Tequila Fruit Cup

3rd #cocktail of #FridayNightCocktails on 31st March: Tequila Fruit Cup

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Our third and final cocktail is the Tequila Fruit Cup. A tequila-based variant of the Pimm’s Cup; similar to, but more tangy than, the Old Tom Fruit Cup.

We posted a few Fruit Cup last year and thought this made a nice tangy addition, perfect for the summer which will hopefully be with us soon.

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New York Sour

A New York Sour for International Whiskey Day 2023

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The 27th March is International Whiskey Day!

Today we’re bringing you the New York Sour, a variant of the whisky sour thought to have been created during the 1880s in Chicago, USA, before being popularised by a bartender in New York City, thereby earning its modern name.

It’s a whiskey sour with a float of dry red wine, which, as well as being visually stunning, adds complexity and a fruit acidity.

Chrysanthemum

3rd #cocktail of #FridayNightCocktails on #NationalCocktailDay 2023: Chrysanthemum

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Our third and final cocktail is the Chrysanthemum. Our third, and final, cocktail is a classic, originally dating back to before 1917 where it appeared in Hugo R. Ensslin’s 1917 Recipes for Mixed Drinks. It may be named by a 1904 piece by Scott Joplin, the famous ragtime composer and pianist which was released on record in 1916.

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