Top Bangkok bartenders tell us their favorite cocktails you can easily make at home
Quick and easy cocktails where absolutely nothing can go wrong.
8 years ago
Eastside, Liam Baer (behind the cocktails at Freebird)
Ingredients: 50 ml gin , 30ml fresh lime juice, 10ml simple syrup, 8 mint leaves, 2 slices o f cucumber.
How to: Lightly muddle the cucumber and mint leaves in a shaker, then add all the liquid ingredients and shake well with ice. Strain into a chilled glass. Top it with cucumber.
Liam says: “Pretty easy to make at home with all these ingredients that you will find in the kitchen. Nice for the summer months.”
Evil Man Blues, G/F, 72 Courtyard, 72 Sukhumvit Soi 55 (Thonglor), 02-392-7740.
Freebird, 28 Sukhumvit Soi 47, 02-662- 4936. BTS Phrom Phong
Aperol Spritz, Passapong “Bard” Phetpradit (ownerbarman at Junker and Bar)
Ingredients: 4ml Aperol, 50ml prosecco, a splash of soda water, topped with a slice of orange
How to: Add ice into a glass, then pour in all the liquid ingredients, garnish, and you’re done
Bard says: “Super easy to make and super refreshing.”
Junker and Bar, 454 Soi Suanplu, Sathorn, 085-100-3608
Daiquiri, Sebastian De La Cruz (former head barman at UNCLE/Touche Hombre, now opening his own bar)
Ingredients: 50ml rum, 30ml fresh lime juice, 20 ml of simple syrup
How to: Put all the ingredients in a shaker, shake and then strain over a coupette.
Sebastian says: “Best drink ever made.”
UNCLE/Touche Hombre, 72 Courtyard, 72 Sukhumvit Soi 55 (Thonglor)
Moscow mule, Milk Pailin (head bartender at Vesper)
Ingredients: 45ml vodka, 110ml ginger beer, 10ml lime juice, lime wedge
How to: Add vodka and ginger beer in a copper mug (or regular highball glass), fill it with ice, add lime juice, stir gently, garnish with lime wedge
Milk says: “Simple. No shaker or bar spoon needed.”
Vesper, 10/15 Convent Rd., 02-235-2777. BTS Sala Daeng
Americano, Philip Stefanescu (former head barman at Touche Hombre, now opening a bar with Sebastian De La Cruz)
Ingredients: 30 ml red vermouth, 30ml Campari, soda water, slice of orange
How to: Fill glass with ice, add Campari and vermouth, a splash of soda, garnish with orange and serve
Philip says: “One of my favorite drinks. The low quantity of alcohol makes it a bit easier to endure a full night of drinking.”
Touche Hombre, 72 Courtyard, 72 Sukhumvit Soi 55 (Thonglor)
Rebujito, Hideyuki Saito (ex-Vogue Lounge, now ownerbarman at Bronx)
Ingredients: 60ml dry sherry, ginger ale or Sprite, lime wedge
How to: Pour the sherry, add ginger ale, garnish with lime and ready to serve
Hideyuki says: “This Spanish drink has always been my favorite. Very easy to make for any occasion. Surprisingly refreshing.”
Bronx, G/F, 8 Thonglor Soi 25
Simple Punch, Kiattikoon Auengkum (Bunker)
Ingredients: Rum, fruit, syrup, lime juice
How to: Pour your spirit, add lots of fresh fruit, syrup, some lime juice, and serve in a bucket
Kiattikoon says: “Perfect for house parties. Simple, easy, and no need to shake or anything.”
Bunker, 118/2 Sathorn Soi 12, 092-563- 9991
Tom Collins, Ronnaporn Kanivichaporn (Backstage Cocktail Bar)
Ingredients: 45 ml gin , 30ml lemon juice, 15ml sugar syrup, soda
How to: Put all the ingredients in a glass filled with ice, stir, and garnish with a lemon wedge.
Ronnaporn says: “It’s a very easy cocktail to make and to twist to your own personal taste. You could switch to vanilla syrup or honey. Perfect for the hot Thai weather.”
Backstage bar, L/F, Playhaus Thonglor, 205/22-23 Sukhumvit Soi 55 (Thonglor), 02-712-5747
Must-have Tools for Home Bartenders
Real pros use a Boston shaker, with one big glass and one metal tumbler, not the ubiquitous martini shaker we all have at home.
Muddlers allow you to crush some fresh fruits and herbs into your drink. Crushing is great for mint, as it extracts the aromatic essence.
Your boston shaker doesn’t have a built-in strainer (unlike the martini shaker) so you’ll need this guy to keep the ice out of your drink,
The coupette looks a bit like a martini glass but it can hold more volume, not just a bit of vodka and melted ice. It’s ideal for daiquiris.
The copper mug was the hipster hit of 2015. What does it bring to your drink? Style!
Find these at www.jjthaibarsupply.com, with good kits starting from B1,300.
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