Tag: Ingredient
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Ingredient – Fizz Water
This is the first time here at Cocktail Hacker that we’ve had a chance to use any sort of carbonated water in a cocktail. Most of you are quite familiar with some of the types of soda water by now, but there are some important differences that you should keep in mind when mixing drinks.…
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Ingredient – Orgeat
As you read the recipe for the Mai Tai you may have been tripped up by one of the ingredients, Orgeat. Orgeat is a sweet syrup made from almonds and much like Grenadine is really easy to make at home. You’ll find as you explore the Tiki arts that lots of recipes will use Orgeat…
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Ingredient – Maraschino Cherries
The garnish of choice for a Manhattan is a Maraschino cherry. That word probably brings images of bright red, extremely sweet fruits floating up in your consciousness. But, like many things in the cocktail world, it hasn’t always been that way. Maraschino (pronounced Mara-skee-no) cherries were originally produced by macerating Marasca in Maraschino liqueur. Introduced…
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Ingredient – Bitters
One of the best explanations I’ve heard is that bitters are like spices for cocktails. You would never cook certain dishes without spices and the same is true of some cocktails and their bitters. Old timers only considered drinks with bitters to be true cocktails. The quote on our Mission page sums it up nicely. …
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Ingredient – Grenadine
As I mentioned in this week’s intro post, the Grenadine you find in most grocery stores is actually just citric acid flavored sugar water. We here at Cocktail Hacker hope to resolve that problem right now. Grenadine can be made at home quite simply and quickly. Plus, you get the added bonus that the homemade…