The annual Holiday Season is upon us, which means lots of food, lots of gifts and lots of drinking, whether boozy or not! But, just like last year, I will organizing my most precious Global Drinkstagram Event again as well: SECRET SANTÉ! And from today until the 7th of December, you’ll be able to sign up […]
Read More JOIN: Secret Santé 2018It was in 1806 that The Balance and Columbian Repository answered an editorial question asking “what a ‘cocktail’ was“. Their answer: “A a stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters.“. Right then and there the ultimate template came into existence. Whatever happened before and whatever would happen in the following two centuries (until […]
Read More Old Fashioned Week 2018 (ENG)Are spooky drinks only created during the end of October? For most people it seems like it, but I personally love serving them all year round. (Hence the amount of skulls, bones and chains in my drinks-pictures #SorryNotSorry). Yet since it’s Halloween and all of you are a bit more eerie right now than you […]
Read More 6 Spooky Drink Recipes (ENG)Vorig jaar lanceerde het Belgische Alchemistbox 3 cocktail-kits (waaronder de uitverkochte ‘Belgian Americano‘, die ik als een van mijn eerste blogberichten op Served By Soberon besprak), maar daarna werd het wat windstil. Ricardo, de drijvende kracht achter het bedrijf, had enkele andere projecten lopen die prioriteit kregen. Om uiteindelijk het concept geen stille dood te […]
Read More Alchemistbox – Hierbas De Las Dunas (NL)This week’s series of drinks was all about Sherry, as October 8-14 is known as International Sherry Week. In collaboration with Cinoco and Gonzalez Byass, I created seven different cocktails, each time with a specific style of Sherry. The drinks I made ranged from straight up and boozy to lower ABV highball style drinks, with […]
Read More DRINKS OF THE WEEK #41: SHERRY WEEK (ENG)This week was all about giving back. The ‘Drinkstagram’ community is an endless source of inspiration and brings new knowledge and ideas on a daily basis. With #TributeToTheGram I let people send in their own creations they were proud of and in return I chose seven (each with a different base spirit) to reshake. The […]
Read More Drinks of the Week #40 (Eng)Enkele weken terug werd ik gecontacteerd om voor de Britse serie ‘Doctor Who’ een cocktail te ontwerpen. David Tennant, in de serie en ver daarbuiten gekend als ‘The Tenth Doctor’, kwam namelijk op 29 september naar de 31e editie van FACTS, de grootste comic con van de BeNeLux en er was een cocktail nodig om […]
Read More The official FACTS ‘Doctor Who’ cocktail! (NL)This week I’ve posted a diverse range of drinks, quite some difference in base spirits, from working with Agave (which I don’t often use), to Cane Sugar and Rye! There was a drink contest held with Infamous and one of the drinks won 3rd place in the Home Bar Awards. Enjoy this week’s #Drinkspiration! Cheers, […]
Read More Drinks of the Week #39 (Eng)It appears Autumn really hit my account with a bang. Every single recipe was inspired by Fall in one way or another, with some beautiful spirits and liqueurs being used. I’m really loving these warmer tones and can’t wait to get even more creative! See you next week for more #Drinkspiration! Cheers, Matthias! Monday: Kaiteur […]
Read More Drinks of the Week #38 (Eng)Wednesday morning, I meet up with Yen Pham, owner of Yi Chan, in Brussels Central. Together with about ten others we’re invited to visit Le Logis Grey Goose in the heart of the Cognac region, for an immersion into the universe of the world’s first ‘Premium Vodka’. Yen and I meet up with the others […]
Read More A trip to France with Grey Goose (Eng)
