Ingredients Details

Question 1

Hayman’s Old Tom

Answer 1

Gin, victorian recipe richer than london dry, classic signature of citrus and pine, slight sweetness

Question 2

Dolin Blanc

Answer 2

French white vermouth

Dolin Vermouths are made with high proportion of wine + fresh herbs and plants local to chambery (est 1821).

Sweetened with real sugar, more natural sweetness

More complex and sweeter than the Dry; white fruits (grape, pear etc), pine, citrus and elderflower

Question 3

Carpano Antica

Answer 3

Antica Formula = Alla Vaniglia style vermouths = red with added vanilla flavouring and sugar

Question 4

Punt E Mes

Answer 4

Made in Turin, early example of vermouth, rich notes of wormwood and bitter herbs, chocolate and cola sweetness.

Based on white wine aromatized with recipe of herbs and spices

Question 5

Chartreuse

Answer 5

french liqueur in green & yellow versions. Made by charthusian monks in Chartreuse mountains in France.

Made according to manuscript given in 1605, composed of distilled alcohol aged with 130 herbs, plants and flowers.

green: stronger, woodsier flavour, base spirit derived from sugar beets, colour from chlorophyll

yellow: sweeter and softer, base spirit from grape distillate, colour from saffron

Question 6

Velvet Falernum

Answer 6

Liqueur from the Caribbean, base of lime and almonds, + ginger, cloves and allspice

classic tiki cocktail ingredient, adds texture and spice to a drink

Question 7

Pineapple skin syrup (Chartreuse swizzle)

Answer 7

sous vide pineapple skin with ascorbic acid, sugar and water –> more green flavour

Question 8

Bombay Sapphire premier cru

Answer 8

small batch gin infused with murcian lemons + mandarins and navel oranges handpicked in spain

bright citrus flavour + juniper

Question 9

Hepple Hawthorn and Sloe Gin

Answer 9

North of england, Hepple distillery

earthy, piney, hints of juniper + sloe berry flavour, intense bright pink colour

Question 10

Campari

Answer 10

aperitif amaro made by infusing herbs and fruit in alcohol

bitter, dark red, originally coloured with carmine dye

Question 11

Appleton 12

Answer 11

old rare casks, Blend of Jamaican pot and column rums, aged for at least 12 years

notes of tropical fruit, hazelnuts, molasses, vanilla and coffee

Question 12

Goslings

Answer 12

Bermudian dark rum, proprietary blend of rum distillates sourced from around the caribbean and then aged in Bermuda in ex-bourbon casks.

rich, with notes of butterscotch, vanilla and caramel

Question 13

Baldoria Dry Umami Vermouth

Answer 13

dry vermouth infused with porcini mushrooms and kombu, creating a full bodied vermouth with umami flavours

earthy and saline notes. Has other botanicals: sage, ginger, orange peel and fennel

Question 14

Koseret Dolin Blanc (Tomato Martini)

Answer 14

Koseret tea brings tomato vine, basil and lemon flavours

Question 15

Grey Goose

Answer 15

created in 1997, french vodka distilled from wheat harvested and fermented in winter in picardie

distilled in stainless and copper stills continuously

round texture, touch of sweetness