No Name Drinks
No Name Drinks is an ever-updating collection of ideas and recipes I created over the years, some of them I already made, and some of them I didn’t have time to get to.
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The Perfect Gin and Tonic
The quest for the perfect gin and tonic, the perfect cocktail, taste, or recipe can be compared to the search for the philosopher’s stone (an elusive or imaginary key of metal transmutation), but this time applied to the purely subjective conscious interpretation of
4 Unique Thandai Recipes
Thandai is a popular and refreshing Indian beverage. It is a milk-based drink prepared with sugar and full-cream milk infused with nuts, seeds, spices, and herbs such as almonds, fennel seeds, rose petals, pepper, cardamom, and saffron, and those are only some flavours
Short Island Iced Tea
Short Island Iced Tea begins as L.I.T. To finish the drink, I used Masala tea foam instead of Coke. The strength of the base alcohol helps carry out all the flavours of the tea and turns the drink into a completely different one.
Ginzu
Ginzu cocktail is an apéritif —a stimulating drink before dinner. It combines gin, Italian bitters—Aperol and Averna—and Yuzu juice.
Monkey’s Gland
It is named after the pseudo-scientific idea that grafting monkey testicle tissue into humans would increase longevity, the concept developed by the Russian doctor Serge Voronoff. It was created by Harry MacElhone, Harry’s New York Bar in Paris.
Gimlet (1890-1900)
Gimlet was very popular with the British Navy. To prevent scurvy, a severe and sometimes deadly disease caused by Vitamin C deficiency, they were given preserved lime juice, but no self-respected sailor would’ve drunk straight lime juice. It sure tastes much better if
Martini(1890-1900)
The predecessor of the Martini probably was the Martinez, which had more sweet vermouth than gin, according to a recipe from the 1887 Jerry Thomas book Bartender’s Guide, How to Mix All Kinds of Plain and Fancy Drinks. A year later, in 1888,
Gin fizz (1870-1880)
Many people make Gin Fizz the same way as Tom Collins. Because the ingredients are the same, it is hard to differentiate between them. The proper way to serve Gin Fizz is into a short highball glass with no ice or garnish. If
Singapore Sling (1910-1920)
Singapore Sling was created at the Raffles Hotel, Singapore, around the early 1910s by bartender Ngiam Tong Boon. The recipe was published in 1922 and found written on a coaster from the Raffles Hotel. Soda water was not mentioned in the recipe. It’s
Pegu Club -1935
Created at Pegu Club in Burma, the club was named after the Pegu River in Burma. First mentioned in Harry Craddock’s The Savoy Cocktail Book in 1935.
