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You can’t claim to be a cocktail geek if you haven’t tried to make a Ramos Gin Fizz.
Ramos Gin Fizz
This New Orleans classic was created in the 1880s by Henry C. Ramos for his bar at Meyer’s Restaurant. He started with a blend of gin, citrus, and cream, then added some orange flower water for a burst of exotic, floral scent and flavor. Egg white is then added and shaken hard and long for a fabulous, light … Continue Reading
Tags: citronage, citronge, Cocktails, Gin, lillet, old tom gin, orange liqueur, tuaca
My initial association with the word Tuaca is a horse. Why someone named a Quarter Horse after an Italian liqueur, I’ll never know. I’ll admit I was surprised to discover the current owner of Tuaca the horse had never heard of Tuaca the liqueur. Then again, even though I had heard of it, I don’t think I’d ever tasted it until receiving a sample recently.
Tuaca claims to be the resurrection of a recipe initially created for Lorenzo de’Medici (1449 – 1492). Often called “the Magnificent,” he was the de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic, and remembered as a patron … Continue Reading
