Get a taste for European cocktails on the last stop of our World Cocktail Tour.
By Cari Jorgensen
We’ve taken you on a journey all over the world on our cocktail tour. We hit the Americas, Asia, Oceania and Africa with 31 cocktails. Join us on the last – and largest – stop: Europe.
WORLD COCKTAIL TOUR STOP SEVEN: EUROPE
Country: Austria
Cocktail: Kopfnuß
Ingredients: 1 l red wine, 1 l cognac, 1 l cointreau, 1 cinnamon stick, sugar (to taste), 3-4 cloves
Directions: Place the red wine in a saucepan. Add the cinnamon stick and cloves. Sweeten to taste with the sugar. Heat. Right before serving, add the cognac and cointreau. Remove saucepan from fire and pour in hot drink glasses. This recipe serves 6.
Country: Belgium
Cocktail: Brussels Coffee
Ingredients: 2 parts Mandarine Napoleon, hot black coffee
Garnish: whipped cream
Directions: Warm a hot drink glass. Pour in the Mandarine Napoleon. Add the hot black coffee and top it with the whipped cream.
Country: Denmark
Cocktail: King of Denmark
Ingredients: 4 parts Pernod, 3 parts black currant syrup, 8-10 parts water, ice cubes
Directions: Fill a high ball glass with ice. Pour in all ingredients. Stir.
Country: England
Cocktail: London Fog
Ingredients: 44 ml peppermint white liqueur, 44 ml Amer Picon, 1 dash Angostura bitters, ice cubes
Directions: Put all ingredients, including the ice, in a cocktail shaker and shake. Strain into a cocktail glass.
Country: Finland
Cocktail: Jääkarhu
Ingredients: 1 cl white rum, 1 cl brandy, 2 cl coffee liqueur, ice cubes
Directions: Pour white rum, brandy and coffee liqueur in an ice-filled mixing glass and stir. Strain into a snifter.
Country: France
Cocktail: French Quarter
Ingredients: 1 oz Chambord Liqueur Royale De France, 1 oz Southern Comfort, 1 oz pineapple juice, 1 oz cranberry juice, ice cubes
Garnish: lime wedge
Directions: Fill a highball glass with ice. Pour in all ingredients. Stir and garnish with a lime wedge.
Country: Germany
Cocktail: Oppenheim
Ingredients: 30 ml bourbon, 20 ml grenadine syrup, 20 ml red vermouth, 5 ml Pernod, ice cubes
Garnish: orange slice, lemon slice
Directions: In a mixing glass, stir all the ingredients, including the ice. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with the lemon and orange slices.
Country: Greece
Cocktail: Apollo
Ingredients: 4 cl Metaxa (5 star), 1 cl Cointreau, 1 cl crème de cassis, 1 cl lime juice, 4 cl passion fruit juice, 6 cl cranberry juice, ice cubes
Garnish: 1 lemon slice, 2 maraschino cherries, 2 straws
Directions: Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and all other ingredients. Shake well. Fill a hurricane glass halfway with ice. Strain mix into hurricane glass. Garnish with a lemon slice and two maraschino cherries. Serve with two straws.
Country: Hungary
Cocktail: Bordij
Ingredients: 1 oz cognac, 3/4 oz crème de cassis, 2 oz Egri Bikavér, ice cubes
Directions: Pour all ingredients in a mixing glass and stir. Strain into a chilled red wine glass.
Country: Ireland
Cocktail: Dublin Handshake
Ingredients: 1/2 oz Bailey’s Irish Cream, 1/2 oz Irish whiskey, 3/4 oz sloe gin, ice cubes
Directions: Including the ice, place all ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake well. Strain into a cocktail glass.
Country: Italy
Cocktail: Dolce-Amaro
Ingredients: 22 ml amaretto liqueur, 45 ml Campari, 45 ml dry vermouth, ice cubes
Directions: Place all ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake. Strain into a cocktail glass.
Country: Netherlands
Cocktail: Amsterdam
Ingredients: 30 ml gin, 15 ml Cointreau, 15 ml orange juice, 4 dashes orange bitters, shaved ice
Garnish: orange slice
Directions: Put all ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake well. Strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with an orange slice.
Country: Norway
Cocktail: Viking II
Ingredients: 20 ml Galliano, 20 ml aquavit
Directions: Using a bar spoon, layer the ingredients in order. Serve in a lowball glass.
Country: Poland
Cocktail: Szarlotka
Ingredients: 50 ml Zubrowka Bison Grass Vodka, 150 ml apple juice
Directions: Chill apple juice, vodka and lowball glass. Pour chilled juice and vodka in the chilled glass. Serve.
Country: Portugal
Cocktail: Olá!
Ingredients: 3 cl Licor Beirão, 2 cl brandy, 1 cl orange juice, ice cubes
Directions: Place all ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake well. Strain into a snifter.
Country: Russia
Cocktail: Anouchka
Ingredients: 50 ml vodka, crème de mûres (blackberry liqueur), ice cubes
Garnish: blackberry
Directions: Shake vodka and blackberry liqueur with ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a blackberry.
Country: Scotland
Cocktail: Flying Scotsman
Ingredients: 1 oz Scotch whisky, 1 oz sweet vermouth, 1 dash bitters,1/4 tsp sugar syrup, ice cubes
Directions: Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Strain into a cocktail glass and serve.
Country: Spain
Cocktail: Picasso
Ingredients: 30 ml cognac, 10 ml Dubonnet, 10 ml lime juice, 15 ml sugar syrup, ice cubes
Garnish: orange twist
Directions: Place all ingredients, including ice, in a cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a cocktail glass. Serve with an orange twist.
Country: Sweden
Cocktail: Swedish Fish
Ingredients: 2 oz Black Haus blackberry schnapps, 1 oz akvavit, 1 splash cranberry juice, ice cubes
Garnish: fresh fruit
Directions: Shake all of the ingredients with the ice. Strain and garnish with fresh fruit. Serve in a cocktail glass.
Country: Switzerland
Cocktail: Swiss Alps
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz Hpnotiq liqueur, 3/4 oz white crème de cacao, ice cubes
Directions: Place ice, liqueur, and white crème de cacao in a cocktail shaker. Shake. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
What has been your favorite cocktail on our tour?