Snake shakes

This story from the category of "Do you know that?" Do you know that many recipes for cocktails in their name has something oily. Anaconda (Anaconda), Blue Cobra (Blue Cobra), Bloody Viper (Bloody Viper), Python (Python), tamer of snakes (Snake Charmer), and others. No, no, their composition is not part of venom. What unites them ? 

In fact, the main feature of these drinks is not burning ingredients, although they, too, but rather the appearance. For example, a cocktail recipe: 
Bloody viper 
112ml (4 ounces) Tabasco sauce 
42ml (1.5 oz) vodka 
14ml (0.5 ounces) anise vodka 
Pepper 
Cucumber pickle 
Combine all liquids in a shaker, add ice, stir and pour into a large glass and sprinkle with pepper and pour the brine. Then exhale and drink it off this "snake":)

Whiskey, whiskey, whiskey ... and once more whiskey!

On the eve of St. Patrick's Day would be nice to think of whiskey, as the Irish national drink. Whisky - one of those things in our lives, and that love and hate equally. Strong, firm and soft, whiskey remains one of the best varieties of alcohol for many years. 

Whisky (with Scottish Gallic uisge-beatha), or whiskey (from Irish uisce beatha or fuisce) belongs to a broad category of alcohol, which is distilled from fermented grain, and insists in wooden barrels (usually oak). 

Different variations of whiskey used different sorts of grains: barley, malt, rye, wheat and corn. Whisky way with a Gallic word for word translated as "water of life» (water of life). The most famous Scottish and Irish whiskeys. 

The first mention of whiskey in Ireland dates from the year 1405, where he made the monks. And in Scotland, the first record was made in 1496. However, the whiskey is likely to have a hundred years before it was distributed. Where or when whiskey was first obtained, is unknown. Scotland and Ireland all the time arguing, who coined the whiskey. 

The Irish drink the beverage is not diluted, so the Irish whiskey is usually milder in flavor. In Scotland there is a method 5S (in translation: Admire, inhale, savor, swallow, dilute), the first drink they drink is not diluted and then poured into water or Put the ice in order to fully experience the taste and aroma. In fact, no clear rules, everyone is drinking your favorite brand of whiskey with your favorite method. And we offer the finest selection of cocktails based on whiskey. 
Godfather Cocktail 
56 ml (2 ounces) Scotch 
30 ml (~ 1 ounce) Amaretto 
Mix and pour into a glass.

Home brewery or why you need to brew beer themselves

Two of the most popular beverage in the world - this is beer and wine. That does not mean that wherever we go, people in every country just like beer or wine, however ... It is not surprising that domestic breweries and distilleries are very popular. They justify their price. A sense of satisfaction at the time of pouring their own beer incomparable to anything else. 

Another advantage of home-brewing - an opportunity to drink beer, while it is alive. Almost all the beer that we buy in shops pasteurized. Pasteurization requires heating of beer, but it kills the yeast ferment, the taste of beer at the same time is not like the taste of fresh beer. Homemade beer is not pasteurized, natural flavor remains. Over time, it changes the taste, texture and color. 

In the U.S. standard equipment will cost about 75-99 dollars plus the cost of a large pot (35-50). Ingredients for 5 halon beer - from 27 to 45 dollars depending on are pozuemogo mash (dry, liquid). Bottles - 10-14 dollars for 24 pieces. They can be reused after proper treatment and sterilization. Home Brewing - craft, which was already quite popular in different countries and, as it turned out, it is not so complicated and costly. 

Home brewing in 6 steps: 
Preparation of the wort. You can buy a must in original form. Then you can go to some intricate wort, when gains experience. Wort - a product that you get when malt and water are mixed and heated with the release of sugar. 
Fermentation / Fermentation. When you add yeast to the wort starts a chemical reaction, which is formed from carbon dioxide and alcohol. 
Purification / Filtration. 
Fermentation. Once the raw and filtered beer is decanted into another container, it should be left dobrazhivat. Fermentation \ ferment is almost over, the turn of the second stage - the fermentation. 
Bottling (bottles, cups, drums) 
Enjoy!

Cocktail Party

Cocktail parties were popular in the 60s-70s of the last century. At present, their popularity is growing again, although beer and wine remain the most favorite alcoholic beverages worldwide. 

Cocktails - a great way to distract any guests, neighbors, friends and even business partners. You can experiment, invent each time a new, invent topic. Let every party will be in the style of the Hawaiian Islands. Prepare a "Blue Hawaii", "Night of the Hawaiian Islands," or any "Hawaiian mix." On another occasion, arrange a cocktail party in the eastern style, you can buy all sorts of sweets, make cocktails "Star of the East", "Rum and cream." Invent be to infinity. 

For beginners, masters Cocktail Party cite the following tips: 
Prepare plenty of ice. It can be crushed, in the form of cubes, balls, hearts, and so on. Ice is useful for cooling bottles, to add their own cocktails, perhaps just to decorate the table. 
Stock up on several sets of cups and glasses. It will be good to have in the house highball, tumblers, goblets Martini. 
Think in advance menu and buy alcohol if you intend to do cocktails on the basis of cognac, the cognac-based martini - martini. Better to have in his bar a few different varieties of spirits, so that guests can choose from. 
In the home bar, as a rule, hold the vodka, whiskey, wine. For variety add tequila, rum, vermouth, brandy. 
For cocktails will also be needed: juice, tonic, cola, Tabasco, lime, lemons, oranges, coffee, ice cream or cream. 
Single story - accessories. There is room for imagination. Now in stores you can find a huge number of different tubes, straws, umbrellas, napkins. 
There is the option to find someone with the skills of the bartender, who agrees to help in the preparation of drinks. Then you will have more time to socialize. 
It is to stock up taxi number. Suddenly, someone from your guests, naprobovavshis cocktails, would not be able to get home;) 
And do not limit yourself to one option for a cocktail, this is boring.

Orange Juice Cocktail

Ingredients: 30 ml orange liqueur, 30 ml Madeira, 150 ml of table white wine, ice, orange segments.

Preparation: To prepare the orange in a cocktail glass with ice, pour the orange liqueur and Madeira, put slices of orange, to complement a glass of white wine, dining, and serve up a cocktail at the table.

Cocktail (cobbler) and champagne

Ingredients for : 30 ml of liquor "Southern", ice, finely chopped lemon and orange peel, 1 tablespoon of sugar syrup, 120 ml of champagne. 

Preparation : To prepare the cocktail (cobbler), with champagne in a glass with ice, pour finely chopped rind of lemon and orange, add the sugar syrup and add a glass of champagne.

Strawberry Sandy

Ingredients for : 120 g of strawberry ice cream, grated 140 g strawberries, 40 g of strawberry syrup, 60 g fresh strawberries. 

Preparation : To prepare the strawberry sandy decomposed into kremanki ice cream, add the grated strawberries, strawberry syrup. 

Garnish with fresh strawberries and Sandy serve.