House of Spirits: "Rumple Minze" recipes and a closer look at what is Rumble Minze.

House of Spirits: "Rumple Minze" recipes and a closer look at what is Rumble Minze.

WHAT IS RUMPLE MINZE?
Basically Rumple Minze is a high proof peppermint schnapps. The alcohol content is 50% or 100 proof, making a little more potent than other liqueurs that average about 80 proof.

Rumple Minze, is produced by the Scharlachberg Distillery, in Germany. It is a classic style German Liqueur. But the brand itself is owned by a London based company Diageo, and is also a product of Canada.

The graphic on the bottle is a image of a double headed golden eagle. This graphic is a German coat of arms.

Rumple Minze has released two new flavors, The first is a berry flavored and the second is a lime flavor beverage.

A bottle of Rumple Minze.

TASTE AND FLAVOR
Rumble Minz has a distinctive strong defining peppermint flavor.

DRINKING RUMPLE MINZE

Rumple Minze can be drunk in a variety of ways. At it's most basic, it can be drunk chilled straight on ice, drinking it this way is  very popular. Drinking it this way it can be used as a digestif or a Apertif.
A digestif is an alcoholic beverage served after the meal to aid digestion. An apéritif is an alcoholic beverage commonly drunk before a meal to stimulate ones appetite.

Also, Rumple Minze is mixed with many different types of cocktails. We will give you some of the most popular Rumble Minz recipes below. 

RUMPLE MINZE RECIPES (Rumple Minze cocktail drink recipes)

Hot Chocolate Schnapps Recipe AKA The Hot Chocolate Sin Recipe:
(Great warm cocktail for the colder months)
Hot Chocolate Packet
Rumple Minze
Make hot chocolate according to instructions.

Mix in Rumple Minze and enjoy.

German Peach recipe:
(This is a short drink)
1 oz Rumple Minze peppermint liqueur
1 oz peach schnapps
1/2 oz creme de cacao
Mix ingredients together in a cocktail glass over ice.

Purple Panty Dropper recipe:

(Shot Recipe)
1/3 oz Bailey's® Irish cream
1/3 oz creme de noyaux
1/3 oz Blue Curacao liqueur
1/3 oz Rumple Minze® peppermint liqueur
Mix the Rumple Minze, Blue Curacao, and Creme de Noyaux in a cocktail shaker with ice. 

Strain into a rocks glass. 

Slowly drop Bailey's Irish Cream to the bottom of the shot glass.

Be sure to check out the other great articles to learn more about spirits and liqueurs.

House of Spirits: Tia Maria, a closer look into this coffee liqueur.

What is Tia Maria? House of Spirits: TIA MARIA, a closer look into this wonderful coffee liqueur.

Tia Maria Company Website: http://www.tiamaria.com

What is Tia Maria?

Tia Maria is a wonderful coffee liqueur that was first made in Jamaica from fine Jamaican coffee beans. Tia Maria has a alcohol content of 31%, some exports are 20%. The flavor, as you would expect is of dark coffee similar to Kahlua, but a bit darker. The main flavor of coffee is complemented by cane spirit or rum, vanilla and sugar.

History of Tia Maria?

Tia Maria was created by Dr. Evans shortly after WWII in Jamaica. Dr. Evans went threw a rigorous testing, using friends  and members of the Kingston Country Club until he came up with the perfect formula.

Tia Maria became under new ownership when it was bought by the famous brand of Pernod Ricard back in 2005 to be swold in France. Which makes it under the same ownership there as Malibu and Kahlua. In 2009 Illva Saronno bought the brand.

Tia Maria

How to drink Tia Maria?

Tia Maria can simply be drunk straight up with ice cubes.

Blended with milk and Ice.

Can be added to coffee.

used in desserts.

And of course many, many cocktails.

Tia Maria Recipes for Cocktails and Desserts?

There is a popular desert concoction made with Tia Maria, whipped-cream and cookie confection called the Tia Maria torte.

SPANISH COFFEE RECIPE:

Ingredients:
1/2 oz Tia Maria
1/2 oz rum (light or dark)
1 cup hot coffee
Instructions:

Mix in a coffee mug and serve with whipped cream. 

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House of Spirits: Learn all about Advocaat liqueur. What is Advocaat

What is Advocaat liqueur? How to make Advocaat at home and other recipes.

Advocaat (ad-vo-kat) 
Proof: 20-30

Overview
Sometimes called "Egg Cognac" Advocaat is a rich, sweet and creamy spirit.  It is very popular in Europe, widely consumed by the Dutch, who kept the recipe a secret for many years.  There are a lot of manufactors making there own style of Advocaat. Advocaat is made mainly with sugar, fresh egg yolks, aromatic spirits, vanilla, honey, cream and brandy. The flavor can be described as similar to custard. The closest thing here in the states would be something akin to eggnog.

There is a thick advocaat that is sold in parts of Europe that is eaten with a small spoon. In the west, import the thinner version.  The thick version of Advocaat, is used atop waffles, ice cream and other deserts.  It is also commonly served as a Aperitif. A popular way to serve advocaat is in a glass with cocoa powder and whipped cream. Because it contained pure egg yokes, it become great to use for many cocktails.

