Correction: As was pointed out by the keen eyed Luis Duran, we misspelled Pedro Ximénez in this video. Please forgive us! 🙏

@LoveRonnelid

3 жыл бұрын

I think the sherry gods will forgive most spelling mistakes now that you have produced this incredible vid!

@Indiancitizenoo7

3 жыл бұрын

Hey... Ur making me so much happy...... Lv to see ur smile ... With lots of love... From god's own country... Lv u

@connergraysen6687

2 жыл бұрын

I know Im asking randomly but does anybody know of a trick to log back into an Instagram account? I somehow lost the password. I would appreciate any help you can give me!

I worked as a barman and sommelier for over twenty years and I one club that I worked at, the chairman of the club board, always wanted his martini to be made with Plymouth gin and Sanderman Fino sherry. At his funeral his widow asked that I put a bottle of each in his casket. Also, I adore you're charming Irish lilt

I know this has been said before, but we really could stand to listen to you talk all day. Excellent video!

@BehindtheBar

4 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks pal! Glad you enjoyed it 😊

That was the best sherry breakdown I've ever seen. Learned a ton. Now I need to find a place to source good sherries. Thanks so much!

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

That’s so good to hear pal, glad you found it useful!

The Cask of Amontillado still gives me the chills.

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

Poe is the master of the chills.

Thank you Cara. Super helpful and quite fascinating to hear the complexities broken down in such an accessible way.

What a fantastic host. Knowledgeable, great communicator, experienced, and skilled at telling the story of spirits. I learned so much. Thank you!

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks pal, so glad you liked it!

I needed this! I like a good cocktail, but am not even a beginner mixologist, much better in the kitchen! A friend of mine who loves mixology recently moved to another state and instead of taking his entire bar, he only took the best of the best and left me with the rest! So i've got about a dozen or so bottles of different sherrys... PX, Lustau, Tio Pepe, etc... and and never knew what to do with them. Now I know!

@BehindtheBar

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you for speaking on Sherry. I love all the knowledge shared!

I've been meaning to get into Sherry lately and this video was certainly the last bit of motivation I needed. Thank you so much, it was very informative! As someone else suggested in the comments, I'd love to see a video about Port and its uses on drinks.

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

So glad you found it useful- I’ll put it Port on the list!

Just the video I was looking for on Sherry! Really enjoyed this long-form breakdown. Cheers!

@BehindtheBar

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks pal, so glad you’ve found it useful!

This was a great video to introduce sherry to me - I didn't know much about it and now feel much better equipped to use it in cocktails.

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

Aw yay! That’s exactly what I was aiming for 😊

Love the info! Sherry is something I've known little about until this great video!

I have transformed my mixology after seeing this video. Sherry RULES!

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

💖

This is like, the exact video i needed. Thank you!

Great, like story telling.. Outstanding

beautiful and smart... learned lots! great video.

Thanks for the explanation. It helps a lot due to my whisky knowledge.

Once again you blow me away with the amazing level of detail you're able to get in to!! I don't know how you manage to find the time to put all these videos together lol.

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes it’s a struggle to be honest but worth it for lovely comments like this 😊

Great overview of Sherry. Looking forward to hearing more ways to put these to use.

@BehindtheBar

4 жыл бұрын

Your wish is our command 😜: kzread.info/dash/bejne/aH9_l6Wifqavcaw.html

Well done. Very informative. Thanks!

Cheer's, Grandma!

Excellent lesson... and I'm eager to try my first sherry today!

@davidgreg5090

Жыл бұрын

I would really love to try mine too lol

Fantastic video. Thank you. Doing a bit of a sherry study recently and this video was incredibly informitive. Cheers.

@BehindtheBar

10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Hands down THE best video on the subject you can find! Excuse me, but I have to go hunting for a bottle of Amontillado now!

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much pal, so glad you enjoyed!

A local Belgian restaurant here in Portland, OR had a drink on the menu for a while called the Timeshare which used sherry, and I immediately fell in love with it. It’s a very delicious spirit-forward combo of bourbon, Dr. Bird rum, Antica, Oloroso sherry, and Baker’s bitters.

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds yum!

shes gorgeous!

