Questions tagged [cocktails]
Techniques, equipment and ingredients used in preparing and serving mixed alcoholic drinks, as well as non-alcoholic substitutes ("mocktails").
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can I just double the orange flower water?
I'm making orgeat and it calls for 1/2 a tsp each of orange flower and rose water. I found the orange flower water in my cupboard and I don't have any store near me to get rose water. Would it be ok ...
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What happens to the cream and egg white in a Ramos Gin Fizz?
A Ramos Gin Fizz uses both egg white and heavy cream in order to form an extraordinarily stable and dense head on the drink.
When egg white is whipped, it forms a foam through protein networking. When ...
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Whiskey sour: should the bourbon kill any germs in the egg whites?
Inspired by the TV show Mad Men, my wife and I made whiskey sours, which were really delicious. We followed the standard recipe, which includes a couple of ounces of bourbon and roughly half an egg ...
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Cocktail infused Creme Brulee?
I am making crème brulee for 60, I intend to sous vide them (thinking 180 degrees F, roughly 83C?), and I would like to create an "old fashioned" flavored crème brulee. To accomplish this, I ...
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Vietnamese Coffee (cocktail) - what to sub for condensed milk?
If you've ever enjoyed a Vietnamese Coffee, they're to die for. Blend:
crushed ice
shot of espresso
condensed milk
... avocado
(add dark liquor like bourbon if a cocktail)
blend them together and ...
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How to get Coco Lopez in Serbia?
How can I get Coco Lopez cream of coconut in Serbia? I've looked everywhere on the internet, and it is always around $90 shipping or so. I bought it in Italy before and it wasn’t that expensive.
I ...
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How to extract mouth numbing effect from Sichuan peppercorn into a syrup?
I tried following the recipe here to try to create a Sichuan peppercorn simple syrup. The recipe is basically to add slightly crushed peppercorn to sugar and water, allow to simmer, take off the heat, ...
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Coconut cream from coconut butter
How can I make coconut cream from coconut butter? I am making Pina Colada cocktail and I need coconut cream. I have one original coconut cream (for the sake of not advertising, I will not put here ...
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Do cocktail onions need to be pressure canned
I've decided that the cocktail onions I can buy pale in comparison to some that I've had in better establishments. They're tiny and lack crunch, even when I try to buy something top-notch.
So, I ...
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Shelf-Stable Cocktails
I'm a home brewer looking to can up shelf-stable cocktails to share with friends who don't drink beer. I know I'll be using Citric/Malic acid to mimic citrus flavors, but will that be enough to make ...
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Cocktail shaker - silver plate but black on the inside
I picked up a 1920s, silver-plated cocktail shaker from the op-shop. It is super fabulous. However, the inside is all black. Is it safe to make and serve cocktails from this shaker? What should I ...
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How to get a good fragrance from burnt rosemary?
There's a particular cocktail I'm trying to produce which has a garnish of burnt fresh rosemary. Properly done, the rosemary is burnt with a torch to release some very fragrant, herbal smoke.
However ...
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How to make syrups shelf stable?
I'm making flavoured tonic syrups, but I want to flavour them naturally with juices, concentrates and botanicals.
I'm working on a "green" flavour with herbs and spices, but trying to make it shelf ...
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What does 'white' alone mean in cocktail recipes?
I've come across the two following cocktail recipes:
East Meets West
Absolut Raspberry vodka, Cointreau, St-Germain
elderflower liqueur, pomegranate juice, lime juice, white
The English ...
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Official cocktail recipes vs typical glass sizes
I've bought and tried various types of glassware for cocktails. Glasses for typical shaken drinks include a cheap martini glass (165 ml), a nick and nora style glass and a coupe (125 ml), among others....
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