go into a neighborhood bar, ask what the cocktail is. its described as: cachaca, lemon, lime, pear liqueur, bitters. i say ok. i watch as its made with seagram’s rum and no bitters. i ask ‘what kind of bitters’. bartender says ‘orange’ without batting an eye.
i don’t say anything about the rum. part of me prefers to not micromanage, let the man (or woman) do his/her job, evaluate the final product. should i have? apparently seagram’s rum is at least part cachaca.
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experiment:
2 oz bourbon
1/2 oz lemon
1/2 oz blackcurrant syrup from ikea
not bad, a pretty standard bourbon sour thing. could be better. the syrup is already pretty tart, next time i will try less or no lemon. maybe switch to rye. also i need to add bitters.
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