Bakewell Fizz

1st #cocktail of #FridayNightCocktails on 4th November: Bakewell Fizz

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With some unexpectedly warm and sunny weather, I thought it appropriate to use the Bakewell Fizz for our first cocktail this evening.

I am busy this evening so the cocktails are coming from my “bank” of cocktails I’ve made and not posted yet. We’ve previously posted the Bakewell Tart shooter which shares a somewhat similar flavour palette with cherry liqueur and amaretto, but that uses Bailey’s Irish Cream whereas this evenings uses a sparkling rose wine.

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Dark 'n' Stormy

2nd #cocktail of #FridayNightCocktails on the 21st October: Dark ‘n’ Stormy (Safe Harbour)

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Keeping to bad weather/nautical theme, our second cocktail this evening is a Dark ‘n’ Stormy, actually a Safe Harbour as I couldn’t get Gosling’s Black Seal rum and used Lamb’s Navy Dark Rum instead.

The Dark ‘n’ Dtorm is one of very few trademarked cocktails; since 1991 in the US, Gosling brothers have had a trademark on the Dark ‘n’ Stormy so it can only go by this name if made using Gosling’s Black Seal Rum. Bartenders came up with a workaround of calling it a Safe Harbour and using whatever dark rum they wanted (as I have done this evening).

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Foghorn

1st #cocktail of #FridayNightCocktails on the 21st October: Foghorn

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Our first cocktail this evening is the Foghorn; I wasn’t sure which cocktails to make today, but after driving down to the city early on through a light mist, lots and lots of other drivers had their fog lights on; I remembered the Foghorn which seemed appropriate to open with. Although it was created somewhere else it was populariused by The Waldorf Hotel in New York.

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