AKA THE MEDICINE
Strength 6/10
-Juniper twig smoked honey from Gotland
-Clarified sour apple
-Spriteriets White Vermouth
-Absolut vodka
-Ginger
-Schweppes Sodawater
Elderflower, sweet woodruff, smoked honey, grape, ginger and apple are all flavours competing for your attention in this cocktail, a late harvest drink with everything from the forrest pharmacy.
This cocktail is inspired by classics as Moscow Mule,
Dark´n Stormy and later on the neo-classic Penicillin.
We would describe the flavour as fresh and with a complex smokiness and a nice kick from the ginger.
This drink is the beginning of the end, end of summer and the coming of autumn. This is also the perfect beginning to our new cocktail list and a journey through our minds.
AKA THE STOCKHOLM SYNDROME
Strength 7/10
-Cloudberry from the Northlands (Norrland)
-Sour apples
-Stockholms Bränneri Navy Strength gin 57%
-Martini Ambrato
-Campari
The Stockholm Syndrome is a proposed condition in which hostages develop a psychological bond with their captors, the first time this was recorded was when two crimininals made a string of more or less fatal decisions that all culimnated in the robbery of Kreditbanken on Norrmalmstorg the 23-28th of of august 1973. This was a classic robbery gone bad, shootouts with the police, automatic weapons, dynamite, hostages, negotiation, 10.000kr bills disapering, probably in the rektum of the robbers and a coversation between maybe the most famous robber in Swedish history Clark Olofsson and the most famous Prime minister Olof Palme, of which the recordings ”strangely” disapered.
It´s a classic. A Classic is also Negroni and the gospel of Negroni can´t be missed by anyone remotely interested in alcohol and getting drunk. As a bartender you can get pretty tired of these fads but Negroni sells so we made a white Negroni version with Cloudberry and a dash of sour apples, the cloudberry has taken the Negroni hostage but it seems to have created en emotional bond to the clouberry so it works perfect, served on crushed ice and boom, there it is, The Stockholm Syndrome.
AKA THE SISSY SWAMP
Strength 5/10
-Vattlingon, conserved lingonberries
-Dandelion
-Lingonberry acid
-Absolut vodka
Some drinks just won´t die out, Cosmopolitan is one of those, somehow it keeps on coming back, again and again and again. We decided on taking a crack at improving it and also creating a more Swedish version, nothing is more Swedish then lingonberries, dandelions grow literally everywhere in the city, they don´t care about anything and you just have to respect that kinda commitment.
So we knew we wanted to create something with those two flavours and the rest came kinda easy.
Acid to get the right balance and Absolut Vodka to keep it clean and Swedish all the way.
Fjollträsk is what people from the North of Sweden usually calls Stockholm City, we think it´s pretty funny.
CONCRETE JUNGLE
Strength 3/10
-Cucumber
-Basil
-Apricot
-Citrus
-Absolut vodka
-Plymouth Gin
-Lillet Blanc
If you know a little about cocktails, you can probably see that the spirit base in this one is the Vesper, James Bonds drink of choice, 3 parts gin, 1 part vodka and 1/5 part of Lillet Blanc, but that is where the similarities end, We´ve packed this one with flavours, Swedish cucumber, basil and apricot being the dominant ones in this little package of joy. Every fathers favourite hero is as you already know James Bond, James being the coolest cat around and nobody knows how to navigate in the Concrete Jungle as our hero so thats why we named the drink Betongdjungel.
The drink is to quote the best that ever did it, Sean Connery; Shoking. Positively shocking! Positively shocking.
AKA THE ESCAPE SODA
Strength 5/10
-Rhubarb
-Fennel
-Noilly Pratt
-Absolut Vodka
-Schweppes Soda water
Nothing better than a vodka+soda to get you there quick and without any resistance.
This one has a twist of course, rhubarb and fennel giving it a fruity and spicy scent almost, still keeping its DNA as a vodka+soda so the flavours are very subtle but still there.
Hard fizzy bubbles and vodka are added so we can call it a cocktail and the last component is also important for the forgetting part of the drink.
