experiment: blueberry thing

tyler k — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:42:47 +0000

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. like egg nog without the egg.

recipe: beau retard

tyler k — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:40:45 +0000

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 1:1 syrup
5-10 blueberries
1 coin ginger
2 mint leaves, 4 tarragon leaves, half a shiso leaf, or some combination

muddle the blueberries, ginger, and herbs. [note: muddle the berries well, the herbs very gently] combine other ingredients and shake. strain coarsely, pressing solids. add ice, shake, strain.

option: sugar+brown sugar+toasted pecan rim

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experiment: blueberry thing

recipe: beau retard