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Home Cockle Warming Cocktails

Cockle Warming Cocktails

by Cam Noakes

Magazine Issue: AUS/NZ Issue Four

 

Photo: Hugh Peachey

Bugger the latest winter fashions, here we preview some of the latest and just plain greatest winter cocktails that’ll warm your cockles so well you won’t even feel the cold. Or possibly anything. By Cam Noakes.

 

Mixing spirits, liqueurs, juices and creams can turn into something weird and wicked. But more often than not it can fail horribly. It’s like a science experiment. It can blow-up, curdle, taste foul and if it is bubbling in the glass don’t drink it (unless you can be sure the bubbles are from a carbonated mixer).

 

But when a cocktail is a success it must be saluted. The first person to mix tequila, Cointreau and lemon juice was a genius. And as we all know, you can drink a good Margarita all year round. Unfortunately, summer has hijacked the cocktail image. Sitting by the pool, bathing in tropical sunlight and sucking on an enormous glass that has half a pineapple shoved in it seems to be a common theme for advertising agencies.

 

But thanks to many a bored bartender, there are plenty of cocktails to be guzzled no matter where you are or what the climate. Winter cocktails are pretty easy to spot. They usually have the word blue in their title to keep in theme with the winter blues or they usually are blue – meaning blue curacao (a blue liqueur) becomes an important ingredient when the weather gets a bit chilly.

 

Chocolate-flavored cocktails are also good for winter and can be a superb accompaniment to a late-night coffee. So in the wee, cold hours of the night, when you’re sitting by the fire, forget the chocolate with your port and coffee and try a Death by Choctail and still have your port.

 

Arguably, the perfect liqueur for winter is Chartreuse and – for those who have the palate – this drink needs no playing with. It is guaranteed to burn the cockles of your heart (and get you pretty sloshed) but it’s not everyone’s cuppa. A good Chartreuse cocktail recipe is like finding gold and we’ve managed to stagger upon just the thing.

 

Of course, when it comes to cocktails it’s hard to beat the classics. If you feel like treating yourself on a miserable night, put on your big coat and your big boots, head down to your favorite bar and order a Rusty Nail (scotch and Drambuie) – delicious – and then order another one; the second one is always the best.

 

WINTER PICKS

BLUE RIBAND

 

A Martini glass

60ml of Bombay Sapphire Gin

30ml of Cointreau or Triple Sec

30ml of Blue Curacao

 

Stir the ingredients with ice and strain into the martini glass. Garnish with a split, stemmed cherry.

 

The Blue Riband was an award presented to the liner that crossed the Atlantic in record time. Many liners competed for the prize and these ships had well-stocked bars. We believe this cocktail was invented by one of the bartenders on one of the boats. We presume it was one of the boats that came last (“What’s the rush, Captain? Hit the auto-cruise. I have your trophy right here, a Blue Riband martini. Now we can all be winners.”).

 

DEATH BY CHOCTAIL

 

A Martini glass

30ml of Baileys Irish Cream

30ml of Cadbury’s Chocolate Liqueur

30ml of cream

One quarter of a banana

Some ice

 

Blend all the ingredients together and garnish with chocolate sprinkles or shavings.

 

Here’s a drink that puts a big hole in the theory that every beverage that has come out of Tasmania, including beer, tastes like apples. Surely there must’ve been a mistake when they whipped this one up at the Birdcage Bar in Wrest Point Casino. Apparently it’s still a mystery in Hobart, how a banana ended up in the blender and not an apple.

 

WINTER CHILL

 

A Martini glass

30ml of Chartreuse

30ml of Bombay Sapphire

30ml of Peach Schnapps

30ml of Blue Curacao

30ml of Pineapple juice

 

Stir the ingredients then strain them into an ice-filled glass.

 

Also called What Little Girls are Made Of, this is a serious cocktail. It was created at Deco Wine Bar in North Fitzroy, Melbourne, and Deco owner and Wine X writer Knuckles Noakes says it is a perfect winter drink. Have a few of these and you won’t be feeling the cold. Chances are you won’t be feeling anything.

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