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NUDE & HOMEMADE by Morten Krag, The Cocktail Blog Just because you’re making a cocktail at home, doesn’t mean it has to be simple. For this week’s #NUDEFridayCocktails, our NUDE Cocktail winner, Morten Krag, The Cocktail Blog shares a recipe for making homemade grenadine syrup. Below is an easy to make, at home cocktail shaken up in our NUDE Hepburn Mixing Glass and perfectly pictured in our NUDE Hepburn Coupe Glass. NUDE & HOMEMADE Recipe:  Add the below ingredients into a mixing glass (pictured NUDE Hepburn Mixing Glass) 4.5 cl White Rum 2 cl Fresh Lime Juice 1 cl *Homemade Grenadine Syrup Shake all with plenty ice Strain into a coupe Express and discard lime zest *Homemade Grenadine Syrup  2 cups Pomegranate Juice 2 cups Sugar 2 dashes Orange Bitters (or 2-3 drops of Orange oil)   NUDE Product:  Hepburn Mixing glass with stirrer Hepurn Set of 2 Coupe glasses   Creator: Morten Krag Instagram: @thecocktail.blog  

SIMPLY NUDE by Morten Krag, The Cocktail Blog Always wanted to make your own cocktails at home but worried about it being too complicated? Following on from last week’s introduction to our #NUDEFridayCocktails series, we are back with another at home cocktail recipe. This week, our NUDE Cocktail winner, Morten Krag, The Cocktail Blog, has you covered with SIMPLY NUDE pictured below in a NUDE Chill Whisky Tumbler with Marble Base. All you need to make this week’s #NUDEFridayCocktails is gin, bitters, soda water, and ice (citrus fruit and thyme an optional extra for the garnish)!   SIMPLY NUDE Recipe: Add the below ingredients into a small tumbler (pictured Chill Whisky Tumbler with Marble Base 6 cl Gin 3 Dashes Aromatic Bitters Stir with plenty ice Add more ice Top with chilled Soda Water Garnish with *homemade dehydrated citrus fruits (pink grapefruit and blood orange used here) Garnish with fresh thyme *Instructions for dehydrated fruit Cut very thin slices of citrus Put them in the oven at 70-80°C / 158-176°F for 3-4 hours Turn them every hour Consider using hot air function in the last 30-40 minutes if you want them extra dark   NUDE Product:  Chill Whisky Tumbler with Marble Base  Creator: Morten Krag Instagram: @thecocktail.blog

NUDE Bees by Morten Krag, The Cocktail Blog During this time of social distancing, it’s important to stay connected. At the moment things can feel uncertain and each day feels the same. Inspired by feedback from the NUDE Community, we have partnered with our NUDE Cocktail winner and NUDE Insider, Morten Krag, The Cocktail Blog to bring you some cocktail ideas that you can make at home. Each Friday we will be sharing a new recipe on the @nudeglass Instagram account and this blog. We hope our Friday Cocktails might inspire you to dive into your home bar and make a cocktail at home as a fun Friday afternoon treat whether by yourself or virtually with friends and family over a video call. For the first cocktail in the series, Morten has created a recipe that uses four simple ingredients; gin, fruit liqueur, lemon juice, and honey, perfectly presented in NUDE’s Hepburn Coupe.   NUDE Bees Recipe: Add ingredients listed in points 2 to 5 into a cocktail shaker 4 cl Gin 2 cl Liqueur (Cherry Blossom Liqueur used here but the recipe goes well with any liqueur in your cupboard) 2.5 cl Fresh Lemon Juice (or Lime for a more mellow citrus sensation) 1.5 cl Honey (the runnier the better -  and be sure to hit the mixer) Shake with plenty of fresh ice Strain into a freezer chilled coupe Garnish with a *homemade dehydrated Pink Grapefruit (or any available citrus)  Instructions for dehydrated fruit Cut very thin slices of citrus Put them in the oven at 70-80°C / 158-176°F for 3-4 hours Turn them every hour Consider using hot air function in the last 30-40 minutes if you want them extra dark   NUDE Products featured: Hepburn Coupe glass designed by Brad Ascalon Hepburn Mixing glass designed by Brad Ascalon   Creator: Morten Krag Instagram: @th

