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Swedish Blue
Did you know that a "Stiff Drink" is originally stuff that horror stories are made of?
MOREIn early 19th Century America, whiskey was served straight from barrels and these barrels of low quality hooch was also used by grave diggers to store and transport stolen bodies, since the alcohol prevented the bodies from rotting, and could pass off as barrels of whiskey in transport,
The worst part is, once the bodies were transported over the newly laid railroad and were off loaded at the laboratories, the thieves wouldn't discard the whiskey and would sell it to unsuspecting customers. These were called Stiff Drinks.
Swedish Blue
Fruity and blue with a citrusy twist
- Absolut Vodka 4.5 cl
- Armagnac 1.50 cl
- Blueberry Syrup 1.5 cl
- Blue Curacao Liqueur 1 tsp
- Lime Juice 1 cl
Any Glass of your Choice
swedish blue is a popular Vodka cocktail containing a combinations of Absolut Vodka,Armagnac,Blueberry Syrup,Blue Curacao Liqueur,Lime Juice .Served using Any Glass of your ChoiceSwedish Blue Ingredients
Absolut Vodka,Armagnac,Blueberry Syrup,Blue Curacao Liqueur,Lime Juice,
Swedish Blue Recipe
Shake with a glassful of broken ice and pour unstrained into an old-fashioned glass. Garnish with a slice of orange and a blue cherry, and serve.
Absolut 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.Armagnac
Armagnac is a Brandy, like Cognac it's specific to a region of France, the Armagnac region of Gascony. It is distilled from wine made from a blend of grapes including Baco 22A, Colombard, Folle Blanch and Ugni Blanc, While Cognac is distilled from Ugni Blanc. Armagnac is distilled using Column Stills unlike Cognac which uses Pot Stills. The resulting spirit is aged in oak barrels before release.
Production is overseen by the Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité (INAO) and the Bureau National Interprofessionel de l'Armagnac (BNIA).
Armagnac is distilled once and ends up with a 52% alcohol content, and a more fragrant and flavourful spirit than Cognac. Armagnac is produced in small scale by small distillers and is considered as a vintage spirit and the Hors d'âge is an Armagnac that has been aged for at least 10 years. For an Armagnac, the older the better and vintage Armagnac are collectibles.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.Lime Juice
Lime Juice being rich in Vitamin C is an excellent remedy for sore throat and aids in digestion and controls blood sugar, and also promoted weight loss. It is used for various culinary and non-culinary purposes all over the world. Lime juice is known to reduce or even reverse the effects of excessive alcohol consumption and intoxication.
The difference between Lime Juice and Lemon Juice is that although the sweet and sour Lemon and the bitter and sour Lime are two different fruits, they have similar properties and tastes similar too, the Lime, unlike the sweet and large Lemon, is used raw and is usually plucked green and has more bitterness and sourness in it's taste, and is grown better in tropical and sub-tropical climates.
In drink mixing, fresh lemon juice brings a tangy zing to so many classic drinks and in fact, it's the most used ingredient in drink mixing other than the liquors of course.
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