Flyktsoda literally means Escape-soda and is the name of an classic punk song from the 80’s by the legendary Stockholm based punk band Ebba Grön. The song is said to be about the good and bad things in life that makes you forget, we know you know what these things are.
AKA THE PENCIL MOUSTACHE
Strength 5/10
-Passion fruit water
-Winter pears
-Vanilla
-Champagne cordial
-Fluff
-Beefeater Dry Gin
There is an expression that was used during the millenium, ”sex sells” so when Pornstar Martini keeps coming back like a Christmas song on repeat every decade, nobody is reallly that shocked. Douglas Ankra was the bartender that created the worlds most googled cocktail, the Pornstar Martini when he was messing about with vanilla vodka and passionfruit for a new cocktail list in the beginning of 2000. Tragically Douglas died at the early age of 51 and this is our hommage to him, he called it a Martini because back in those days anything you put in a V-shaped glas with fruit, tea or even coffee was called a ”Martini” more because of the glas then the drink, which is fine when you are in the middle of a revolution and there was a cocktail revolution going on in the end of the 90s and if you were cool enough or maybe knew someone who knew someone you could get into these places where these rockstar bartenders were laying the ground for a new era of cocktails and a new way to drink, these were the glory days when you had to travel to learn new shit and you had to steal cocktail menues so you could try to figure out what they were doing. Good times.
We felt it was important to explain were the inspiration to this one came from, very seldom we create something from scratch, good artists copy, great artists steal as Pablo once (may have) said, who ever said it, we are always looking back to make forward thinking cocktails and create something hopefully new and fresh. This one comes with a very sexy flavoured fluff and is packed with the flavours of a Pornstar, with a twst of course. Sexy times.
AKA THE RACETRACK KILLER
Strength 6/10
-Spruce Tree
-Mint
-Sour Apple
-Makers´s Mark Bourbon
There is an event that takes place every year in Churchill Downs in Louisville called the Kentucky Derby, maybe
you´ve heard of it, they have this famous cocktail that definetly tastes the best when you are there Mint Julep. So we know that Bourbon and mint likes to hang out together, we also know that bourbon goes well with sour stuff. So here is a Swedish version taking in all of that knowlege and adding a little nordic twist to it, Sour apples, spruce twigs, mint and Maker´s Mark Bourbon.
The Swedish version of Churcill Downs is Solvalla and this drink murders Mint Julep any day so we named it Solvalla Mördarn´, mördaren meaning murderer, there is also another story around that name but there is no room for that now. Giddy up!
AKA FARSTAGLITTER MOON BOOTS
Strength 6/10
-Swedish Jalapeño
-Sea Buckthorn
-Vanilla
-Unripe Blackcurrants
-Blackcurrant leafs
-Bacardi Carta Blanca
This seasons Far$taGlitter is still spicy, still feisty, still sexy and delicious.Slowly emerging unripe blackurrants and leafs into white Bacardi and then letting it steep for a very long time, slowcooking it almost. We are practicing the ”whole bush” method just like our colleagues in the kitchen like to use the ”whole animal” when cooking.
Sea Buthorn brings in the acidic parts and the jalapeños are there for the kick and vanilla for a smooth finish.
Still drinkin’ my leafs, still got love for the streets, still doing my thang, still reppin
Far$taGlitter all the way.
AKA BIG SHOT
Strength 7/10
-Fireweed
-Apple cordial made with sour green apples
-Laird´s Bonded Apple Brandy 50% alc vol
-Champis, Swedish soda with apples and grapes
This one has been on the list since we opened, this is a version of the ”mother drink” in Swedish cocktail history, Grosshandlaren. Storfräsarn´means Big shot.
Our version is spiked with fireweed and up-ed with
green apple cordial, we use a very potent apple brandy that brings that kick that you need to create a banger of this kind. Champis is one of the OGs of Swedish soda culture and brings the drink to the next level.
Buckle up and enjoy the ride!
