i was on cocktail duty for a family sushi party last night.
2 oz lillet
0.75 oz grapefruit vodka (i put half the peel and flesh of a grapefruit in a pint mason jar, filled with vodka, sat for two days)
this is a good proportion for me. man-drinkers might reverse the proportions (the standard [...]
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 [...]
muddled a quarter of a medium-large yellow peach, tart but flavorful. mixed in 3 oz of punt e mes, double strained into a jar as the base mixture.
then mixed a bunch of mini-cocktails using 1/2 oz of the base mixture and 1/4 oz of a spirit. the spirits i used and my tasting [...]
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. [...]
sweet potato, bourbon, vanilla, orange, curry
as mentioned in the intro post, david wolowidnyk makes a cocktail called “pie” which contains pumpkin-infused vodka. so, this would be similar. i’m thinking maybe the infusion could use both raw and roasted sweet potato. or maybe boil and strain some sweet potato, and use the ‘broth’ [...]
