i bought some ‘just blueberry’ juice from trader joes and found it fairly lame. so i (over) reduced it 4:1 with some sugar and ginger and its pretty rad.
2 oz vodka
3/4 oz lemon
3/4 oz rich blueberry-ginger syrup
5 mint leaves
gently muddle mint, combine all other ingredients, shake.
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japanese cocktail at pizzaiolo. delicious. [...]
went to the independent spirits expo last week. at some point i got fed up with the crowds and left before i could taste it all.
some highlights:
loft liqueurs (deep, clean flavors)
j witty (like a subtle falernum variant)
pc7 (though i know nothing of scotch)
north shore gin no. 11
square one botanical (basically a light, modern gin)
hangar [...]
http://caffeinatedcalm.blogspot.com/2009/03/tequila-beyond-frozen-margs-and-shots.html
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honey-paprika foam is delicious but doesn’t belong on a bloody mary, or maybe doesn’t belong in my mouth with a bloody mary, or maybe a bloody mary doesn’t belong in my mouth at all.
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i’m not sure what i’m doing with this blog, or this hobby.
