The first thing you need to mix wine is utensils. Professional wine mixing equipment is complex, including shaker, extruder, agitator, ice bucket, long-handled spoon and so on. Most of them are stainless steel and glass products, which are luxurious and elegant. But at home, it's not so complete. Sometimes a hip flask and an ounce cup are enough. If there is no ounce glass, you can use a glass instead.
raw material
Next is the raw material for mixing wine. Among them, base wine and blended wine are the most basic raw materials in the whole blending. Six base wines include whisky, brandy, gin, vodka, rum and tequila, and three professional bartenders include soda, tonic water and tequila.
In the process of blending wine, the raw materials used will directly affect the quality and taste of wine, so we must pay attention to the selection of good blended wine. If you buy soda water, tonic water and dried ginger water, it is highly recommended to try Watson's blending series. Watsons is the first brand to sell blended products in China market, and has always been the absolute leader in the market. The three kinds of water in her family have good quality and taste, and are in harmony with the base wine. The wine is also very mellow, which makes you feel particularly elegant and pleasant in the endless aftertaste.
Basic technology
As far as the basic techniques are concerned, there are four ways to prepare cocktails. Shake method, stirring method, direct injection method and mixer mixing method. They are relatively simple and easy to learn, and the tools are relatively easy to find, so you can choose according to your personal preference.
Generally speaking, tonic water works well when mixed with mild wines such as gin, vodka and rum. For hard liquor, such as scotch whisky and bourbon, it should be accompanied by soda water and Jiang Shui. Watson's bartending series is easy to buy in supermarkets.
Real fighting
Now, the basic ingredients and techniques for preparing cocktails have been introduced. Have you found that mixing wine is really simple and interesting, and you can't help but feel excited and want to try your hand? Then let's start a wonderful cocktail tour.
Vodka+Watsons tonic water
This is one of the most popular cocktails at present. Since the birth of this drinking method, vodka is no longer the exclusive right of alcoholics.
You can first add half a cup of ice to the classic glass, then pour 1/6 cups of vodka, add the remaining 5/6 cups to Watson's tonic water, and add a slice of lemon, and you can easily have a simple and fashionable cocktail.
If you have just finished a sumptuous meal and are sitting at home without any fuss and inconvenience, make a cup. Under the dim and blurred light, through the crystal clear glass, you can see the ice suspended in the wine, with bubbles around the lemon slices, gently shake the glass and have another taste. The sweetness of Watson's tonic water makes pure vodka easier to eat, and its unique pine wine.
In addition, people who like this taste will mix vodka and Watsons dried ginger water to make a new cocktail. This is another vanilla mule. Fill a glass with ice, add 1 serving vodka (which can be vanilla) and a little lemon juice, and top it up with 1 serving dry? What happened to the tip bath? Br>☆ whisky soda
It is said that whisky soda is very popular in Japan around 1960. At that time, this wine was named golf drink because the bubbles of golden soda water gradually rose in the glass.
This cocktail is easy to make. Just pour 1/4 cups of whisky into a whisky glass, then add ice cubes to the glass, then pour 3/4 cups of Watsons soda water, and finally decorate with lemon slices.
Whiskey is a mixture of ice cubes, Watsons soda and rising bubbles, so it tastes light and slightly spicy. Watsons soda water contains no sugar, no calories, no increase in calories, and can also reduce stomach qi, so this wine is suitable for women who love wine and prefer slim figure.
This cocktail belongs to the chilled type, and it is best to drink it before the wine temperature rises. The cold wine slowly flows down the esophagus, and the fragrance of the wine stays where it passes, so that you can feel a kind of comfort that can only be expressed but cannot be expressed in such a lush summer.
Tasting skills
After introducing two simple and easy-to-learn cocktail blending methods, introduce some wine tasting tips, which will make your wine mixing life more icing on the cake.
Different types of cocktails naturally have different ways of tasting. Remember to relax yourself first, and then let cocktails rush into the blood with beautiful music, bringing a feeling of being elated. ※.
Cocktails with high alcohol content should be drunk in short glasses, such as martinis or margaritas. In contrast, cocktails with low alcohol content are usually put in long glasses.
Cocktails and cold drinks will be more delicious. If you put vodka and other spirits in the refrigerator, it is said that the concentration will rise instantly and become more delicious. Therefore, it can be preserved in the refrigerator as far as possible after opening to ensure delicious taste. ※.
Blending cocktails is definitely not a fleeting trend. With the intervention of alcohol and the indoctrination of emotions, seemingly ordinary drinks can also give off a memorable aroma. A harmonious and hurried life with good wine can also bring leisure. ...