East Meets West

East Meets West

Week 1


As we all know there are many classic cocktails which have held their own over the period of a couple of century's. The cocktail industry is always reinventing itself with new signature cocktail designs and variations on classics, this is all good but how much do people really know about classic cocktails and about the ingredients that makes theses drinks timeless and highly respected in the cocktail/mixology industry.


Myself, I am in awe of classic cocktails and how well they have served us the consumer over the years, everything from Singapore Slings to Daiquiris, simple cocktails but drinks that have made a big impression around the world and have stood their own over the course of time. THESE DRINKS SHOULD BE RESPECTED!


Like anything in this life everything goes full circle, so the cocktails of the past come back into fashion and are reinvented by a variation of its former self, this is good for the industry and the cocktails itself as it keeps these classics in the limelight (not that they should be out of it). But there is only a certain amount of tinkering that can be done to theses cocktails before they loose their identity all together. As long as there basic generic make-up which makes them what they are is kept not too much harm can be done I guess


If you follow my blog (which I hope you do) I will take you on a journey through the life and origins of cocktails, I will introduce to the spirits and ingredients that make these drinks, and the reasons behind why these ingredients complement each other resulting in a tasty, classy drink known as a COCKTAIL. I will also be designing and creating my own cocktails to which I will post on my blog 1man1drink enabling you the reader to view, create, taste and comment on. My designs will be original and created by myself, I will also be doing some variations on classic with my very own 1man1drink twist put on them. As well as this I will be giving a brief background on the spirits and ingredients I will be using in the cocktail I post, so the you the reader don't just experience the taste of the drink but appreciate and educate yourselves about what you are putting inside your body, and the history and the journey of these products through time.


Cocktail name - East Meets West


Ingredients - 2 whole Kumquats, 1 fresh Passion fruit, 1/2 fresh Lime, 1 Teaspoon sugar, 50ml Grey Goose, 15ml Cranberry juice.


Method - Half and muddle the kumquats into a highball glass, half the passionfruit and scoop the pulp into the glass, squeeze in the lime juice, add a teaspoon of sugar and 50ml of Grey Goose vodka and stir. Half fill the glass with crushed ice and churn all the ingredients allowing them to marry. Fill to the top with crushed ice and crown, add a dash of cranberry juice over the top and garnish with two caramelized kumquats. DONE!


Calorie count - (roughly) 210.2kcal