Rum Punch - Bacardi, lots of exotic fruit and a Barramundi twist

Bacardi Building Havana

In 1830, Facundo Bacardi Masso, a Catalan wine merchant who had migrated to Cuba, discovered that he could refine the somewhat raw rum that was kicking around by filtering it through charcoal to remove impurities and ageing it in oak barrels to ‘smooth’ it out! – Bacardi, an up-market rum, was born.



Bacardi drinks are no longer found in Cuba today as the Bacardi family moved their empire out of Cuba to avoid nationalization. More recently though, this privately owned business has started to make more of a deal of its Cuban heritage – probably as a result of the growing international competition that it’s getting from 'Havana Club' – the increasingly popular Cuban government-owned rum.

Enjoy this lovely rum punch – perfect as the days get longer and warmer!

Spring Fling - Mango Vodka, Apple Pucker, Cranberry Juice - HAPPY SPRING!!

Infused Vodka @ Barramundi

Spring is officially here (20^th March)! - So is Bach’s birthday (21^st March)
Remember when there were none of these flavored Vodkas on the market – Hmm – maybe I’m ageing myself.
Anyway now you can get just about anything.  Infusing liquor yourself though isn’t that difficult and it can be fun – we do it at Barramundi!

Here’s a great intro by our friends at the Spirit -  http://www.thespir.it/articles/how-to-infuse-your-own-cocktails/

A Small Glass (7oz) of Guinness washed down with a shot of Jameson’s whiskey - Happy St Paddy’s Day!

St Patrick’s Day in NYC is famous for its parade - it takes place on 17^th March each year and attracts about 150,000 marchers. The first parade took place on 1762.
It ‘s also a great day for wearing green, trying to score the best corned beef in town and of course celebrating with the great Irish libations – the deliciously creamy guinness and the heart-warming Jameson Irish Whiskey. 
A little bit of trivia here - The word "whiskey" is an Anglicisation of "uisce beatha/uisge beatha" a phrase from the Goidelic branch of languages (Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Manx) meaning "water of life".

Enjoy

MOSCOW MULE - ALL ABOUT GINGER!

You say Moscow as in “Cow”, I say Moscow as in “Coe” – Either way though this mule kicks a punch – or should I say a buck.  Originally this drink could have been called a Vodka Buck (or mule) – Buck (mule) being a now almost defunct expression used to describe a drink in which ginger ale or ginger beer is mixed with citrus.

Where the Moscow bit of it came from I’m not sure – the cocktail is supposed to have been invented in New York's Chatham Hotel in 1941.  Despite its East Coast origins it apparently became a lot more popular on the West Coast.  In December of 1942 the Insider Hollywood in Los Angeles reported: "There is a new drink that is a craze in the movie colony now. It is called 'Moscow Mule'"