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simple improvisation

01-Sep-09

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 [...]

experiment: lillet and grapefruit vodka

20-Aug-09

i’m not ready to spring for a whole bottle of charbay grapefruit, so i put 4 oz of cheap vodka in a jar with three long ribbons of red grapefruit peel for about four days. excellent.
then i mixed about 1 part grapefruit vodka to 3 or 4 parts lillet. excellenter.