Advocaat Cocktail Drink.

Advokaat Cocktail Drink Recipes:

Snowball Drink Recipe: 

This is a very popular Advokkat cocktail.

Ingredients:

• Advocaat

• sparkling lemonade 

• lime juice 

Bombardino Drink Recipe:

Another popular cocktail. Usually found in Italian ski resorts and lodges.

Ingredients:

• advocaat

• black coffee

• whiskey

Advokaat Recipes: (Make Advokaat at home)

Basic Advokaat Recipe

This is a very good basic recipe to try. It is on the thicker side, so maybe use a spoon!

Ingredients:

• 300 grams sugar 

• 25 grams vanilla sugar 

• 500 ml milk 

• 9 egg yolks 

• 350 ml 95% grain alcohol (Everclear)

• Optional: Honey

Instructions:

1. Mix the sugars together. 

2. In a large pot, boil the milk with half of sugars for a few minutes. 

3. Let cool down. 

4. Using a mixer at high speed mix the egg yolks and the remaining half of the sugars. 

5. While blending, add milk and the alcohol slowly. 

6. Bottle and let sit for about two weeks.

Brands of Advokaat

Warners

Bols  http://www.bols.com/splash.php?u=/

Dwersteg 

Verpoorten

Warninks

Cooymans http://www.cooymans.nl/

Jansen

De Kuyper http://www.dekuyperusa.com/
Den Ouden http://www.denoudenadvokaat.be/

A brand of Advocaat

Slow Gin A closer look, how to make sloe gin and sloe gin recipes.

Learn about the secrets of Sloe Gin. What is Sloe Gin and how to make homemade Sloe Gin at home. 

What exactly is sloe gin anyway, we get asked this question a lot. So we thought we would post this article on sloe gin to clear up a little confusion about this wonderful spirit with a far amount of history.

Sloe gin is made mainly from sloe berries or more commonly called blackthorn berries, that grow on the thorny blackthorn bush. They are a close relative to the common plum. They are usually picked late in the season at the ripest point in there growth cycle. Usually after the first frost. There are stories that the berries are pricked with the blackthorn thorns from the bush they grow on.

Sloe gin has a reddish color and a alcohol content between 15 and 30 percent.

HISTORY of  SLOE GIN
The first account of sloe gin come from a poem from the British islands in 1717 which refers to drinks "... made at Home ... of Sugar, Sloes, and Grocer's Trash".  In 1838 it was described as a beverage "which the inhabitants of London swallow for port." Today slow gin is used in a wide variety of classic and modern cocktail drinks.

In pop culture history, the rock band Kiss, has a track called Sloe Gin, where Ace Frehley sings, "it's slow gin time again, you know it will always win."

Sloe Berry on a Blackthorn Bush.

MAKING SLOE GIN

Recipe and Instructions to brew your own batch of sloe gin at home. There are variations like sloe cider and sloe whiskey and even tales of infusing beer with the sloes. This recipe given here is for the classic sloe gin, which is very easy to make at home.

Sloe Gin Recipe:
Ingredients
• 500 grams ripe sloes (sloe fruit)
• 250 grams of sugar (more sugar for sweetness)
• 1 litre of Gin (any type of gin is fine)

Procedure:Many suggest freezing the sloes to improve flavor.

Start by pricking the sloes with a fork or other object.

Put them in a large sized canning type jar, 

Pour in the sugar.

Pour in the liter of gin and close the lid tight.

Shake the mix for about 3 minutes.

Shake every day making sure that all the sugar has dissolved.

Place in a dark spot like a cupboard.

After a few months, usually three months you will strain out the sloes by using muslin or cheesecloth. 

At this time the infused gin will take on the characteristic red color of sloe gin.

You can use the leftover sloes to make jam or even infuse wine.

You can decant the sloe gin to remove any sediment and clear the spirit.

Bottle and store in a cool dark place. 

Sloe gin gets better with age.

Options and Variations:
When made slow enough the sloe gin takes on an almond-like flavor from the sloes stones. 
Modern recipes use a short steeping time but also include a small bit of almond extract. 
Another variation is to add some spices like a few cloves and cinnamon.

Homemade Sloe Gin in canning jars.

Sloe Gin Cocktail Recipes (Mixed drinks that use sloe gin)

Sloe Gin Fizz Recipe: (most famous)

Ingredients

• 1 ounce each of sloe gin

• 1 ounce regular gin

• 1 ounce simple syrup. 

• Squeeze of half a lemon 

• Soda water to top

Cocktail Mixing Instructions:

Mix the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice.

Strain into a highball glass.

Top the cocktail with the soda water. 

Garnish this cocktail with a sliced orange and a cherry.

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Cape Cod Cooler Recipe:

Ingredients

• 2 ounces sloe gin 

• 1 ounce regular gin

• Squeeze of lime

• 5 ounces  cranberry juice 

• Splash of orgeat syrup (almond)

Cocktail Mixing Instructions:

Shake all of the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice.

Strain and pour over ice.

Serve in a Collins glass or a bar tumbler.

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Sloe Gin Brands

Gordon's Sloe Gin http://www.gordons-gin.co.uk/
McGuinness Sloe gin
Phillips Sloe gin

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