cocktail notes » amaretto http://cocktailnotes.sharkfeeder.com dalliances in taste and escapism Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:12:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 experiments: peach http://cocktailnotes.sharkfeeder.com/2009/07/30/experiments-peach/ http://cocktailnotes.sharkfeeder.com/2009/07/30/experiments-peach/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:17:22 +0000 tyler k http://cocktailnotes.sharkfeeder.com/?p=538 tried to integrate peach into two cocktails:

almond-peach old fashioned

2 oz bourbon
1/4 small peach
1 tsp amaretto
2 dashes angostura bitters
1 dash peach bitters

this didn’t work for me nor did it work for anyone but stuntman b who is a bourbon slut. i tried to patch with a muddled cherry which was an improvement. it added a touch of acid; without it the drink was just a sort of a watery sickly sweet booze bomb. next time i would (a) add more peach (b) chill or freeze the peach first (c) muddle a cherry.

rosemary-peach-lemon drop

2 oz vodka (b is not a gin drinker)
1 oz lemon
1/2 small peach
some rosemary
2 tsp sugar

this was excellent, but a 2″ branch of rosemary, stripped and muddled, didn’t seem to impart much flavor. next time i would use more. the aroma of the muddled peach and rosemary coming out of the shaker was mouthwatering, but that was all it amounted to.

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