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Halloween cocktail selection: highballs
Halloween night is near, so you better start preparing for it! For this occasion we've tasted three Halloween-themed highball cocktails: "Dracula's kiss", "Scorpion" and "Black cat". -
Brandy Alexander alternative
Alternative version of famous Brandy Alexander cocktail, excluding creme de cacao. -
Teenager brandy (rakija)
First of all – no, this is not a brandy for teenagers! Nor this article promotes underage drinking in any way… You see, this evening I’ve had a rare opportunity to sip 18-years-old rakia! Now, don’t take this for granted – I am not sure for how long it aged in oak barrel – but [...] -
Distilling the grape pomace brandy (komova rakia)
About a month ago I’ve written about a grape harvest and grape crushing. In the meantime wine was filtered out of crushed grapes and the whole mash (grape pomace) was left to ferment in order to be distilled into pomace brandy (komova rakia, or komovica). Well, today’s the day, it’s distilling time. grape pomace, raw [...] -
Kimova rakija (Caraway brandy)
A couple of years ago I’ve had a chance to taste this Caraway rakia with a friend of mine. But back then I didn’t pay much attention to what I was tasting – I was mostly concentrated on LIKE or DISLIKE mental notes :) Both of us (me and friend of mine) remembered this rakia [...]