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 from five ingredients)

3/4 oz punt e mes
1/8 peach
1/2 oz black rum/rye

so tasty. with a flavorful and/or ripe peach, might be able boost the spirit to proportions equal to the punt e mes.

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some things i have planned:

experiment #1: infused tequila, pineapple, jalepeno, chardonnay, lemon, agave, black qi mist

experiment #2 (”improved sunrise”): tequila, lillet, triple sec/cointreau/orange shrub. aqua perfecta framboise at the bottom. maybe misted with vodka infused with orange flower water or hangar one mandarin. (am i a whore for st. george now? all it takes is a take-home glass and my pants come off?) maybe a foam of either of those things plus orange juice.

experiment #3: charbay grapefruit (or vodka + grapefruit juice, or maybe i’ll experiment with my own grapefruit infusion), sake (need to visit the tasting room in berkeley), vanilla, pistachio orgeat, lemon

experiment #4: something with mead

experiment #5: rum, kahlua, falernum, triple sec (like picante’s mexican coffee)

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 by a generous squeeze of lime (or two). without the acid its a cloying mess. will try again with less tonic.

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green chartreuse. smells like bouillon cubes. tastes like OMG WHAT IS THIS

last word

1/4 oz gin
1/4 oz lime
1/4 oz luxardo maraschino
1/4 oz green chartreuse

(small measurements because i didnt want to get too fucked up in the process of experimenting)

surprisingly delicious. the chartreuse and maraschino is prominent, but it all does work. next time i’ll try replacing some of the liqueurs with a little syrup, maybe boosting the gin a little.

bijou

1/4 oz gin
1/4 oz sweet vermouth
1/4 oz chartreuse
2 dashes orange bitters

a good vehicle for chartreuse. drinkable, but not my thing.

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first tried the cachaca and the pear liqueur on its own. then:

pear experiment (expeariment?)

1/4 oz cachaca
1/4 oz lime
1/4 oz j pear liqueur

aromas are insane. the flavor is a little acidic and boozy; needed a dash of sugar or syrup, or maybe just more pear. maybe a hit of maraschino. maybe a couple drops of ango. maybe brandy. wrong to mix brandy and cachaca?

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i found two more rangpur lime trees within a two block radius of home. plus about a dozen (meyer?) lemon trees. (kue likes to go on walks and so i have seen more of the neighborhood in the past week than i have in the past three years)