tried to integrate peach into two cocktails:
almond-peach old fashioned
2 oz bourbon
1/4 small peach
1 tsp amaretto
2 dashes angostura bitters
1 dash peach bitters
this didn’t work for me nor did it work for anyone but stuntman b who is a bourbon slut. i tried to patch with a muddled cherry which was an improvement. it added [...]
my rickhouse trip is summarized on yelp.
after i left (without getting my drink), i soul-searched a little, thinking, was i wrong to be upset? i try to be an understanding person. bartenders at hoppin, douchey bars don’t have too easy a job. maybe it pays well, who knows, but it is still [...]
stopped by pizzaiolo after running some errands as i “just happened” to be in the area.
sfizio alla pesca – rum, lemon, peach, lemon verbena syrup
andina – pisco, lime, drambuie + something else i forgot to write down, maybe orange bitters
of note, cate used a half a peach per drink. that’s commitment!
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as per [...]
notes:
- the leftover margarita was undrinkably bitter.
- a leftover gin-elderflower-lemon cocktail was less bitter and more smooth. maybe just more diluted?
- went to a mid-scale, B-for-effort-C-for-delivery mexican place. ordered the ‘horchatini’ and ‘prickly pear margarita’ even though i knew i was asking for trouble. noted with disdain (for myself, mostly) that they [...]
in defiance of my previous ‘realization’, i decided to not be a penis-flavored drunk-driving pox on society and instead rely on public transportation.
well, it might have less to do with an ethical epiphany and more to do with the discovery that ac transit runs more frequently than they did in my youth. [...]
i suggested to jp that since she was nice enough to ‘let’ me go out the other night, she should get her night out also. she opted for luka’s because their fries are her fave. (2nd place: a cote) one thing pretty rad about lukas is, at least tonight, they had five, [...]
problem: you want to booze it up at an establishment not walkable from your house. some solutions: drive drunk (morally questionable), public transportation (time consuming), cab ($$$ consuming), designated driver (a drag for the driver/i dont have enough (teetotaler) friends).
i figured out (took me long enough) another solution: sober up before [...]
went to adesso with stuntman b. verdict, awesome. tasted/drank three cocktails:
- billionaire cocktail (whiskey, grenadine, absinthe bitters, lemon)
- fragola coppa (pimm no. 1, creole shrub, cucumber, strawberry, mint, limonata)
- pisco sour
all delicious. yes, they came up with a strawberry cocktail that bore only the faintest resemblance to a tgif-style daiquiri. and [...]
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, [...]
(inspired by the alinea cookbook)
2 oz gin
1 oz lemon
1 oz orange orgeat
3 medium-sized basil leaves
2 drops peychaud bitters
gently muddle leaves. combine remaining ingredients with lots of ice, shake, strain.
this is a pretty good drink. i used bombay sapphire for the gin. once again, it would have been better with hendricks, or half [...]
