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Tag Archives: blueberry

experiment: blueberry thing

26-Nov-09

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.

japanese cocktail at pizzaiolo. delicious. [...]

recipe: beau retard

17-Mar-09

from a recipe by scott beattie (”beau regards”), he makes a special syrup.  as usual, i was too lazy to do such a thing.  i also only used five berries (frozen from back in the season) which yielded a distinct, but shallow, blueberry flavor, and a beautiful magenta color.
beau retard
2 oz vodka
1 oz lemon
1 oz [...]