Peaches and Cream 2.0 | Liquid Culture (2024)

• Classics, Gin, Peachy

• Written by Monica C
• September 10, 2019

I’m revitalizing a classic recipe from my archives for my first Liquor.com feature. See how my love of peaches, gin and cream come together in this riff of a Ramos Gin Fizz.

I won’t lie, I am feeling pretty shocked and honoured that Liquor.com wanted to feature me on their socials. When the team first reached out, I’m positive I almost put the email in spam, until I randomly decided to opened it up and the team member actually knew my name. So I just wanted to give a massive shout out and thank you to the members that “found” me and believe in the Liquid Culture vibe.

When it came to deciding what co*cktails to feature on their socials, I couldn’t come up with a concept for the life of me. Do I do all peaches? Do I feature the city I love? Do I use old co*cktail recipes and photos? I wanted to connect with the Liquor.com community in an authentic way, and that’s when the concept of my most ‘influential’ co*cktails came to mind.

Every bartender and home bartender can relate to this concept. We all have that one experience, with that one co*cktail. Whether you whipped it up yourself or had it shaken up for you, it created that “A-Ha” moment that changed how you viewed mixology. I have had a ton of those moments, before and after Liquid Culture, and that’s why I wanted to share with you my journey.

I decided to start off with a co*cktail that is very near and dear to my heart for a few reasons. For one, this was one of the first co*cktails I EVER created on Liquid Culture. It’s even on the site now, with probably a terrible short write up, and the photography was meh. It’s called the Peaches and Cream, and it’s a riff on a classic Ramos Gin Fizz.

For those of you that have been following Liquid Culture for some time now, you know my obsession with peaches. I created unique boozy peach recipes EVERY Wednesday for a whole year, even when they were scarce and very expensive. So it only seemed fitting that I would start off with my original love.

Most importantly though, this co*cktail broke a barrier that I had as a bartender, which was working with cream. I didn’t understand it, crave it, which automatically made me “think” I hated it for a long time. If anyone asked for a White Russian, I would give the automatic vomit face, having no clue as to why they found it appetizing.

The thing about Liquid Culture is, it’s all about breaking those boundaries. So having this “hate on” for cream, went against everything I stood for and this is my OWN BRAND! I had to get over it, and it was the first time I truly enjoyed and understood how dairy/cream can construct a perfect imbibe.

So in honour of one of my very first creations, I decided to give it a 2.0 face lift. This new edition makes this already stellar co*cktail into a refreshing dream. If there is anything you whip up from my Liquor.com collection, it needs to be this one!

• Cream, Dairy, Gin, Peach, Ramos Gin Fizz, Thyme

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