The weather is warming up and everyone seems to have a spring in their step and the herbs are blooming with their purple, pink, and yellow jewels, a good sign to roll out the picnic blankets from their winter hibernation. I look forward to picnics every year (Hanami to celebrate the cherry blossoms might be my favorite!). I often bring a premade cocktail ready to pour, because when you do this for a living, people kinda expect you to bring cocktails to every shindig! I also pack garnishes to top of the picnic potent portables, a solo cup drink still deserves a garnish! The garnish for this cocktail here is essential a well balanced salad in every sense of the term; it’s a cocktail AND a side. This Scandinavian Picnic cocktail that would be perfect for sipping on in the park in Stockholm or Oslo. The Scandinavian Picnic features Aquavit. Aquavit is a spirit hailing from Scandinavia and has a long history in this region. Distilled much like gin, Aquavit’s dominate and required ingredient is caraway or dill, as apposed to gin’s juniper. The anise flavored ingredients lends a crisp and bright herbal flavor to the clear spirit. I have been […]
