A Sydney ‘lock-down’ version of the famous Gimlet cocktail. Sydney’s Covid Lockdown has inspired me to explore this simple cocktail and its roots. Here is the resulting ‘Gimlet’ recipe, with home-made Lime Cordial and some selected background. GIMLET Truly a cocktail invented at sea, and not in a bar. A stalwart of the Royal Navy…
A Sydney ‘lock-down’ version of the famous Corpse Reviver cocktail. Sydney’s Covid Lockdown has inspired me to explore this simple cocktail and take it back to its roots. Here is the resulting ‘Covid Reviver’ recipe and some cocktail background. COVID REVIVER Back in 1861, London’s Punch magazine named the ‘Corpse Reviver’ cocktail, but no recipe…
A ‘lock-down’ re-discovery of the famous Dry Martini cocktail from the mid-to-late 1800’s. Sydney’s Covid Lockdown has inspired me to take this simple cocktail back to its roots and make it in the most classic way I know how. Here is the resulting recipe and some background. DRY MARTINI The Martini most likely appeared as…
A ‘lock-down’ re-imagined version of the famous Old Fashioned cocktail. Sydney’s Covid Lockdown has inspired me to take this simple cocktail back to its roots and add a little change of my own. Here is the resulting recipe and some background. OLD FASHIONED Back in 1895, this cocktail was already considered ‘Old Fashioned’, a reminiscence…
Yet another re-imagined version of the famous Manhattan cocktail. Sydney’s Covid Lockdown has inspired me to take this simple cocktail back to its roots and add a little change of my own. Here is the resulting recipe and some cocktail background. THE MANHATTAN A classic, the Manhattan Cocktail has been reinvented perhaps more than any…
A re-imagined version of the famous Sazerac cocktail, sometimes called the ‘first cocktail’. Sydney’s Covid Lockdown has inspired me to take this simple cocktail back to its roots in search of some additional smoothness and flavour. Here is the resulting recipe and some cocktail background. Make your own ‘Locktail’ Sazerac. Here is the recipe: INGREDIENTS30ml…
Lockdown Cocktails 