cocktail notes

went on a shopping spree at ledgers and bevmo, picked up some new things:
– regan’s orange bitters
– green chartreuse
– j pear liqueur
– sagitaba cachaca
– fever tree tonic water

gin and tonic

2 oz hendricks
2 oz fever tree

i wasn’t impressed with fever tree, cate’s tonic is far superior.

this drink was improved by a generous squeeze of lime (or two). without the acid its a cloying mess. will try again with less tonic.

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green chartreuse. smells like bouillon cubes. tastes like OMG WHAT IS THIS

last word

1/4 oz gin
1/4 oz lime
1/4 oz luxardo maraschino
1/4 oz green chartreuse

(small measurements because i didnt want to get too fucked up in the process of experimenting)

surprisingly delicious. the chartreuse and maraschino is prominent, but it all does work. next time i’ll try replacing some of the liqueurs with a little syrup, maybe boosting the gin a little.

bijou

1/4 oz gin
1/4 oz sweet vermouth
1/4 oz chartreuse
2 dashes orange bitters

a good vehicle for chartreuse. drinkable, but not my thing.

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first tried the cachaca and the pear liqueur on its own. then:

pear experiment (expeariment?)

1/4 oz cachaca
1/4 oz lime
1/4 oz j pear liqueur

aromas are insane. the flavor is a little acidic and boozy; needed a dash of sugar or syrup, or maybe just more pear. maybe a hit of maraschino. maybe a couple drops of ango. maybe brandy. wrong to mix brandy and cachaca?

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i found two more rangpur lime trees within a two block radius of home. plus about a dozen (meyer?) lemon trees. (kue likes to go on walks and so i have seen more of the neighborhood in the past week than i have in the past three years)