Recipe Whisky Cocktail Sling of Ebenezer Cocktail Recipe by Lester Ligon Recipe by Lester Ligon, bar manager at ABV (one of 2017 Asia’s 50 Best Bars) located at Basement Floor, 1209, 22 Jupiter, Makati “The drink is all about the famous Charles Dickens novel, a classic albeit slightly terrifying holiday tale, A Christmas Carol. The story is about a grouchy old man named Ebenezer Scrooge who has lost his Christmas Spirit and was … Read More
Beer Cocktail Brandy Cocktail Recipe Dead Horse from Tabiki Bar in San Vicente, Palawan What do you get when you bring three well-known beverages together? You get Dead Horse. From Tabiki Bar, a small bar in San Vicente, Palawan. Dead Horse combines Red Horse, Emperador Brandy and Coca-cola in a potent pitcher. This full-bodied drink is a mix of familiar flavors. Ingredients: Red Horse Beer Emperador Brandy Coke Calamansi slice for garnish Directions: In … Read More
Recipe Rum Cocktail Bananarama Bananarama brings the sweet flavors of banana, pineapple and rum together in a delectable drink. The lemon juice balances sweetness, giving just a hint of tartness. It smells like a tropical paradise, and has a smooth, creamy finish. Ingredients: 45 ml Don Papa rum 30 ml banana lime syrup (made with sugar, bananas, mcormick banana exctract, lime powder) 60 ml … Read More
Gin Cocktail Recipe Chili Jam Calamansi Shooter Warm up this rainy weather with this gin infusion. The calamansi makes it smell refreshing and tempers the bite of GSM Blue. It tastes sweet, with a hint of citrus and ends with heat at the back of the throat that soothes. Perfect for passing around during inuman–that is, if you don’t end up hoarding the bottle for yourself. Ingredients: … Read More
Rum Cocktail Caramelized Spiced Banana Daiquiri This rich, spirit forward cocktail has notes of banana and cinnamon, with a sweet, banana finish (like banana cue). Ingredients: 60 ml rum 30 ml lime 3 slices banana (Lakatan) 10 ml butter 2 dashes cinnamon powder 10 ml brown sugar Pinch of salt Directions: Caramelize the bananas with butter and sugar in a small pan. Deglaze with 10ml rum, … Read More
Cocktail Weng-Weng This drink, which is kind of like a Long Island Iced Tea when it comes to the number of spirits in it, is something that will surely get you buzzed in no time. Nobody really knows how the name came about. It’s said that it’s named after diminutive action star of the 1970s, Ernesto de la Cruz, who was better … Read More