Tag: Brandy

1961-1970 Cocktails

077 – Sangria

by warwickmails • May 1, 2022 • 0 Comments

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,…

1911-1920 Cocktails, IBA Official, IBA Unforgettables

023 – Sidecar

by warwickmails • September 12, 2021 • 1 Comment

A Sydney ‘lock-down’ version of the World War One ‘Sidecar’ cocktail. Sydney’s Covid Lockdown has inspired me to explore this famous cocktail. Let’s take a look at the classic 1918 ‘Sidecar’ Cocktail. SIDECAR Created sometime around the end of World War One (around 1918) in either Paris or London. Named after the ‘motorcycle sidecar’ of…