Andrew Anderson

The single grape vine at the bottom of my garden produced it's first proper yield this year - and it was a bumper one! There was only one thing for it: Buy a still and make Grappa.
While 'aged' is a bit grandiose, I did acquire some whiskey barrel pieces and let them sit in the finished batch for a couple of weeks which totally changed the colour and enriched the flavour.
This is the first cocktail I've made with it. My Crème de Frais is also homemade so I don't know how close to the original this tastes, but I can tell you it's delicious!

I accidently made this with Crème de Mure rather than Cassis and it was still rather good - Vermouth was a touch bold for me but nothing that couldn't be adjusted on subsequent drinks - and may have been due to my homemade liquer
I chose it to pair with the ultimate 'Parisian' video game; the classic point and click 'Broken Sword' on Episode 4 of the Cocktail Mode Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_76uvYjzTIw

I assume the 'strange music' referenced is the Bomb the Bass track of the same name?
My co-host Dave took it that way when he chose this to pair with Chase HQ when that was our game-to-find-cocktails-for in an early episode of the Cocktail Mode Podcast (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy53FNkYvMk).
Unfortunately neither of us have actually tried it as we don't have a drop of Falernum Liqueur between us - so I'd love to know if anyone has a suggestion for an alternative to that ingredient.

Had to adjust this for sweetness -

60ml Vodka
15ml Southern Comfort
30ml Lemon Juice
10ml 1/1 Sugar Syrup

Much improved, for my tastes at least

Selected by Dave for Championship Manager episode of Cocktail Mode (Retro Games/Cocktails/Banter) - This is a fantastic find. It feels related to the Corpse Reviver No2 which, as the greatest cocktail ever invented, is no bad thing!

Picked for the Parappa the Rappa episode of the Cocktail Mode podcast (the link being onions - IYKYK).

I found it a delicious blend of sweet and savour; the pickling brine released by the onion combining beautifully with the Lime - it's been 25c down on the South Coast on this first day of May and this was a lovely refresher after work! Cheers Karan!

P.S. I snapped a photo that you're welcome to use here on Diffords, if you think it represents your drink well: https://photos.app.goo.gl/goN5F9GWq8tG7v7T9

My current favourite. I like to add a mist of absinthe over the top to enhance the 'nose' of the first few sips.

Dan, I shameless stole this idea and dubbed it the 'French Connection II' so I could tenuously link it to Poisson D'Avril in the April Fools day special of cocktail mode (where this website gets a mention almost every episode). I also thought it was fitting as the addition of the Absinthe gives it 2 French ingredients. Cheers!

The April Fool gets a mention on Cocktail Mode Podcast's April Fools Day Special.
A truly very special cocktail!

Thanks, Andrew. Please share the of your podcast.

https://open.spotify.com/show/0TPp0VYw6h41z9RlwKADZj

We're "Cocktail Mode" covering the (somewhat niche) crossover of retro video games and cocktails!
(With the emphasis, if I'm entirely honest, largely on the former)
We discuss an old video game each episode and try to link it by theme/flavour/idea/painful-pun-name to a cocktail - Diffords Guide gets a mention (and a link) in almost every one of the 27 or so episodes.

Thanks, Andrew. I have corrected the recipe. Where did you source the correct recipe?

Hi Simon, not sure if my previous reply got lost somewhere or got auto-modded due to a link - but I found the recipe in several places, notably a Swedish website called dinvinguide.
Thanks for your amazing resource, BTW, our Podcast would be very much more difficult without it!

There's an ingredient missing here.
The sugar cube should be soaked in 7.5ml of Absinthe - as you might imagine, this completely changes the flavour and complexity of the drink.

I paired this with Toejam & Earl on the latest 'Cocktail Mode' podcast and I'm a big fan. I reduced the grenadine by half a tsp and upped the absinthe by the same amount on my second one and it was even better. Loved learning about Don Beach too, he sounds like an absolute legend! Cheers!

Excuse the but so subtle plug, but this cocktail was my choice for the latest episode of 'Cocktail Mode', my podcast where I pair drinks with retro video games.
I used fairly budget ingredients (as that's what I had to hand) and still enjoyed it a great deal, certainly didn't need the syrup when using Kahlua.