AKA THE RED LINE
Strength 9/10
-Strawberries from Stenhuse Gård on Gotland
-A taste and scent of wormwood
-Stockholms Bränneri Navy Strength Gin 57% alc vol
The Red Line, one of Stockholms oldest tube lines and also where the station Alby resides on in the suburbs.This one is a tribute cocktail to one of Swedens first rap crews that rapped in Swedish, The Latin Kings. They are true classics, OGs of the rap game and when we started working on this drink we wanted to aproach it as the true classics were built, that means booze of any kind, sugar, bitters and water.
These are the fundamentals when it comes to a cocktail, Old fashioned and The Sazerac are cocktails that were created based on this mixture. So we started with sweet, and nothing is more sweet and tastes more Swedish then Swedish strawberries. We sourced the best we could find from Stenhuse Gård a small farm on the island of Gotland. We then decided on using gin and went for our favourite gin from our friends and local brewers Stockholms Bränneri, we also went for the Navy Strength because why not? Then in the tradition in not adding to much it was more a game of getting the proportions right and waiting, soaking the gin with the strawberries and then stirring the mixture on ice (water) and then finally adding a scent and taste of wormwood, becuase that is also an old school move and works beautiful with the strawberries. The result is something we hold dearly in the bar and a cocktail that makes us proud to serve to our guests. We really hope you´ll enjoy it as
much as we do.
AKA COPY CAT MONKEY
Strength 7/10
-Banana water
-Cognac based caramel
-Jameson Black Barrel
In Sweden we eat more bananas then in any other non-producing banana-country in the world.
That makes the banana a part of our DNA and we feel that it is a berry that is included in our fauna and makes it fair game when we are creating Swedish-inspired cocktails.
Everybody has had an old banana pressed down in their backpack by their mother or grilled a banana over open fire packed in foil with Marabou chocolate pressed down in it, Hajk banan.
This drink is a version of another cocktail we had on our list earlier so it is a somewhat of a Copy Cat, and in Sweden we call that a Härmapa, which literally means ”Monkey that does the same thing again”
CHRISTER PETTERSSON
Strength 7/10
-Extra heavy cream from Arla Unika
-Toasted dark chocolate
-Bourbon vanilla
-Buffalo Trace Bourbon
-Explorer Vodka
Say Christer Pettersson to anyone in Sweden and they´ll probably know who he was. Alledgely the murderer of Olof Palme but later on free from all accusations
Did he do it? No one knows, only Christer, but he took that knowlege with him to his grave. Christer was a tough cookie and had been around the block so after being held in jail for a couple of months for the murder of Olof Palme he was released on the 12th of October 1989, no big deal for him, sitting in jail that is and upon his release it was time to party, Christers drink of choice was, 2 parts Baileys and 1 part Explorer vodka, one of Swedens cheapest and most sold vodkas.
We´ve made a tribute cocktail inspired by this drink who has many names, we decided to call it by it´s originators name, Christer Pettersson. If he did it or not is for someone else to figure out but this is the 2.0 version of that drink, perfect to drink on any bench on SÖDER or as a after dinner cocktail.😊
AKA THE GOLD OF NORRLAND
Strength 8/10
-Cloudberry
-Browned butter
-Apple
-Freyjas own vodka, Stökvatten 55% alc.vol
-Toffee Cream
Based on ”the Gold from the North”, Cloud Berrys and spiked with our very potent Stökvatten(vodka), then topped up with Toffee Cream.
This drink is the final hurrah, the ”happy ending” to any dinner.
Stökvatten which translates to ” Chaos water” or ”Mess up water” clouds your mind perfectly.
It´s grown up candy at its best. U are welcome!
GÖRAN ZACHRISSON
-Southern Hights tea
-Apple acid
-Schweppes Sodawater
Inspired by the legendary non-alcoholic drink and golf player Arnold Palmer.
Our version is made with the only tea we accept, Southern Hights fruit tea and something sour and something weak. Göran Zachrisson was a legendary sports commentator that basically was golf in Sweden. We salute him.
TANTO
-Mint
-Apple
-Schweppes Sodawater
A fresh mixture of different kinds of mint, sour apples and sodawater.
A reminder of summer and cool-aid for your soul.