To celebrate the Hepburn Collection, designed by Brad Ascalon, we connect this collection to our very first inaugural NUDE Mixologist Competition. Out of dozens of applicants, we have selected 8 finalists. These finalists all have created their NUDE recipe based on NUDE's ethos and inspired by the Hepburn Collection. On the 18th of November we will announce the Judge's vote and the People's vote. Up to the 17th of November, we invite you to share your voice and let us know who you believe deserves to win by liking and adding comments on your favourite cocktail. Discover our 8 finalists, vote, or simply get inspired for creating the cocktails for your own celebrations.   Hugo Combe / @hugo.combe - Love LettersInspired by the paradoxical feelings of love and the purity of the Hepburn Collection.   Sondre Kasin / @mrkasin - Illusion Cocktail Illusion Cocktail is a drink that is breathtaking and beautiful in its simplicity and craft; it reflects the perfect balance of elegance and beauty of the Hepburn Collection.   Morten Krag / @thecocktail.blog - The Martini The Martini is the very essence of NUDE's ethos "Simple is Beautiful", it's a clean, fresh, and straightforward cocktail that with th eperfect balance is smooth and sophisticated.   Murray Anderson / @thewestmount - Doctor's Orders                 With a complex journey of flavour, the overall simplicity of Doctor’s Orders still prevails; with both cocktail and glassware proving that less is always more.   Achilleas Plakidas / @achilleaspl - Fall In Fall In marks the transition from summer to autumn. In Summer your soul is free, your mind travels away! But as the seasons change, you have to be more focused.   Jeremy Downer / @downerontherocks - Leaf Me Alone With it’s beautiful golden-yellow hue, sitting perfectly still in the bowl of the Hepburn Coupe, as a small maple leaf floats around the surface like a fallen leaf atop a puddle, it is simultaneously modest and stunning.   Ania Jakutajć-Wojtalik / @aniasvibrantkitchen - Autumn Pear Inspired by her favourite autumn flavours of pear, apple, and cinnamon, Autumn Pear is the perfect cocktail for those cold autumnal days.    Mark Addison / @mark_addison - Cranberry Sauce Punch Based on a jammy swirl of cranberries, spices and orange juice, Cranberry Sauce Punch is reminiscent of everyone’s favorite holiday condiment; topped off with good champagne, the gratitude will definitely be flowing!             

The NUDE Grilled Pineapple Mojito Inspired by the tropical summerfruit pineapple, Spoonabilities, a duo from Miami creating beautiful recipes and cocktails, made for NUDE a summer cocktail called The Grilled Pineapple Mojito. The heroes of this cocktail are the pineapple and a Barcelo Especial extra dry rum from the Dominican Republic, presented beautifully in NUDE's Big Top longdrink glass.  Instructions for the pineapple syrup Grill the pineapple rings 3-5 minutes per side, until you get a good char In a small saucepan at medium low heat, add water and brown sugar. Stir until all sugar is dissolved. In a bowl, muddle 4-5 grilled pineapple rings and add rings and juice to saucepan. Cook for about two minutes. Remove from heat and let cool. Then strain the syrup. Store simple syrup in the refrigerator for a week. Grilled Pineapple Mojito Directions Muddle the lime juice, 2-3 grilled pineapple chunks and mint in the NUDE's Big Top Longdrink glass. Add ice cubes. Pour in pineapple syrup, rum, and top with club soda. Garnish with pineapple leaf/spike to give it that tropical feeling.   To elevate this summer cocktail, garnish it with pineapple chunks. For the grilled pineapple chunks, remove the skin and top from a ripe pineapple and cut into 1/3-inch slices. Grill until caramelized. Cut into chunks and carefully add it to the cocktail. If you like your cocktail to have an even more fruitier flavour, you can juice the grilled pineapple and add around 2 oz. of juice to the cocktail. For this rich cocktail, we suggest to use the Big Top longdrink glass of 11.5 oz. as it will be the perfect size to carry all those flavours. Grilled Pineapple Syrup: 4-5 Grilled pineapple rings 1/2 cup of water 1/2 cup of lightbrown sugar Cocktail: 3/4 oz. Grilled pineapple syrup 1-2 Mint leaves 3-4 Grilled pineapple chunks 1/2 oz. Fresh lime juice 2 oz. Barcelo Especial extra dry rum Club soda, to top   Creator: Carlos Leo of Spoonabilities Instagram  Spoonabilities

NUDE Summer by The Cocktail Blog  Inspired by beautiful summer lighting and NUDE's Big Top Collection glassware, Morten Krag, mixologist, reviewer and creator of TheCocktail Blog, created specially for us a summer cocktail, The NUDE Summer. For the base of this cocktail Morten choose Duppys Share, a Carribean rum. The Dubby Share is a perfectly balanced blend of premium rums from Jamaica and Barbados. The fiery Jamaican rum with tropical notes and the Barbadian rum with a warm buttery note finish make the perfect partner for punch and rum cocktails.   The rum is paired with equal parts of Giffard's Pamplemousse Rose liqueur and Elderflower liqueur before topping it off with champagne. When you prefer something different than champagne, a Vermouth & Tonic mixer does the tric as well.   To finish off the cocktail, garnish it with some fresh or dehydrated lime and some fresh mint leaves. To give it something extra, you can add some thinly sliced fresh or dried citrus to give that summery feeling. With the linear pattern of Big Top's glasses, the light catches the colors of the cocktail beautifully and the balanced bottom of the glass offer a great hold during summer parties.  Method: Build directly in the glass 3.5 cl of rum (Duppys Share) 1.5 cl of Pamplemousee Rose Liqueur (Giffard) 1.5 cl of Wilde Elderflower Liqueur (Giffard) Top with champagne or a Vermout&Tonic mixer Garnish with fresh or dehydrated lime and mint leaves Enjoy!   Creator: Morten Krag Instagram  thecocktail.blog