experiments: rangpur caipirinha, pear liqueur cocktail

tyler k — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:29:33 +0000

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 put some pear liqueur, apple cider, and lime in a glass and that made her happy. here is a non-light adaptation, similar to previous pear liqueur experiments:

1 oz pear liqueur (J Pear, 60 proof)
3/4 oz cachaca
1/2 oz lime
1/2 oz apple cider

experiment: bourbon, port, apple cider

tyler k — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:29:39 +0000

2 oz bourbon (evan williams, infused with citrus and vanilla)
1 1/2 oz apple cider (trader joe’s)
3/4 oz tawny port (whisker’s blake)
1/4 oz lemon
1 dash ango

version 1 made with 1/2 oz lemon. the above version is much better, and is quite delicious. i wanted to add muddled ginger, but there was none usable on hand. and turns out was probably not necessary.

i might add a little grated cinnamon tho.

this is for the family xmas eve party. the poirier’s have a tradition of reubens for xmas eve (?!). and so i am making the above cocktail and am also planning a french 75 variant of gin, lime, elderflower, kumquat, topped with champagne.

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coming soon to this blog: a page of cocktail basics. basically some of my early posts, updated, and made into a page that can be reached via sidebar link.

and if i can get my shit together, an automated, randomized cocktail creator web page.

hoping posting that im gonna do it, will motivate me to actually do it.

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experiments: rangpur caipirinha, pear liqueur cocktail

experiment: bourbon, port, apple cider