Cara, foremost, thank you for your amazing and thoroughly enjoyable and professional casts. And I’ll venture a prediction: you will be considered as the Jancis Robinson of your specialty and the best all-around advise in a subject that is well loved worldwide. Congratulations and all best wishes

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

Haha fingers crossed!

Watched this after a whiskey video, and decided to sub. Really informative and I like the thoroughness and details of this video.

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks pal, so glad you’ve enjoyed!

Brilliant video

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks James!

You just got me searching for a sherry tasting! Great overview, thanks!

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

One of us!

I'm in love with your accent!

@BehindtheBar

4 жыл бұрын

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@rasklaat2

3 жыл бұрын

Lowland Scottish?

If ever you happen to conduct Sherry Tasting classes I'd be over in a flash, love your generous pours 😄.

I am definitely a peat head, but I am glad that I stumbled across this channel so I can branch out a bit and share some drinks that my friends will actually like 😂

An interesting point on PX sherry. My wife is allergic to brandy, so it is difficult finding Christmas puddings. A few years ago I found a recipe that substituted PX sherry for the brandy and I made some. It tasted gorgeous, much better than the traditional brandy. The only downside is that you cannot use PX to flambé the pudding so we used some dark rum instead.

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

Yum!

Very interesting, excellent video. Pedro Ximénez Sherry is great for cooking too.

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

I use fino instead of white wine sometimes too!

Watching many of your videos.... had no idea how complex this stuff is!!!

@BehindtheBar

4 жыл бұрын

There’s so much to learn once you get started, but it’s also important to remember to just enjoy it too 😊

I would drink all the sherry in Spain and in the world with this gal!

What an EXCELLENT primer here. REALLY well presented. Just shared a bunch. Cheers.

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nathan, so glad you like it!

I can see your passion for Sherry haha. I’ve learned a lot about it from you

This is great! Can you do one on port? Love the channel!

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

Ooh that would be fun!

Great vid, explains what happened to my favorite whisky barrels before they met their destiny:)

@BehindtheBar

2 жыл бұрын

Haha!

9:45, you really liked it, I can tell by how you were caressing the table

Thank you for educating us, please do educate us on "bitters and liqueur".

Will definitely try sherry (at least a rinse) with my next Rum or Gin cocktails! Sounds yummy!

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

Do it!!

It's great, whenever I have a question about booze, I find you've already answered it Thanks!

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to be of service!

mmm cant wait to get a bottle of px to have for an old fashioned when spring comes round

That was an amazing overview Cara, you’ve definitely educated and inspired me with this one. Love the channel, I really enjoy how your videos are presented.

@BehindtheBar

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Kelly, I’m so glad you found it useful! Stay tuned because there are some sherry cocktails makes coming up soon as well 😊 happy mixing!

Merci beaucoup !

you read my mind it seems, just finished a very dry fino sherry that i bought to top a fog cutter. it's tasty! wasn't expecting much either.

@BehindtheBar

4 жыл бұрын

Ooh nice! And now you’ll have to use it up so plenty more sherry cocktails for you 😋

While I share your appreciation of sherry and certainly enjoy it often, I have to admit that my absolute favorites in this general genre are Madeiras. Can you give us any thoughts about them and their use?

I enjoy watching your videos for ideas on an NA mock tail bar

@BehindtheBar

2 жыл бұрын

Have you seen the mocktail video we did? kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y3plpseiqJfSm84.html

@Sketch_Sesh

2 жыл бұрын

@@BehindtheBar Oh wow! That's just the video I've been looking for. Suggestions on herbs, spices, syrups to make a sophisticated flavor profile as opposed to just dumping in sugary drinks. Have you considered reaching out to a broader audience and making a playlist with your reviews of these NA whiskeys, gins, rums, tequilas and your recipes?! There's loads out on the market now.

@BehindtheBar

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sketch_Sesh definitely something we might do!

I've always enjoyed a good whisky matured in PX sherry. I decided to try a 25 dollar .375ml bottle of PX. Its so good! It is literally raisin resin.

I've always had a soft spot for sherry since learning about that vinyards that sets out little glasses with little ladders so the mice can drink

@BehindtheBar

Жыл бұрын

I’ve done that tour too! Very cute.

That was perfect timing: I was just trying to explain the different types of sherry to someone and now they can watch your video instead (with you, of course, doing a much better job than I ever could have done!).

