The martini may quite simply be the most personal cocktail you can make. I mean, take another classic cocktail like the negroni. Sure there are some slight variations, but generally speaking most negronis are going to taste the same and have pretty close to the same ingredients and ratios. The martini however, is all over the map. […]
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Shangri-La Villingili Maldives: May it Rest in Peace
Here at Slightly Pretentious, we’ve largely just glossed over the whole Coronavirus pandemic thing. Most of us are spending a lot more time at home making cocktails, so I’ve chosen to focus on highlighting those for the time being – while hoping that in 2021 travel will be acceptable again, and I’ll be able to […]
Blackjack Redux: A Delicious Coffee Cocktail
So there’s some history to this cocktail. First off, for the last couple years I’ve become a sucker anytime I see a cocktail on a menu with coffee and banana. This usually means they’re using the phenomenal Banane du Brasil, and either cold brew, a concentrate or some other kind of coffee liqueur. If coffee […]
Sazerac Cocktail Recipe: New Orleans in a Glass
New Orleans is famous for many things: Mardi Gras, Gumbo, and Jazz (to name a few). But it’s less known for being the home of another great American invention: The Cocktail. From the Ramos Gin Fizz to the Grasshopper, The Big Easy has contributed more than its fair share of inebriating concoctions to the world. […]
Tiki Old Fashioned: The Cocktail You Didn’t Know You Needed
One of the things I’ve tried to do a bit on this site is to give you a lot of complimentary recipes. All too often I’ll get a new cocktail book, and it feels like not only does every drink use a completely different set of ingredients, but often times they’re obscure ingredients at that. One of […]