Cocktails with Gin : Bijou (cocktail)

 Bijou means "Jewel" in French, and the reason this cocktail is called Bijou is because it combines all the colors of the three most precious jewels in the world: diamond (gin), ruby (vermouth), and emerald (chartreuse). The real Bijou is supposed to be made Pousse-cafe style, so the colors are not mixed and the colors of all the jewels are beautiful and defined, which look like "jewels", hence the name Bijou. Nowadays, Bijou cocktails are served with the ingredients all mixed together, which is called by a different name: Amber Dream, for the color it shows.

Type     
Cocktail

Primary alcohol by volume   
Gin

Served     
Straight up; without ice

Standard garnish     
cherry

Standard drinkware     
Cocktail glass

Commonly used ingredients     
    * 3 parts gin
    * 1 part green Chartreuse
    * 1 part sweet vermouth
    * Dash orange bitters

Preparation     
Stir in mixing glass with ice and strain.

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Cocktails with Gin : 20th Century (cocktail)

A cocktail created in 1939 connection with the introduction of the new streamlined Dreyfus Hudson Engine which began pulling the Twentieth Century Limited train between New York City and Chicago in 1938. The recipe was first published in 1939 in the Cafe Royal Bar Book.

Recipe

Ingredients

    * 1 1/2 ounces (1/3 gill, 4.5 cl) gin

    * 3/4 ounce (1/6 gill, 2 cl) Lillet Blanc

    * 3/4 ounce (1/6 gill, 2 cl) light creme de cacao

    * 3/4 ounce (1/6 gill, 2 cl) fresh lemon juice

Procedure

Shake in an iced cocktail shaker, and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.

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Cocktails with Cachaça : Royce (Shaken)

Royce is an American cocktail  made with the national alcoholic drink cachaça. In Brazil, Royce is the first name of Royce Gracie, a great Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighter.

Type     

Cocktail
 

Primary alcohol by volume    
    * Cachaça

Served     

On the rocks; poured over ice
 

Standard drinkware    
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Zombie glass
 

Commonly used ingredients    
    * 2 parts cachaça
    * 1 slice of each fresh orange, lemon and lime.
    * 1 ounce of guava juice.
    * 1 tbsp sugar

Preparation     

In a mixing glass, mix sugar and fruit slices and press to juice fruit, add ice, guava juice and cachaça, mix again - pour into tall glass.
This cocktail was invented at Liberty Bar in Seattle, Washington in honor of Royce Gracie.

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Cocktails with Cachaça : Leite de Onça (Jaguar Milk)

Leite de onça (Jaguar milk) is a cold Brazilian drink made of cachaça  and condensed milk. It is very sweet and has a very suave scent that evokes the homely atmosphere of a Festa Junina. It is not easy to replace the ingredients and achieve a similar result because its taste is very peculiar.

It is usually served cold, in plain mugs, without garnish (though often cinnamon or chocolate powder is sprinkled over) so that it looks like milk at a first glance.

 

Type     

Cocktail
 

Primary alcohol by volume         * Cachaça

Served     

Neat; undiluted and without ice
 

Standard garnish     

cinnamon or chocolate (optional)
Standard drinkware     

mug (preferably a non-transparent one)
 

Commonly used ingredients    
    * 1 part cachaça
    * 1 part milk
    * 1 part cocoa liqueur
    * 1/2 part of condensed milk

Preparation     

mix the condensed milk and the milk until they blend together. Add cachaça and let it rest. Add cocoa licor when it's ready to serve

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Cocktails with Cachaça : Quentão (Hot Stuff)

 Quentão, which means "very hot" or "big hot one", is a hot Brazilian drink made of cachaça  and spices. It is often served during Festa Junina. The sugar is first caramelized with the spices, ginger and the peels. This mixture is then boiled with water for 10 minutes. The cachaça is added and boiled for another 5 minutes.

It is very common in southernmost parts of Brazil to substitute the primary ingredient of Quentão, cachaça, for red wine, due to this region being the largest wine producer in Brazil.

Type     

Cocktail
 

Primary alcohol by volume     
    * Wine
    * Cachaça

Served     

Hot
 

Standard garnish     

citrus peel
 

Standard drinkware     
Irish Coffee Glass (Mug).svg
Mug
 

Commonly used ingredients     
    * 1 part cachaça
    * 1 part water
    * Sugar to taste
    * Peel of two oranges and a lime
    * Cloves, cinnamon and ginger to taste

Preparation     

caramelize the sugar with the spices and peels, then add the liquids. Boil for a few minutes then serve hot.

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Cocktails with Cachaça : Caju Amigo

Caju Amigo, also known as Cajuzinho (Little Cashew), is a Brazilian drink made of cachaça  and cashew  juice. In some places, a slice of cashew is put in the drinker's mouth and chewed without swallowing, and a shot of cachaça is drunk straight, swallowing the fruit and the drink at the same time.

Type     

Cocktail
 

Primary alcohol by volume    
    * Cachaça

Served     

Neat; undiluted and without ice
 

Standard garnish     

Slice of cashew
 

Standard drinkware    
 

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Shot glass
 

Commonly used ingredients    
    * 1 part cachaça
    * 1 slice of cashew, or 1 part cashew juice

Preparation     

The slice is placed on the tongue and chased by the shot of cachaça. Or the two ingredients are mixed in a shot glass and served straight.

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Cocktails with Cachaça : Caipirinha

 

Caipirinha (Portuguese pronunciation: is Brazil's national cocktail, made with cachaça , sugar and lime. Cachaça is Brazil's most common distilled  alcoholic beverage. While both rum and cachaça are made from sugarcane-derived products, most rum is made from molasses. Specifically with cachaça, the alcohol results from the fermentation of sugarcane juice that is afterwards distilled.

 

Type     

Cocktail
 

Primary alcohol by volume    
    * Cachaça

Served     

On the rocks; poured over ice
 

Standard garnish     

lime

Standard drinkware       

Old Fashioned Glass.svg
Old fashioned glass
 

Commonly used ingredients    
    * 5.0 cl (1⅔ fl oz) cachaça
    * ½ Lime cut into 4 wedges (or tahiti lime, but not green lemon)
    * 2 teaspoons crystal or refined sugar

Preparation     

Place lime and sugar into old fashioned glass and muddle (mash the two ingredients together using a muddler or a wooden spoon). Fill the glass with crushed ice and add the Cachaça. 

Notes     

A wide variety of fresh fruits can be used in place of lime. In the absence of cachaça, vodka can be used.

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Cocktails with Cachaça : Batida (Shaken)

Batida is a Brazilian cocktail  made with the national alcoholic drink cachaça. In Portuguese, batida means shaken or milkshake (In a different context, the word also means a crash, usually used when referring to a car crash). It is made with cachaça, fruit juice (or coconut milk), and sugar. It can be blended or shaken with ice.

In Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, batidas are traditionally served with the Brazilian national dish, feijoada.

A variation is made adding sweet condensed milk or sour cream.

The drink is commonly made with vodka instead of cachaça (which has limited availability outside of Brazil).

The most common fruit used in a Batida are lime, passion fruit and coconut.

Type     

Cocktail

Primary alcohol by volume    

    * Cachaça

Served     

On the rocks; poured over ice

Standard drinkware    

Zombie Glass.svg

Zombie glass

Commonly used ingredients    

    * 2 parts cachaça

    * 1 part fruit juice

    * 1 tbsp sugar

Preparation     

Mix and pour into chilled glass.

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