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The Moscow Times presents Bar Guide.

This book is the result of a joint creative project between Russia’s only daily English-language newspaper The Moscow Times, which for 18 years has been an indispensable source of accurate, reliable and independent information about Russia for the English-speaking community, and the young and ambitious cocktail web site Inshaker.ru.

Whoever you are – student or academic, 24-hour party person or creative professional, middle manager or director of your own business – our Bar Guide will help you find the best watering holes on the cocktail map of Moscow, learn the basic secrets and skills of cocktail mixing, and embellish your vocabulary with new words and names.

Moscow is developing rapidly and becoming one of the centers of global bar culture, on par with New York, Berlin, Paris and Tokyo. We are delighted to be the ones to tell you all about this important social trend.

Cheers!
The Moscow Times

Pomegranate Tini Gin How to mix 1. Pour the gin, sugar syrup and pomegranate juice into the shaker 2. Squeeze in the lemon wedge 3. Fill the shaker with ice cubes and shake vigorously 4. Pour through the strainer into a chilled cocktail glass Necessary ingredients Gin 50 ml Sugar syrup 5 ml Pomegranate juice 50 ml Lemon 1 wedge Ice cubes 200 g Necessary utensils Cocktail glass Shaker Citrus press Strainer

Chilli Martini Vodka How to mix 1. Put two slices of chilli and the honey into the cocktail shaker and squeeze in the lime 2. Grind with the muddler 3. Pour in the raspberry tea syrup and vodka 4. Fill the shaker with ice cubes and shake 5. Pour through the strainer into a chilled cocktail glass 6. Garnish with a circular slice of chilli Necessary ingredients Vodka 50 ml Raspberry tea syrup 10 ml Lime 1 quarter Chilli pepper 3 ring slices Honey 2 teaspoons Ice cubes 200 g Necessary utensils Cocktail glass Shaker Citrus press Strainer Muddler

Rum with orange juice Rum How to mix 1. Fill the highball glass with ice cubes to the top 2. Pour in the rum and orange juice 3. Stir with the cocktail spoon and garnish with the orange wedge Necessary ingredients Light rum 50 ml Orange juice 150 ml Orange 1 wedge Ice cubes 200 g Necessary utensils Highball glass Cocktail spoon Straws

Creme de Menthe Latte Liqueurs Как сделать 1. Make latte coffee using coffee maker 2. Pour liqueur into the highball glass 3. Slowly add the coffee latte, being careful not to mix it with the liqueur 4. Garnish with whipped cream and a drizzle of liqueur Necessary ingredients Liqueur Creme De Menthe (green) 35 ml and extra to garnish Latte coffee 200 ml Whipped cream 20 g Necessary utensils Highball glass Coffee maker

Tangy Tropicana Tequila How to mix 1. Fill the wine glass to the top with ice cubes 2. Put the pineapple and ginger in the shaker 3. Crush with the muddler 4. Pour in the sugar syrup and silver tequila 5. Squeeze in the lemon 6. Fill the shaker with ice cubes and shake 7. Pour through the strainer into a wine glass 8. Garnish with the pineapple leaf Necessary ingredients Silver tequila 50 ml Sugar syrup 20 ml Lemon 1 quarter Pineapple 6 triangles Pineapple leaf 1 Ginger 1 small piece Ice cubes 360 g Necessary utensils Wine glass Shaker Citrus press Strainer Muddler

Freshness How to mix 1. Put the chopped cucumber, lime, parsley and mint in the blender and whizz 2. Add the soda water and lychee syrup, blend again 3. Pour through a strainer into the highball glass, add some chipped ice, stir with the cocktail spoon. Necessary ingredients Lychee syrup 20 ml Soda water 25 ml A medium-sized fresh cucumber half Mint 50 g Parsley 10 g Lime half Ice 200 g Necessary utensils Rocks glass Blender Strainer Cocktail spoon

Whiskey and Apple Whiskey How to mix 1. Fill the highball glass with ice cubes to the top 2. Pour in the whiskey and apple juice 3. Stir with the cocktail spoon 4. Garnish with the cinnamon stick and apple wedges dusted with ground cinnamon in a fan shape Necessary ingredients Whiskey 50 ml Apple juice 150 ml Green apple 3 thin wedges Cinnamon stick 5 g Ground cinnamon on the end of a teaspoon Ice cubes 200 g Necessary utensils Highball glass Cocktail spoon Straws

Denis Simachev Shop&Bar

It is three and a half years since this institution exploded onto the stagnant Moscow party scene. Denis Simachev Shop & Bar, tracing a path from fashionable to stylish, has a bar on the ground floor and a boutique on the second. After trying on a couple of dubious pieces from the new collection, customers descend and enter a magical world of attractive people, stylish music and amazing cocktails.

Dream Bar

One of the projects of Dmitry Sokolov, a veteran of the Moscow bar industry, staying true to his fool-proof business plan of opening inexpensive bars in the city center. Everything at Dream Bar is conducive to enjoyable and creative experiments with alcohol: the interior, people and, most importantly, the cocktail menu.