Shake it! 6 drinks that every home bar needs
Status of the house bar: complicated. There seem to be only two extremes. The super-nice friend Clara, who always only has Prosecco in the closet because she likes to "kick" for life? and the super-down-to-earth Helmut, whose life is after eight hours on the insurance only the view of the alphabetically arranged, single malt whiskey collection.
We want to remedy that. Soon you will be able to give yourself the golden shaker mug of the bartending guild. For a well-stocked house bar on top of that offers an immense output of different drinks, you do not need much. We were so nice and listed you not only the classics among the cocktails but also added hip variations. Cheers then!
The Sours
Sours? These are, so to speak, the mothers of all cocktails. The Big Bang. The Zero Hour. A little dream in the glass. Simple and classic as the stepmother? and ridiculously easy to mix.
The base consists of lemon juice, sugar and the desired spirit. That's where pearls come from, such as Whiskey Sour, Gin Sour or Pisco Sour? quite to the liking of the taster. Tip: If the liquor is a sweet liqueur, you can safely leave the sugar away. For a nice froth little egg white with mix.
Martini, Manhattan and Co.
The "classic" cocktail par excellence? the martini. James Bond's after-work drink. Tastes shaken or stirred and works as Dry martini with gin as well as with vodka (is called then Wodkatini). Now imagine how casual it is when you ask your guests, "How about a martini?" Just.
Only needs two ingredients: Desired spirit (gin or vodka) and vermouth. If you like the last cry open, may modern variations such as the Manhattan or the Brooklyn To fall back on ? they are based on whiskey and sweet vermouth.
Long drink classics
Long drinks are only called that way because they are served in the long glass and we are just feeling a little bit fancy. Basically, it's the standard mixed drinks we met for the first time in teens when we were too ill-fated to drink the whiskey right out of the bottle.
With one, two ingredients as well as ice cream (and style) conjure party classics on the counter: Gin and Tonic, Whiskey cola, vodka Lemon orCuba Libre for example. Oh, the memories!
The Russians
No, we have not reached the vodka shots now. Much more serious drink White Russian and Black Russian, The difference with the latter is only the waiver of cream and milk and therefore full of vegan.
All you need is vodka and coffee liqueur (for example Kahlua)? and just milk or cream. If the classics are not crazy enough: Related drinks areOzark Speedball, Espresso martini or thePetit Cafe.
Negroni and his brothers
You do not drink it secretly anymore in dark Alki-Spelunken in New York? The Negroni, born in Florence around 1920, is currently the hipster cocktail par excellence. What the Birkenstock-bearing beards do not know: Actually, it's just an aperitif. Ha!
Anyway, with three ingredients (gin, red vermouth, Campari) you mix the Negroni one-handed from the couch. If you replace the gin with sparkling water, you are already at the weakened Americano reached. The gin can be replaced with vodka or bourbon at will? then you end up with Negrosky, respectively Boulevardier.
The spicy ones
A lot of ausartender girl's evening begins with the two Lausebengeln for warm summer nights? Aperol Spritz and his somewhat stronger brother Campari spray.
The drink actually comes from Italy, but was already as German as the Spanish islands. Tastes great, is easy to make and makes guests drunk. What more do you want?