@BehindtheBar

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha perfect!

Thx for great prsentatuon madam

I always enjoy your videos that give us a deeper dive into wines and spirits. I tend to lean more toward port and Madeira, but sherry definitely has a place in my wine cabinet!

@BehindtheBar

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jay! Big fan of Madeira as well- one of my favourite ever winter cocktails was one we had on the menu at Bomba a couple of years ago. Medium dry Madeira, a local apple pie moonshine (more delicious than it sounds haha), ginger syrup and lemon. 😋

Hi Cara, Great video with lots of information. It is important to note that you have used a the Solera 1927 Pedro Ximenez from Bodegas Alvear in DO Montilla-Moriles that cannot be called Sherry. It certainly is Sherry in style but it's from the oldest bodega in Andalucia over 100 miles away from the Sherry triangle. As a qualified ambassador for both Montilla-Moriles and Sherry it's vital that we are accurate. The analogy I like to is that it's like calling a wine from Burgundy a Bordeaux. Take care and keep sharing the Sherry love!

@BehindtheBar

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Erik, thanks for the input and nice to hear from you- obviously a big fan of your sherry content and always jealous I don’t have the same access to reasonably priced sherries as you do in the UK. Fair point, I do think the Burgundy/Bordeaux comparison is overegging the pudding somewhat given those wines are made with entirely different grape varietals and production methods. I am well aware that Alvear is in Montilla-Moriles however I was using it to illustrate the flavour profile and production method for that style of wine. It was the only bottle we had open at Bomba (and in the middle of a pandemic I wasn’t going to start wasting stock), and I feel that as an educator it is important to make things clear and digestible rather than getting in to every single nuance on the first go- the video is already 17 minutes long! I should have given it a nod though, and would love to do another video going in to much more detail on this point and many others.

Amazing class on Sherry. I learned so much from this video.

@BehindtheBar

4 жыл бұрын

So glad to hear that!

I usually sub out the sweet vermouth in a boulevardier or vieux carré for amontillado sherry, or mix amontillado with equal parts Cynar and Bourbon

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

Nice! Excellent riffs.

One of our stanby concoctions is chili sherry, home grown chilis in a small bottle covered in dry sherry for a month or two, a teaspoon gives a lovely kick to mulligatawny or french onion soup & can really enhance a bloody mary ( instead of tabasco ) I'm sure you can think of lots of other uses !

@BehindtheBar

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds great! I haven’t tried it but will have to give it a go 😊. I do love sherry in cooking!

@richardlynch5632

6 ай бұрын

Living in New Mexico, USA.. Your concoction sounds extremely interesting 😎👍👍 Thanks.

This was great! A few months ago, I took a sherry class at our local wine store and brought home a fino, a couple of amontillados, an olorosso, and a viejo PX (a san cristia wine). While watching your video, I pulled out my notes from the class. You really helped refresh my recollection and gave me some great cocktail suggestions I didn’t get in the class. Now I’m ready to start cracking open my bottles and trying them out. I like my old fashioneds, so I am going to have to buy a lesser style PX and try your suggestion. Thanks for another great video. Just starting to work on building up my home bar skills; you are really helping me.

@BehindtheBar

4 жыл бұрын

That sounds like my kind of learning! So glad you found it useful, happy sherry drinking 😊

So now I know.....I have learnt to take note of what I'm drinking of late, I had a small bottle of desert wine , absolutely exquisite, no idea of what it was, very fruity, clean, no tannins, Thankfully the camera in our mobile phones are usually in our top pockets to take a photo of the label. So now I know

@BehindtheBar

2 жыл бұрын

I’m really bad for remembering to take photos but definitely should!

Great

Fascinating! I always wanted to know more about Sherry and thanks to you, now I do! Keep these lovely presentations coming. I think you have a dedicated following, and I am going to recommend you.

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much pal, I’m glad you’re enjoying!

Hey, Cara! Thanks for the great video. Have you ever tried the Barbadillo bodega? Or Gonzalez Byass? They're the only ones I can get a hold of at a reasonable price where I live. If so, let me know if you enjoy them! ❤

@BehindtheBar

Жыл бұрын

Yea I use Byass in cocktails a lot, lots of flavour!

