Recipe Vodka Cocktail Regalo ng Tatlong Hari by Kalel Demetrio We’ve tapped a few bartenders as well as a couple of brand ambassadors to create this year’s batch of holiday cocktails. We’re counting down to Christmas in Simbang Gabi style, as we’ve got 9 cocktails in store for your holiday drinking pleasure. We’re starting with the Liquido Maestro himself, Destileriya Barako and Agimat at Ugat’s Kalel Demetrio. His cocktail Regalo … Read More
Behind The Bar Feature Bartenders Pay Tribute to Their Idols in the Industry It’s World Bartender Day! Celebrated annually on February 24, World Bartender Day shines the spotlight on the talented people behind the bar who make our drinks. With most of the bars closed due to the global pandemic, we rarely get to experience sitting at a bar after a hard day and watch our favorite bartender whip us a little, happy … Read More
Bar Find You’re Missing Out If You Haven’t Been to Agimat in Poblacion Location: 2/F 5972 Alfonso cor. Fermina Street, Poblacion Contact Number: +63917 530 2580 Operating Hours: 6 pm to 2 am Price per head: Php900+ per person for food and drink Signature drinks: Ritual ng Agimat, Perlas ng Silanganan, Anting anting ni Malvar, Sumpa ng Kagandahan, and the degustation menu with drinks highlighting langka as the main ingredient. If you frequent Poblacion, … Read More
Bar Find Gallery by Chele: Local Flavors, Local Love Gallery by Chele, the newly opened restaurant of Manila-based Spanish chef Chele Gonzalez, has a warm and beautiful space complete with a bar, lounge, and restaurant. Touted as the next evolution of Gallery VASK, the internationally renowned restaurant that had opened in 2013, Gallery by Chele embraces its tropical Filipino and Southeast Asian milieu in presenting the region’s multifaceted flavors … Read More
Brand News ONE GIN NATION: Ginebra San Miguel Celebrates World Gin Day with a Bang We owe the Philippines’ top ranking in gin consumption – over 43% of the world gin market – to one brand: Ginebra San Miguel. For 184 years, Filipinos have been enjoying and sharing the country’s pioneering spirit, often through drinking sessions with “tagay” – where the group shares a common glass to be passed on and refilled as it goes … Read More
Recipe Rum Cocktail Celebrate Three Kings’ Day with “Regalo ng Tatlong Hari” Cocktail Recipes By Liquido Maestro Kalel Demetrio In other parts of the world Santa might already cease gift giving, but in the Philippines, a country which celebrates one of the longest Christmas seasons, we’re just about to close the Christmas season as we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany. The holiday marks Three Kings’ Day, also referred to as three Wise Men or Tatlóng Haring Mago. It is a … Read More
Recipe Rum Cocktail Ginto Ni Melchor Recipe by Liquido Maestro Kalel Demetrio Part 3 of “Regalo ng Tatlong Hari” Cocktail series by Liquido Maestro Kalel Demetrio “Inspired by Pinoy’s penchant for chocolate during Christmas, this drink has our own cacao and tablea. This recipe is made with root and herb pumpkin spice rum, tablea, Bacardi 8 rum, Intramuros Cacao liqueur, and pandan syrup. Melchor, one of the biblical Magi, is the giver of … Read More
Gin Cocktail Recipe Insenso Ni Gaspar Recipe by Liquido Maestro Kalel Demetrio Part 2 of “Regalo ng Tatlong Hari” Cocktail series by Liquido Maestro Kalel Demetrio “This drink is inspired by seasonal fruits in the Philippines during Christmas such as longan, strawberry, fuji apple, and passion fruit. The drink has a base of Hendrick’s Gin and Vigan Basi. In the story of the Three Wise Men, Gaspar is the one who brought … Read More
Recipe Whisky Cocktail Mira ni Baltazar Recipe by Liquido Maestro Kalel Demetrio Part 1 of “Regalo ng Tatlong Hari” Cocktail series by Liquido Maestro Kalel Demetrio “Inspired by the most famous rice cake of the Philippines every Christmas season, the puto bumbong. The original rice used for puto bumbong is an upland glutinous rice called pirurutong, which is naturally violet in color when ground and processed, hence the color of puto bumbong. … Read More
Gin Cocktail Recipe Diwata: Cocktail Recipe by Kalel Demetrio There are so many ways for us to consume tomatoes in food but in drinking, tomatoes has always been reserved only for Bloody Marys. This Diwata recipe from Liquido Maestro, Kalel Demetrio, is sweet, lightly vegetal, sour, and smooth to the tongue. It can make even non-tomato juice drinkers crave for more. Ingredients: 20ml Vigan basi 30ml Hendrick’s gin 15ml … Read More