s. What started as my Covid lock-down activity, in the 105-day Sydney second-wave of the Covid-19 Delta-Strain, is now a continuing journey through the cocktail’s of the past. This time, it’s a re-mix exploration of the ‘Grasshopper’. GRASSHOPPER Let’s…
A 2021 re-discovery of the 1968 ‘Harpoon’ cocktail, a precursor to the Cosmopolitan. A continuing journey through the cocktail’s of the past. This time, the ‘Harpoon’, originally launched by Ocean Spray to promote cranberry juice to adults. HARPOON Let’s give the ‘Harpoon’ a ‘Locktail’ re-discovery. Returning to some make-at-home cocktail recipes despite the end of…
A 2022 re-discovery of the classic ‘Harvey Wallbanger’ cocktail. What started as a Covid lock-down activity, in the 105-day Sydney second-wave of the Delta-strain, is now a continuing journey through the cocktail’s of the past. This time, we are making the ‘Harvey Wallbanger’, a survivor from the 1960’s and 1970’s – the age of Disco.…
A 2022 re-discovery of the 1949 ‘White Russian’ cocktail. What started as a Covid lock-down activity, in the 105-day Sydney second-wave of the Delta-strain in 2021, is now a continuing journey through the cocktail’s of the past, as we once again face a Covid surge in the form of Omicron. This time, the make-at-home cocktail…
A 2021 re-discovery of the late 1960’s or early 1970’s ‘Tequila Sunrise’ cocktail. What started as a Covid lock-down activity, in the 105-day Sydney second-wave of the Delta-strain, is now a continuing journey through the cocktail’s of the past. This time, the ‘Tequila Sunrise’. TEQUILA SUNRISE Variations may have existed in the 1930’s and 1940’s,…
Lockdown Cocktails 