Comments on: Le Lion Part 2 – Le Coquetiez du Lion

By: Webweites #3 - Cocktails Old Fashioned

Webweites #3 - Cocktails Old Fashioned — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:24:04 +0000

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By: A toast to Admiralsbar » Cocktail adventures at Oh Gosh!

A toast to Admiralsbar » Cocktail adventures at Oh Gosh! — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:33:53 +0000

[...] the Paperol. As with several of Gonçalo’s drinks like the Beuser & Angus Special and Le Coquetiez du Lion the cocktail takes what might be considered a fairly common mixture of ingredients but inverts the [...]

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:47:57 +0000

Ruben – The first episode was an introduction to Hamburg and the bar, hence the longer run time. Now Le Lion has been shown off the other episodes just feature a short introduction so we can get on the drinks.

Rick – I’ve not compared old and fresh bottles of Lillet, I would guess like dry vermouth it will dull over time. Clearly not too badly though, as your drink was still good.

By: Joerg Meyer

Joerg Meyer — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:05:50 +0000

Thank you Gentleman,

@ Rick – you are right … thats the reason … one for the taste …one for the look

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:13:54 +0000

My guess as to the extra twist is that you can’t express as much oil out of a twirly twist than you can a flat piece of peel. So the peel is useful for the oil and the twist for looks.

By: blair frodelius

blair frodelius — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:06:53 +0000

The two things I took away from this are:

1) The mixing glass (or pitcher) is on ice
2) The lime twist has the oil expressed, then it is thrown away and a new twist is used for the garnish.

Interesting…

Blair

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:27:25 +0000

Jay,

This is such a classy drink. I love it. Made it using my 5mo old bottle of Lillet that has neither wine stopper nor refrigeration. How much difference do you notice with Lillet when neglecting to store it “properly?”

By: Ruben

Ruben — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:02:09 +0000

Adorable suit that he is wearing there!

Too bad I currently have neither Peychaud’s nor Lillet Blanc in my home bar stock. I’m a great fan of Vermouth and Wine based cocktails so this one definitely goes on my to-be-mixed-in-future list.

Thanks for your video, noticed that you cut down the introducing part with impressions of Hamburg & Le Lion down a bit, which is probably a good thing to do considering the length of the first video.

Cheers, Ruben