cherry brandy Archive

  • Enjoying Singapore Sling at Boat Quay, Singapore

    Enjoying Singapore Sling at Boat Quay, Singapore

    Discovering and enjoying the famous Singapore Sling cocktail at the Boat Quay, Singapore

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  • Halloween cocktail selection: highballs

    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".

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  • Three kisses

    Three kisses

    Here are another three cocktails to bring a sparkle to your Valentine’s day. First the two well known cocktails: from left to right: “Kiss in the dark“, “Kiss from a rose“, “Velvet kiss“ Kiss in the dark 3/4 oz – gin 3/4 oz – dry vermouth 3/4 oz – cherry brandy cocktail cherry Shake the [...]

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  • L’amour

    L’amour

    St. Valentine’s day is near. Although couples truly in love don’t need one special day to show their love – they do it all year long – it is nice to have a day dedicated only to love and your soul mate. Everyone is trying to show their love on Saint Valentine’s day. Rise in [...]

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  • Photos of homemade višnjevača

    Photos of homemade višnjevača

    In case you wonder what višnjevača is – it is traditional Serbian homemade liqueur from sour cherries. It’s best made with ripe cherries. The process of making starts right after they’re picked from trees, and lasts about 40 days. You can read more about the process and the actual recipe in one of my previous [...]

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  • Višnjevača – Traditional homemade sour-cherry liqueur

    Višnjevača – Traditional homemade sour-cherry liqueur

    As far back as my memory reaches, sour-cherry liqueur (called višnjevača because sour cherry = višnja in Serbian) was made in my family. And not just in my family, but in many other families. It is a kind of a traditional liqueur here in Serbia. It is not strange, since sour cherries are pretty common [...]

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