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How to Batch and Barrel Age Cocktails?
MOREHow-To Guide: Batching Cocktails
Ingredients:
- Spirits (whiskey, rum, gin, etc.)
- Liqueurs
- Non-perishable mixers (bitters, syrups)
- Fresh ingredients (if applicable, for last-minute addition)
- Mixing utensils
- Sealable containers (jars, bottles)
Instructions:
1. Choose Your Cocktail:
- Select a cocktail that suits batching, considering the ingredients' stability and the drink's overall flavor profile.
2. Calculate and Mix Ingredients:
- Scale up the individual cocktail recipe to fit your desired batch
size. Combine all ingredients in a large mixing container.
3. Stir or Shake:
- Stir or shake the batch thoroughly to ensure uniform mixing. Use a long spoon for stirring large batches.
4. Taste and Adjust:
- Taste the batch and adjust flavors if necessary. Remember that the flavors will meld and evolve over time.
5. Transfer to Containers:
- Pour the batch into sealable containers, leaving some space at the top to account for expansion if freezing.
6. Label and Date:
- Label the containers with the cocktail name and the date of preparation. This helps track aging times.
7. Store or Age:
- Refrigerate or freeze the batch if it contains perishable
ingredients. Otherwise, store it in a cool, dark place to maintain
freshness.
8. Serve:
- When ready to serve, pour the batch
into a mixing vessel, add any fresh ingredients, and stir or shake.
Serve as you would an individual cocktail.
How-To Guide: Barrel Aging Cocktails
Ingredients:
- Spirits
- Liqueurs
- Non-perishable mixers
- Fresh ingredients (for last-minute addition)
- Oak barrel or oak alternatives (chips, staves)
- Funnel
- Measuring tools
Instructions:
1. Choose Your Barrel:
- Select a clean, charred or toasted oak barrel or alternative like oak chips or staves. Sterilize the barrel before use.
2. Calculate and Mix Ingredients:
- Scale up your cocktail recipe to fit the barrel size. Combine all ingredients in a large mixing container.
3. Funnel Into Barrel:
- Use a funnel to pour the mixed cocktail into the barrel. Leave some space at the top to account for expansion.
4. Seal and Date:
- Seal the barrel tightly and note the date of preparation. This is crucial for tracking aging times.
5. Store and Age:
- Store the barrel in a cool, dark place. The aging process may take
weeks to months. Taste periodically to monitor flavor development.
6. Filter and Clarify (Optional):
- Before serving, you may choose to filter the cocktail through a fine
mesh or cheesecloth to remove sediment and clarify the liquid.
7. Serve:
- When ready to serve, pour the aged cocktail into a mixing vessel, add
any fresh ingredients, and stir or shake. Serve and enjoy the unique
flavors developed through aging.
Batching and barrel aging
cocktails can be a rewarding process, providing depth and complexity to
your favorite drinks. Experimentation is key, so don't hesitate to
adjust recipes and aging times to suit your taste preferences. Cheers to
the art of crafted cocktails!
Beetlejuice
Low ABV ( less than 15% ),Light and refreshing.
*Note that dilution and other factors like type and temperature of ice are not considered in this upfront calculation.
Fruity and tropical
- Pineapple Chunks 1 -
- Vodka 1.5 cl
- Sweet And Sour Mix - -
- Midori Melon Liqueur 1.5 cl
- Blue Curacao Liqueur 1.5 cl
- Cherries - -
- Raspberry Schnapps 1.5 cl
- Cranberry Juice 0.375 cl
Any Glass of your Choice
Beetlejuice is a popular Vodka cocktail containing a combinations of Pineapple Chunks,Vodka,Sweet And Sour Mix,Midori Melon Liqueur,Blue Curacao Liqueur,Cherries,Raspberry Schnapps,Cranberry Juice .Served using Any Glass of your ChoiceBeetlejuice Ingredients
Pineapple Chunks,Vodka,Sweet And Sour Mix,Midori Melon Liqueur,Blue Curacao Liqueur,Che...
Beetlejuice Recipe
In a tall mixing glass with ice pour the Vodka on the bottom. Then fill the glass 3/4 full with sour mix. Pour in the rest of the ingredients one at a time. Garnish with pineapple spear and cherry.
Vodka
Vodka is an European clear distilled alcoholic drink that has been one of the most popular drinks across the world .
You'll find it to be the most popular spirit in drink making because of it's neutral taste and absence of flavour and colour.
