Last week, I was lucky enough to participate in and actually win the Western Europe final of this year’s Angostura competition. While I’m still struggling to believe it, I’m also…
Author: <span>Aequivinius</span>
Up to Ellena’s arrival, the scents were created by different established perfumers. Roudnitska, who taught Ellena, created Eau d’Hermès in 1951 to capture the smell of a Hermès handbag. This scent somewhat sets the tone for the next fifty years of Hermès, with Equipage (1970), Bel Ami (1986) and Rocabar (1998) all following suit in that they are elegant and restrained, leathery, complex, masculine scents.
After being postponed due to Corona, mixology.eu‘s own Made in GSA competition took place in Cologne on the 31 VIII 2020. They received 80 applications, and selected 10 bartenders to…
The Bronx is somewhat of an odd drink: It falls into the same category of vermouth-orange juice drinks like the Blood and Sand that always take some tinkering to make…
The Piña Colada has always been somewhat of a problematic drink. Aromatically, the combination of rum, pineapple and coconut is a no brainer; practically, it ends up more often than…
This post is somewhat ill-placed on this blog, but while I’m trying to get my writing about all things flavour, not just bartending, running again and the respective sites set…
March was a quite a prolific month: 16 new creations, 6 different competitions and a whole bunch of lucky finds.
chenpi (陳皮) means preserved peel, and refers to the dried skin of a special mandarin. The peel is used for cooking and used widely in TCM. The best peels supposedly come…
Bar Convent Berlin is getting bigger and bigger: This year, over 11000 people attended! While it a tremendously interesting and fun event, I still can’t get over the number of…
Little Red Door in Paris launched a revolutionary new cocktail menu, to much acclaim and attention from the industry. The Cocktail Lovers got a few pictures on their site. Speaking…