Red Wine

— No. 124 —

El Comediante

Kitchen Kon­fi­dence recent­ly post­ed a won­der­ful arti­cle fea­tur­ing my cock­tail El Come­di­ante. Kitchen Kon­fi­dence comes high­ly rec­om­mend­ed. It’s an excel­lent source of inspi­ra­tion. This cock­tail is a recipe I cre­at­ed for the Nicaraguan restau­rant La Fin­ca y El Mar. I recent­ly went down to their beau­ti­ful restau­rant and trained their bar staff and cre­at­ed their cock­tail menu. El Come­di­ante has been one of their most pop­u­lar cock­tails to date. Recipe 2 oz red bell pep­per infused rum 1/2 oz gin­ger syrup …

— No. 111 —

The Gaucho

The inspi­ra­tion for this recipe was the mar­riage of tequi­la and cof­fee. You can see this unex­pect­ed pair­ing in a hand­ful of suc­cess­ful Latin Amer­i­can cock­tails (e.g. Mex­i­can Cof­fee). With the help of a local barista I cre­at­ed a small batch of cof­fee bit­ters espe­cial­ly for this recipe. You can buy cof­fee bit­ters at Cock­tail King­dom. And to tie in yet anoth­er fla­vor of South Amer­i­ca I topped The Gau­cho off with an Argen­tin­ian red wine (Mal­bec) float. Recipe 1 …