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Should I use gin or vodka for a classic martini?
MORETraditionally, a classic martini is made with gin. However, personal preferences vary, and some people enjoy vodka martinis. Feel free to experiment and find your favorite.
A-Frame
Very Strong ABV ( above 30% ), Potent and intense.
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spicy chicken wings or nachos with jalapenos
Licorice, Herbal
- Sambuca 4 cl
- Absinthe 4 cl
- Ouzo 4 cl
Any Glass of your Choice
a-frame is a popular Liqueurs cocktail containing a combinations of Sambuca,Absinthe,Ouzo .Served using Any Glass of your ChoiceA-Frame Ingredients
Sambuca,Absinthe,Ouzo,
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Mix the 3 in any order. Feel the burn baby!!!!!!.Light it too if you want to be a smart alec!
Sambuca
Sambuca is an anise flavoured Italian liqueur, it is a colourless liqueur in pure form but there are Black Sambuca ( deep blue colour ) or Red Sambuca ( bright red in colour ), thus the colourless liqueur is distinguised as White Sambuca.
Sambuca is a minimum of 38% Alcohol by Volume, and is created by adding essential oils of star enise, or less commonly green anise, elderflower, liquorice and other herbs as per recipe of the producer, to pure alcohol and a concentrated solution of sugar.
Sambuca is served neat, on the rocks or with water. In Italian tradition, Sambuca may be consumed after coffee as an Ammazzacaffè, which is a small glass of liqueur usually consumed after coffee to dull its taste or the caffeine effect. It is a common Italian custom, especially after a generous festive meal.
Note: If a bottle of Sambuca is not what you are looking to buy, get some Anise Oil ( Green Anise ) and Anise Extract ( Star Anise ) and some Licorice Root Sticks and steep them in a Neutral Spirit like Vodka for a few days and follow available home made Sambuca recipes to create your own Sambuca for party days.Absinthe
Absinthe is an anise flavoured spirit derived from several plants including grand wormwood. green anise and fennel ,along with other medicinal and culinary herbs. Absinthe is Swiss in origin, and was created in the late 18th Century, it rose to tremendous popularity in the late 19th and early 20th Century among Parisian artists and writers, and became associated with the Bohemian culture and notoriety.
Earnest Hemmingway, James Joyce, Charles Baudelaire, Toulouse-Lautrec, Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh, Oscar Wilde, Edgar Allan Poe, Lord Byron to name a few celebrated auteurs and thinkers who were Absinthe aficionados and it's needless to say their association took Absinthe to an unprecedented popularity and notoriety at the same time. It also has the reputation of being a psychoactive drug and hallucinogen, although these claims don't have any scientific evidence, resulting in Absinthe ban in USA and Europe for a long period.
Absinthes are of two types, distilled and cold mixed. Distilled Absinthe used a technique similar to Gin where the distillation removes the undesired herbal bitter influences while producing the clear spirit with the desired complexity and aroma retained in it.
Cold mixed Absinthe is produced using the inexpensive process of blending flavouring essencs and artificial colouring in commercial alcohol, just as flavoured Vodka is produced by infusion, it is this Cold Mixed Absinthe that can reach as high as 90% ABV. Beware that due to the lack of Absinthe regulations in many countries. producers falsify advertising claims like, referring to their product as "distilled".Ouzo
Ouzo is a anise flavoured apertif of Greek origin. It is not a liqueur, it is a distilled spirit with flavouring. Anise or liquorice based spirits are common in the Mediterranean basin and Ouzo is similar to Arak, Pastis, Anisette , Absinthe and many other similar spirits.
Ouzo is usually served mixed with water, and the water becomes cloudy and this is known as the Ouzo Effect which is a common phenomenon is most anise based spirits.
Ouzo is traditionally served with a small plate of appetisers called Mezes, usually small fresh fish, fries, olives and cheese.
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