#aquavit

[vintersoldistillery]

the best thing about working in a distillery is getting the tasty spirits to enjoy with the spring flowers in the garden.

the worst thing is trying to take a good photo that expresses that.

[cocktailcatalog]

The Fixer

[paradoorsbeliever]

Alive Members :

Rum : 40%-75%

Gin : 35%-55%

Vermouth : 15%-20%

Bourbon : 40%-60%

Vodka : 35%-50%

Kir : 15%-25%

Chianti : 10%-15%

Korn : 30%-40%

Because of how low wines are in terms of alcohol percentage, I think it would make much more sense if we doubled it. So now, it'll look like this :

Vermouth : 30%-40%

Kir : 30%-50%

Chianti : 20%-30%

Dead Members :

Calvados : 40%

Pisco : 35%-50%

Tequila : 35%-55%

Scotch : 40%-60%

Escaped Members :

Rye : 50%-80%

Sherry : 15%-20%

Once again, I'll double the wine's percentage, so now it's like this :

Sherry : 30%-40%

Non-canon Members ( From Movies ) :

Irish : 10%-40%

Curaçao : 15%-40%

Aquavit : 40%-45%

Riesling : 10%-12.5%

Stout : 5%-10%

Pinga : 40%-50%

And again, I'll double the wine's alcohol percentage:

Curaçao : 30%-80%

Riesling : 20%-25%

Non-canon Members ( From Special Manga ) :

Arrack : 30%-50%

Generic : Couldn't Find

Blackbeard : 70%

Tbh when I see this list again, I'm getting confused about how the structure even is in the BO. Is the percentage supposed to show their strength? smartness? power?

[acocktailmoment]

Soft Arms !

Ingredients:

3/4 ounce Svol Swedish aquavit

5 dashes yuzu vinegar

2/5 ounce simple syrup

3/4 ounce fino sherry

1 ounce blanc vermouth

1 ounce dry Riesling

Directions:

Combine sherry, Svol Swedish, fino sherry, Riesling, simple syrup, and blanc vermouth in a mixing glass filled with ice. Stir until chilled, about 15 seconds.

Strain into a chilled coupe glass.

By Oset Babür-Winter

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[vintagenorway]

Christmas alcohol; aquavit, cognac, whiskey, 1933

[drinkacefahz]

In the Kingdom of Corona, they have bustling trade by sea and a distinct region to draw drink inspiration from. Sundrop Punch, a batched beverage i could imagine everywhere from The Snuggly Duckling, to  Old Corona, or to celebrate Rapunzel and Eugene’s wedding,  is a fortified beer & mead punch with inspirations centered on Northern and Central-Eastern Europe from the late Medieval to the early 1800s. It's a golden, long drink that's gentle and bright but certainly a little deeper than you expect. Suits the princess perfectly!  In time for the long, gentle drinks of spring and early summer, I present a recipe for Sundrop Punch, inspired by Tangled: The Series. 

Sundrop Punch

~10% ABV | Yield: Roughly 1 Liter/32 fl oz | Historical, Pre-Cocktail, Punch, Long Drinks, Fandom Cocktails 

1 bottle [~15-16 ounces]Pilsner or similar lager (I used Grolsch) 

8 oz or 240ml semisweet mead (Linganore Semi-Sweet Medieval Mead)

4 oz or 120ml Aquavit (this is a Norwegian-style[aged]) 

1/2 oz or 15ml cinnamon syrup

1/2 oz or 15ml ginger syrup

1 oz or 30ml Oleo Saccrum (Lemon)

2 oz or 60ml fresh orange juice 

1 oz or 30ml fresh lemon juice 

Chill all spiritous ingredients beforehand and combine in pitcher larger than 1 liter, gently stirring. Allow it to sit for a little while in the fridge so the flavors meld and mellow out, but if you dont plan to serve it within an hour or two I recommend squeezing the orange juice last, mixing in shortly before serving, to avoid any bitter/metallic notes oxidizing. If you wish to serve it over ice, add ice to the individual serving glasses, not the pitcher itself. Pour servings into cups of your choice, garnish with freshly grated nutmeg and, if you would like it, orange zest. 

This is a punch sort of devised out of the general region and eras Tangled takes cues from. Norwegian aquavit-- a spirit noted for its strong notes of caraway and other botanicals -- also historically is aged in sherry casks on ships, appropriate for a port city. As we see a Tangled cameo in Frozen, I like to imagine sea-maturation Aquavit is a signature of Arendelle’s -- Elsa & Anna’s kingdom --main style of Aquavit. 

Pilsner as a light, hopped lager style arose in the mid 1800s, which is about the tail end of the eras drawn from as inspiration for the setting of Tangled. Mead has been around for forever but this stuff is not a bad approximation for young mead recipes("white" mead, historically) of the 18th century -- still, not carbonated, a bit sweeter over dry. (18th/19thc drinks trend sweet.) 

 Since the Kingdom of Corona is a port(though probably not a warm water one) fresh citrus seemed allowable and helps backsweeten against the hops in the beer, but I actually think unfiltered apple juice or cider would work too. But a punch does need citrus, so historically Oleosaccrum is standard(literally oil sugar -- macerate citrus peel, removing pith as much as possible, w caster sugar. I do equal weights and give it a good while, at least a few hours. Put it in a zip lock and squeeze it occasionally, then strain peels out.) This is lemon oleo, because I wanted the color to remain fairly golden(Sundrop. Duh). Any citrus can make oleo though. I loosely referred to How To Drink's DnD Tavern Punch(which is a very different Scotch Ale/Dansk Viking Blod Mead punch) for the backsweetening, but decided a split of cinnamon & sweet ginger syrups was more suited to a much lighter mead, a lighter but more bitter beer and the stronger hit in terms of proof and flavors in the aquavit. 

Syrups like these are easy to make -- I recommend referencing youtuber Anders Erickson, Smuggler’s Cove by Martin Cate, and Leandro from The Educated Barfly for comprehensive spice infusion syrups info, and sights like Punchdrink and Spruce Eats have good recipes. 

Lastly, punch is traditionally garnished with nutmeg.

So: Is this a cocktail? Well, no. Cocktails were very new in the 1800s and at the time definitionally contained bitters more like we know today-- super potent tinctures of bittering agents commonly featuring herbs like gentian. There are bitter notes in this drink, but they much more like seasoning here than to balance the structure of the drink. Now, you can always sweeten to taste since your mead of choice is giving the structure to the sweetening and that varies a lot. Though tempting to include elderflower liqueur because, you know, Sundrop flower, it's anachronistic -- though I have a modern cocktail to share that does use it.  Anyway, aside from the fantasyland regional/era specific inspirations, there's one more theme here, and that's the restorative powers of the Sundrop. "aqua vitae" is "water of life", & nectar as used in Greek myth may, I think, refer to a fermented honey drink- mead-like?  A drink of the gods. 

Fun fact: alcohol distillation is often credited to various alchemists throughout history beginning in 8thc, so with nearly a  we know at least one Tangled character almost certainly understands distillation! 

Whether I’d want Varian to mix the punch, tho... 

[aquavit-shibuya]

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[elvisomar]

HOW TO SKOAL WITH STYLE – Swedish film star Max von Sydow engages his drinking partner’s gaze. Tipping his glass backward, von Sydow drains the chilled aquavit in one deceptively cool gulp. Lowering the glass to the level from which he raised it, von Sydow again meets his companion’s eyes.

— Max Von Sydow from The Art of Scandinavian Cooking (1968)