As mentioned in yesterday's post, rum is distilled from any sugar cane derivative like fermented fresh cane juice or molasses. But some producers add sugar to their finished rum after distillation. Adding sugar to any spirit can soften it and hide some flaws, but if you look at the (allegedly)... Read more →
It's a funny thing about rum: It all is distilled from a fermented sugar cane derivative (fresh cane juice, molasses, or something in between), but sugar doesn't pass through the distillation process, so some producers add sugar back into the distilled rum to sweeten it up. Recently on Facebook, people... Read more →
This post is part of a mini-project looking at sweet and sour elements in cocktails, sponsored by PAMA Pomegranate Liqueur. I'm rounding up some thoughts and conclusions for this mini project on sweetness and sourness in cocktails, and proposing some ideas for future study. In this project we looked at:... Read more →
This post is part of a mini-project looking at sweet and sour elements in cocktails, sponsored by PAMA Pomegranate Liqueur. I asked bartenders on Facebook how they prepare their simplest Sour cocktail, like a Daiquiri, that calls for a base spirit, lime juice, and simple syrup. The goal was not... Read more →
Have you looked through your December magazines yet? In just about every one that I get (and I get a lot of them), there is a recommendation for a specialty cocktail syrup of one flavor or another as a suggestion for gifting. By the time I noticed this, I'd already... Read more →
This is a mini-project looking at sweet and sour flavors, sponsored by PAMA Pomegranate Liqueur. Looking at sweet, sour, and the balance between them, we'll now start with sweet. Sweetness is sensed on the tongue as one of the four (up to possibly six) basic tastes. We sense sugars as... Read more →
I'm doing a mini-project looking at sweet and sour flavors, sponsored by PAMA Pomegranate Liqueur. The sweet-to-sour balance in a cocktail is crucial. I like Sam Ross' quote about it: “The sweet and sour elements in a cocktail are like the pieces of bread in a sandwich. If they’re not... Read more →
I'm always looking for cocktail mixers on Amazon.com that I can order to save myself a trip to the store. I like to drink, and I'm lazy. I also have Amazon Prime that gives me free shipping on a ton of stuff in addition to some free streaming movie content... Read more →