been playing around with a template based on the sour picon punch (which i adore). the recipe is:
1 1/2 oz amer picon (i subbed zwack)
3/4 oz brandy
1/4 oz lemon
1/4 oz grenadine
and from that, the template would be:
1 1/2 oz amaro
3/4 oz base spirit
1/4 oz lemon or lime
1/4 oz liqueur or syrup
first experiment:
1 oz gran [...]
found a liquor store that sells zwack for $12. i bought it because i cannot pass up a bargain, even though im not sure im ready to build my amaro/bitter collection.
i should, though, cuz i love the stuff.
zwack is said to be a reasonable amer picon facsimile:
http://underhill-lounge.flannestad.com/2009/07/29/picon-grenadine-cocktail/
…so i threw together this picon [...]
tried to make a ‘quick’ falernum using the simmering method described here:
http://www.kaiserpenguin.com/remixed-astro-aku-aku/
i decided to do my own proportions, cutting way back on everything but the cloves, adding toasted almonds, and also four black peppercorns. the end result was, i thought, flat and dead, not like the lively stuff i’ve made before. i strained [...]
i have been trading cocktail email with my friend matt, instead of posting here. i am going to rectify that now. below are some selections from our exchanges:
[matt mentioned that he tried and liked the gary regan margarita which is 1.5 tequila, 1 triple sec, 0.5 lime]
wrt ratios and recipes, i think it [...]
…of the results of the sf spirits competition. lol?
i entered all the double gold winners, and any single gold winner with a list price of less than $20.
partial list of sf spirit award winners
made some rangpur caipirinhas for a thing at my brothers house. i thought i would try swapping out some regular lime for the rangpurs. that was a mistake. lime pith is bitter and nasty. i should have just used the juice.
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jp asked for a light cocktail the other day. i [...]
http://alineamosaic.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=838
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/12/06/FDC61ASNSK.DTL
cuesa’s cocktail night. lots of ‘winter spice’ syrups. many interesting ideas: 15 romolo with some beautiful and delicious jello shots (lemon, lemongrass, lemon verbena, veev acai, thai long pepper, cardamom, grains of paradise), cut into cute little squares and discs and topped with whipped cream and candied zest. when i want a [...]
for thanksgiving i made, along with the blueberry thing, a batch of zombies. whereby i discovered that the santa cruz passionfruit nectar is superior to the ceres passionfruit nectar.
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berkeley bowl carries both toschi and fabbri amarena cherries, both approved by scott beattie.
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. [...]
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.
some years ago, jp and i had a great first course at potager: some kind of delicious tomato tart that was savory, but sweet enough to be dessert. and so i have been wanting to try to make a tomato drink that captures that salty-sweet balance.
i thought i might first try to [...]
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 [...]
first tabla lesson was last night. afterwards i went to check out sea salt’s late night menu.
brazilian – cachaca, st germain elderflower, lemon
williams margarita – margarita with pear brandy instead of triple sec
the williams margarita was a nice twist, and interesting. the brazilian, well, i won’t turn down anything with cachaca or elderflower.
they [...]
regular (kinda high) price of $36, down to $20. i’ve never had it, so i’m not stocking up. but i’m making daiquiris tonight and zombies tomorrow, to test drive.
to see the bad plus.
miles ahead – pimm’s no. 1, st. germain elderflower, lemon, ginger ale
a subtler, drier, tastier, sophisticateder long island iced tea.
i need to taste pimm 1 on its own one of these days.
anvil bar and refuge’s bucket list
(i’ve done 30)
the washington post linked to this blog!
interesting premise; apparently, jason wilson and i share a fondness for updating unfashionable cocktails.
daaaaamn! check out this basement bar in my aunt and uncle’s house:
i’m so fn envious. could totally cool out here with a couple harvey wallbangers and some grand funk or three dog* on the 8-track.
* these are the only 70s bands i know