Great vid, I’ll have to watch this one several times to get it all. Do you have one like this for Port?

@BehindtheBar

2 жыл бұрын

Not port yet but we do have Sherry haha! kzread.info/dash/bejne/YqyuycmNcZTHkZc.html

I kind of love how much you seem to be enjoying yourself during this video.

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

Sherry is my happy place!

I love amontillados. They're so good. A fellow I know offered me a cask of one, maybe I should take him up on it...

@BehindtheBar

6 ай бұрын

Doooo it 😈 haha

Thanks for the knowledge! You're an excellent tutor 👍🙏

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks pal, so glad you enjoyed 😊

you ever thought about doing an episode on Port? BTW, I'm not Scottish but I used to visit a lot and have lots of friends up there and your accent helps with the Saudade :3

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

That would definitely be a good one to round out my fortifieds haha!

I love ur accent

Hi Cara, the PX does make a difference as just a minor part. My long standing favourite is A Right Arm Twist. 40ml Kraken Rum, 25ml Campari, 25ml Sweet Vermouth, 5ml PX Sherry. Stirred with ice, poured over a rock, Orange zest oils on top and in as garnish. Nick from York

@BehindtheBar

2 жыл бұрын

Do you deliver?!

@nicktheflybradley

2 жыл бұрын

@@BehindtheBar Hi Cara, no I am not a delivery driver. I am an asbestos surveyor approaching retirement at the end of October, doing a 4 day week for the last 4 years by choice, and travelling away 3 nights a week covering the the whole of GB & whole of Ireland. I make my cocktails Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Nick from York

Sherry hasn't been in my sight for a while. Now I can't wait for a liquor store to open!

@BehindtheBar

4 жыл бұрын

Enjoy 😊

This lady makes the best informative videos! Also, she is a babe.

Wonderful video - exactly what I have been looking for!

@BehindtheBar

4 жыл бұрын

So glad to hear Daniel!

This channel deserves much higher view/subscriber counts. One of the best cocktail/bartending channels I've found!

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks pal, so lovely to hear!

I make a PX Manhattan with 5cl Bookers , 1.5 cl PX, 1 cl Antica, and some orange bitters. The combination of the high proof bourbon and the vermouth seems to balance the sherry. You still get waves of complexity as each of these spirits has a lot of character.

@BehindtheBar

2 жыл бұрын

Yum!!

I love all this knowledge it helps me so much build better cocktails. Still annoys me when all my family and friends ever want is just a white claw or a class of wine

@BehindtheBar

Жыл бұрын

To be fair I probably drink more wine and beer than cocktails at home to be honest! Everything has its moment 😊

Discovered your channel the other day and absolutely love it! I actually have sherry in two of my favourite cocktails! The first one is one we make at the bar where I do weekend shifts and it's a Macallan 12y sherry cask old fashioned where we use the tiniest bit of maple syrup and olorosso sherry combined as sweetener. The second one is one I made at the restaurant where I stir 50 ml of white vermouth with 30ml of gin and 20ml of fennel-infused vodka, combined that with a hint of manzanilla sherry served in a rocks glass over a large cube garnished with lemon peel. I personally loved it but it's not exactly your typical cocktail everyone would have.

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

Those sound delicious! That second one would be right up my alley 😋

your channel deserves more subscribers - absolutely spot on content for wine, spirits and cocktail enthusiasts

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Enjoyable summary. A discussion of the different kinds of fortified wine would be good too (sherry vs port, ice wine, etc)

@BehindtheBar

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks pal! And noted, I’ll put it on the list 😊

Very interesting, and especially for us whisky lovers, as many of these Sherry wines are used for cask finishing or full maturation...Great rundown of all Sherry styles as well...In fact I've just discovered this channel by chance (or say youtube suggestions, often great I have to say). Cheers from France ! (Is it me or you're Scottish ? if not too indiscrete...love your accent)

@BehindtheBar

4 жыл бұрын

I sure am Scottish. So glad you enjoyed it. It’s very interesting, one of my favourite things is finding sherries that use fino or amontillado casks as they’re so much more rare than oloroso/PX, but delicious!

like the idea of using in Old Fashion in place of SS

This channel is amazing, really great video quality!

