elderquat 75
1/2 oz gin
1/4 oz lime
1/4 oz ikea elderflower syrup
1/2 kumquat
2 oz champagne
seed and muddle the kumquat. add gin, lime, syrup. dry shake* and strain. top with 2 oz champagne. drop in a candied kumquat.
*i made and chilled a batch of the base mixture ahead of time.
the flavors [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
to see the bad plus.
miles ahead – pimm’s no. 1, st. germain elderflower, lemon, ginger ale
a subtler, drier, tastier, sophisticateder long island iced tea.
i need to taste pimm 1 on its own one of these days.
…hotsy totsy! this place has been around forever, but has recently been taken over and fixed up a bit (while still preserving the old school vibe) by a husband and wife team who know their cocktails.
they have a facebook fan page, james hetfield is a fan!
and they bring in a taco truck [...]
after getting home from our denver trip, i wanted a simple, clean, easy-to-make drink. and so:
2 oz grapefruit vodka
1 oz lime
1 oz ikea elderflower syrup
hit the spot, though the vodka didn’t have the same crisp smell and taste as it did last week. the day before our trip i strained out the fruit [...]
1/2 oz lime
1/4 oz apfel korn (apple liqueur)
1/4 oz ikea elderflower syrup
dash green chartreuse
my uncle asked for a light cocktail. this is what i came up with. it didn’t quite work, too much lime.
last word variant
1/2 oz gin
1/2 oz lime
1/4 oz maraschino
1/4 oz green chartreuse
1/4 oz syrup
this works. am thinking you can sub lychee or ikea elderflower syrup for the simple syrup. working title “ellipsis, lychee” omg im a dork
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o-positive (renamed because ‘penta-tonic’ makes it sound like either it contains tonic water, or that its made [...]
