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 [...]
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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. [...]
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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
1/2 oz lime
1/4 oz apfel korn (apple liqueur)
1/4 oz ikea elderflower syrup
dash green chartreuse
my uncle asked for a light cocktail. this is what i came up with. it didn’t quite work, too much lime.
improved sunrise take #2
1/2 oz tequila
1/2 oz lillet
1/4 oz luxardo orange
this is not very good at all. made drinkable (but not good) with a couple dashes of lemon.
here’s the bourbon and branch ‘improved sunrise‘.
loma bonita burner take #2
1 oz tequila
1/4 oz lemon
1/4 oz syrup
1 chunk pineapple
1 sliver jalepeno
its possible that the jalepeno had been [...]
draft 1:
1/2 oz pineapple-jalepeno infused tequila
1/2 oz california chardonnay
1/4 oz lemon
1/4 syrup
1 chunk pineapple
1 sliver jalepeno
too much wine, too much sweetener. heat level just right. has promise.
what a beautiful place. on a clear day (like today) you can see san francisco laid out from tip to tail.
here are my tasting notes.
aqua perfecta pear eau de vie – intense pear aroma, some spice. pure alcohol flavor.
aqua perfecta framboise eau de vie – slightly earthy/off/vegetal/funky, but stirring, like inhaling the [...]
pear liqueur experiments #2 and #3
1/2 oz pear liqueur
1/4 oz cachaca
1/4 oz lime
#2: 2 drops ango
#3: short drizzle of maraschino
#2 needed a dash of sugar. #3 was balanced, though too much maraschino for my taste. probably just right for the sophisticated cocktail enthusiast.
ango and maraschino would probably work together.
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went to adesso for a [...]
