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 [...]
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 [...]
part 3 in the “better know your neighborhood bars” series…
jp, kue, and i went to this place for dinner. i knew from a previous scouting that the cocktail menu was two parts boring one part nightmare: one of the drinks contains spiced apple puree (from a bottle no less) which, for reasons posted previously, [...]
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 [...]
went on a shopping spree at ledgers and bevmo, picked up some new things:
– regan’s orange bitters
– green chartreuse
– j pear liqueur
– sagitaba cachaca
– fever tree tonic water
gin and tonic
2 oz hendricks
2 oz fever tree
i wasn’t impressed with fever tree, cate’s tonic is far superior.
this drink was improved [...]
the owner of the rangpur lime tree said i could harvest to my heart’s content. i think i took down about three pounds today, there’s about 20 times as much left on the tree.
2 oz cachaca
half a rangpur lime, sliced
2 tsp sugar
muddle limes with sugar, add cachaca, shake with ice, double strain.
this is awesome. [...]
ok, look. strawberries are in season, and the market shelves are buckling under the weight of fine local product. they are a perfectly delicious fruit, and i need to stop hating them. hate is really just a perverted form of love. hate = love + weaponry.
so i thought i’d [...]
pops is turning 70. the fam is rallying to put together a sushi party which is one of his favorite family activities.
i’m on drink detail and trying to come up with some sushi-appropriate cocktails.
idea one: vodka, cachaca, lime, honeydew syrup, shiso. maybe a drop or two of luxardo maraschino
idea two: vodka, gin, lemon, [...]
2 oz cachaca
1 oz lemon
2/3 oz sesame orgeat
1 oz mango
1 slice ginger
i may have lost all perspective, i can’t tell if this is any good or not. it is slightly oversweet, but its more like the problem is that there are too many sweet notes–the orgeat, the mango, and the cachaca. there’s enough [...]
