Since 2020, Melleruds - owned by Spendrups - has had a tradition of making a Mästarpilsner together with the Chef of the Year.When Jessie Sommarström won Chef of the Year 2022, she was only the second woman ever to do so, and the first in 34 years. So we're a little extra happy to see her face gracing...
Whoever put International Margarita Day on February 22 obviously didn't live in Sweden. If you are in Tijuana, congratulations on being in the right place at the right time. But for the rest of us, maybe a margarita is just what we need - a little party in the dark, while we wait for spring?Maybe it's also 75...
The road between Milan and Turin (or Torino as the Italians say) is barely 2 hours of wide and boring highway. Perhaps the most exciting thing on the way is the dome of Novara, a small town of 100,000 inhabitants.All the more exciting is the mixology route between Milan, where Campari originated, and Turin, the birthplace of vermouth....
In the bartender's world, vermouth is the supporting act . Like Tenzing Norgay to Edmund Hillary, vermouth carries the spirit in many classic cocktails like the Negroni, Martini and Manhattan - but doesn't really get to share the spotlight.The picture we paint is only partly true, because in southern Europe, the vermuterian - a bar specializing in serving...
The year is 1874. Jennie Jerome, daughter of stock speculator Leonard "The King of Wall Street" Jerome and future mother of Sir Winston Churchill, has organized a party. To support Governor and presidential candidate Samuel J. Tilden. She has invited the cream of New York's high society to the Manhattan Club, the Democratic Party's headquarters and social club...
One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.James ThurberEn " dry martini, shaken not stirred " is perhaps the most famous phrase in cinema. In fact, the quote is so famous that it has its very own Wikipedia article. Bond's order put the permanent martini at the top of the drinks list....
Today, January 25, is Irish Coffee Day . We've scoured the blog archives and picked out our favorite Irish Coffee drinks to enjoy the day with.The Irish Coffee is a classic coffee drink that, according to history, was created at Shannon Airport on a late, cold winter night in 1943. The original is drunk hot with Irish whiskey...
The classic Balvenie is known as one of the few whisky distilleries in the world that grows its own barley - one of many examples of Balvenie's focus on the craft of whisky. In several countries, awards have been given to recognize promising craftsmen. In Sweden, The Balvenie has undertaken a number of high-profile collaborations on the theme...
Sabering champagne - opening the champagne bottle with a sabre - is an elegant and classic way to open New Year's champagne. It's also a great way to secure a ticket to the emergency room just when the doctors are least in the mood to clean up after your failed party trick.As a gentleman, it is at least...
Don Draper: “Rye OK with you?”Bartender: ”You look like you know what you’re doing”Mad Men, säsong 3, episod 3The drinking universe, like our own, is vast and seemingly ever-expanding. Drink lists are exploding in scope and complexity.But among all its stars, there is one drink that shines a little brighter than all. Not only is it one of...