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks pal! So glad you’re enjoying 😊

Sherry: the booze world's best kept secret. Let the masses continue to deride sherry as grandma's domaine. Meanwhile, we're getting such incredible value and complexity.

Wow! Congratulations! That's a damned good presentation of Sherries!

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks pal! So glad you enjoyed 😊

I did not see the sherry that I was always requested to bring back from Spain. Sandeman Sherry. They had three types, two easy to find and one I couldn't. Didn't know they used the in cocktails. Even when I lived in Spain, my parents drank it straight.

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

Of course I love drinking it straight too! Being in Australia we’re limited to what gets imported so there are obviously way more producers to explore in Spain 😊

Second comment and I apologise for original unintentional bad tempered comment. Thank you for introducing these wonderful drinks and the examples on show are very fine. I still believe that most sherry is too light for blending unless you use very good sherry (which should be appreciated solo). I may well be wrong and I am open minded and would indeed like to be proved wrong. Cheers. WT

@BehindtheBar

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting! I usually find even quite delicate sherries to be a powerful presence in cocktails - a little goes a long way because of their complexity and distinctiveness 😊

Oloroso is my personal favourite style

@BehindtheBar

2 жыл бұрын

Perfect in betweener!

These videos are fantastic!!!!!

@BehindtheBar

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks pal, so glad you’ve enjoyed!

Wow! Thanks for the class on Sherry. Your knowledge base on this subject is impressive :) I feel I have a pretty good wine palate database ( California, Oregon, and France) but I am sorely lacking in this subject.

@BehindtheBar

4 жыл бұрын

It certainly helps to have a good wine foundation to help understand the flavours and why they taste the way they do, so I’m sure you’ll get in to it in no time! I miss the Pacific North West wines, had so many great ones while I lived up there but not many make it out.

Sherry is an amazing product. It has a long history and is a stunning drink which has fallen beneath the radar in Spain as well as the rest of the world. This is a very fine video but the very thought of mixing sherry for cocktails is revolting. Quality sherry is magnificent but is hard to comprehend outside Andalucia. Fino and Manzanilla with ultra fresh seafood; Amontillado with Jamon Iberico and simple food like a bowl of cooked almonds, consume and local cheeses.Oloroso, PX and Moscatel are all amazing.

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

I’m interested if you find the use of vermouth and other fortifieds similarly disgusting? I absolutely respect sherry and have visited the area multiple times, but if cocktails are a way of making it more approachable, then I see that as no bad thing.

@welshtoro3256

3 жыл бұрын

@@BehindtheBar I like a vermouth - no problem. Turning sherry into squash is another thing. There's no point recommending drinks like these if you only mean to disguise them. Some will like them and some wont. If you don't like sherry that's fine, go ahead and drink something else.

What a great breakdown. Thanks for introducing me to a wine that i have definitely always judged a bit in my ignorance! Getting an Amontillado and a Fino this weekend for my girlfriend and I to explore. I also loved your deep dive on vermouth and am making my way through Gin #3 now. Your tastes and sensibilities in products and cocktails are similar to ours and the "booze knowledge" definitely helps me sound like I know stuff and am not just obsessively making cocktails.😅

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

That’s great Tim, so glad you’re finding it useful and please let me know how you go on the sherries 😊

Lovely presentation, thank you! Are Sherries ever pink in color or just shades of brown as shown here?

@BehindtheBar

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve never seen a pink Sherry! Palomino is a white grape so you wouldn’t get a rose version from it unfortunately.

Just don't say yes if your frenemy offers to lead you to some amazing sherry down in the catacombs.

Cara Devine.... thank you.... ❤❤🇦🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤❤

I really like the dry sherries. Amontillado and Manzanilla. I'm not keen on Pedro Ximenez it's too sweet. It took me a while to get used to Manzanilla I couldn't taste anything at first it's so dry. I also much prefer dry regular wines.

I'm very ignorant on wines so this video has been INCREDIBLY helpful but I just have to say - I LOVE your shirt, it's so pretty!

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks pal! One of my favourites 😊

Flipping through my "channel" I've discovered your videos and wanted to send a thanks! This one was really good for me. My secret love is various ports and sherries.

@BehindtheBar

3 жыл бұрын

Wear that love out and proud! Haha