Last Voyage
40ml Aperol, 40ml gin, 40ml Cointreau Blood Orange, 80ml pineapple, 20ml lime juice, 10ml simple syrup
This one I first had in the Ensembe Lounge on Reflection 5 years ago and it has been a favourite since then. We came home that year through Fiumicino and I also found Cointreau blood orange for the first time. Enjoy a Last Voyage from Ensemble
Rangpur Martini
50ml Tanqueray Rangpur, 3oml Noilly Prat dry
Tonight it’s a straight martini with Tanqueray Rangpur and Noilly Prat . I even froze the tray Dan Grace to make it feel a bit more like the Martini Bar
Cuba Libre
50ml Dark Rum, 250ml Coke
as Tom Cruise pointed out in the iconic movie, Cocktail ,“that’s just a rum and coke…”
Diana’s Bitter
40ml Tanqueray Ten, 30ml Campari, 20ml lemon, 10ml simple syrup
I have good friends who were planning to be on the Apex sailing in 24 days. Is it possible for Silly to get to the UK on 1st May as planned?.. Got my fingers crossed for July or even October…. In the mean time try this Diana’s Bitter. 40ml gin, 30ml Campari, 20ml lemon and 10ml simple syrup….. Simples
Last Word
40ml Tanqueray Ten, 40ml Green Chartreuse, 40ml Maraschino, 40ml Lime juice
While the doom and gloom continues I’m going to continue to dream of those wonderful bars aboard Silly…. This is my favourite cocktail of all time, the Last Word, invented in the 1920s during prohibition. I haven’t yet managed to get one on board…. Perhaps Osman Ümit Ergean one of the best barmen in the WCB might manage it in July or October…. pllleeeeeeeaaase
30ml Amaro di Angostura, 15ml Angostura bitters, 20ml lime juice, 15ml simple syrup, 15ml egg white
OK so all seems doom and gloom and we are confined to barracks…. All I can do is hope the situation improves and I will make it on board in July… But in the mean time If I can’t go out I will dream of the World Class Bar and Umit’s amazing concoctions. Here is one of my experiments the