Vodka often replaces Gin in many traditional cocktails
Vodka is known to be good for the heart, and if consumed in moderation, can prove to be good for cardiovascular health
Note that these days there are flavoured Vodka available in the market too, and some cocktails do make use of them.Sweet And Sour Mix
Sweet and Sour Mix, also Whiskey Sour Mix or Margarita Mix or Daiquiri Mix is a versatile mix in many cocktails.
This is a yellowish-green coloured concoction, with equal portion of lemon or lime juice with a simple syrup. When this mix is shaken vigorously with ice it produces a pearly-white liquid mixture ready for your cocktail.Midori Melon Liqueur
A liqueur is an alcoholic beverage made mostly from rectified neutral spirits flavoured with sugar, fruits, herbs and spices. Liqueurs are often served as aperitif or digestif or used as bitters, and some are ceremonial or have regional cultural significance.
Most liqueur recipes that date back to the medieval or early modern era tend to have secret recipes and legends following them trough centuries. Liqueurs mostly began in the laboratories of pharmacists as medicines or at homes as ways of preserving seasonal fruits, or were created by monks in their monasteries. and then took off as fragrant, flavourful liqueurs, either filtered to be clear or cloudy.
Liqueurs are created by infusing or macerating fruits and herbs in neutral grain spirit, brandy base like cognac, rum, vodka or even whisky and then filtering the infused alcohol to produce the unique sweet beverage.Blue Curacao Liqueur
Curaçao is a liqueur flavored with the dried peel of the bitter orange laraha. It's been a popular liqueur for more than 150 years, the Dutch East India Company created this orange liqueurs by steeping orange peels in alcohol from the island of Curaçao and called it Curaçao liquor, unlike Triple Sec, Curacao has added spices and herbs to the orange and Curaçao comes in a variety of colours such as clear, orange or blue.
Blue Curaçao being the most used of them, in cocktails. Although Curacao is an orange tinted liquor, Blue Curacao is a regular Curacao dyed bright blue to give it a striking appearance, and thus is a very popular cocktail mixer, whenever a striking colour is desired.
Blue Curacao is usually around 25% ABV.
Blue Curacao is essentially Orange Liqueur tinted Blue, the colour doesn't influence the taste and thus Orange Curacao is interchangeable with Blue Curacao in recipes, if the colour is not important in the appearance.
NOTE: Blue Curacao being an Orange Flavoured Blue Liqueur, it's primary purpose in a cocktail is introducing the Orange flavour and the striking sky blue to the drink, so, if a bottle of Blue Curacao liqueur is something you are not planning to buy right now, you can manage with the Blue Curacao Syrup.
It would add the same flavour and colour profile to the cocktail, all we need to do is simply count for the alcohol absent in the syrup and account for it.Raspberry Schnapps
Schnapps is an alcoholic beverage that has no single form, it is in general a grain spirit that has a fruity, spicy and herbal flavour in it. It can thus be created the way liqueurs are created by steeping botanicals in grain spirits and filtering, or like a brandy be distilled from a fruity wine, or even simple infusion of botanicals, syrups or even artificial flavouring agents in a neutral spirit.
Schnapps are typically raspberry, apple, pear, plum, peach, cherry or appricot flavoured.
In Europe Schnapps usually takes the form of an Obstler or Obstbrand, which are traditionally made by fermenting macerated fruit and then distilling the fermented liquor in a process akin to the process of making a brandy.
Obstler ( the German for Fruit, Obst ) has similarity with several verities of Rakija of the Balkans and Easter Europe.
The other form that a Schnapps can take in Europe is a Geist. Geist is created by steeping and infusing berries into neutral spirits for weeks and then distilling it. This too is pretty similar to a fruit brandy.
The third form a Schnapps takes is of a liqueur, these are created the same way all liqueurs are created by infusing fruits, berries and herbs in neutral spirits and filtering the product into a clear liquid.
In America, Schnapps take the form of an inexpensive, heavily sweetened liqueur. American Schnapps are typically between 15% and 20% ABV (30–40 proof), while European Schnapps are usually 30% to 40% ABV or 60-80 US proof.Cranberry Juice
Cranberry Juice is rich in Vitamin C and antioxidants, the compounds that fight free radicals and kills harmful bacteria. Cranberry juice is a home remedy for Urinary Tract Infection.
Pure Cranberry Juice is sour and bitter with very low sugar in it, and thus fortified Cranberry Juice is used for consumption and sugar is added to it for taste. The resulting juice tart and sweet and with a pH of 2.6 it is quite acidic and is an excellent substitute for Red Wine.
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