I was looking through the latest issue of Wine Enthusiast , the wife got to pick 4 magazines for a dollar for two years so don't judge. Turns out that there are some decent articles in there. Aside from making me enjoy wine more and now that our Frenchman isn't around as much, it helps me make some less than shitty picks.
They have broadened the scope of the 'zine to include spirits and craft beer. Now you're fucking talking. They also have cocktail articles, mostly involving wine or the spirit of the month.
This month was Old Tom Gins and the revival of them. The cocktail the made was a Seasonal75, a take on the classic French 75. For those not familiar with the original I have the original recipe from Borhmann's Bartender's guide.
Classic French 75.
Aromatic champagne Cocktail for aperitif or after dinner drink
-Champagne glass or flute
-Shaker
3/4 oz Gin
3/4 oz Cointreau or orange flavored liqueur
3/4 oz lemon juice
1 dash Pernod
Champagne or sparkling wine for topping up.
-Garnish with half a slice of orange and a maraschino cherry
Shake all ingredients, accept champagne, in shaker with ice. Strain into flute and top up with champagne. Spear orange and cherry on a toothpick and perch on the side of the glass.
Now the seasonal comes from a New Orleans joint called Sac-a-lait. It uses whatever fruit is in season at the time, could be watermelon or blueberries. Strawberries or peaches. You'll just have to make a syrup out of the fruit. As in this example with blueberries.
Blueberry Syrup.
1 cup fresh blueberries
1 cup sugar
Place the ingredients in a pot with 1/2 cup of water and cook on a medium to slow heat stirring till sugar disolves. Reduce heat to low and simmer till syrupy about 15 minutes. Cool, purree and strain. If the mixture is too thick thin with simple syrup.
2 oz gin
3/4 oz blueberry syrup
3/4 lemon juice
3 dashes of Peychaud's bitters
Cava(Spannish Wine) to top.
Lemon twist for Garnish
Shake all accept for Cava over ice and strain into flute.
Top off with Cava and garnish with lemon twist.
Summer drink time.
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Summer drink time.
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Re: Summer drink time.
I like it when they always have to mention "good before, during or after dinner"
Drink!
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Re: Summer drink time.
Champagne cocktail sounds interesting. I’ve tried adding brandy and strawberry juice at Xmas, now maybe I’ll give gin and lemon juice a go. I’d skip the Pernod though. Just another of those old European tonics that everyone mixes with nicer things to hide the taste because they’re undrinkable on their own.
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Re: Summer drink time.
Normally cucumbers aren't my favorite thing but I wouldn't turn down some form of cucumber cocktail in the summer. They always look refreshing.
Okole maluna!
Re: Summer drink time.
Ice cold vodka, with chaser of choosing. At least that's what I've been doing for last 3 days.
Re: Summer drink time.
Holy Water!!!
We gonna need it in Vegas!
! oz of Vodka
1 oz of Rum
!/2 ov of Blue Curacao
1/2 oz of Peach Scnapps
4 oz of Lemonade
Splash of Pineapple juice.
Shake and pour over ice in a highball.
We gonna need it in Vegas!
! oz of Vodka
1 oz of Rum
!/2 ov of Blue Curacao
1/2 oz of Peach Scnapps
4 oz of Lemonade
Splash of Pineapple juice.
Shake and pour over ice in a highball.
Now you're ready for some anti-dry-otics!-BeerMakesMeSmarter
If worms had daggers, birds wouldn't fuck with them-Todd Snider
Blackout and be extraordinary-Absinthe of Malice
If worms had daggers, birds wouldn't fuck with them-Todd Snider
Blackout and be extraordinary-Absinthe of Malice
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Boozy strawberries for a hot summer day. Maybe someday I will make it...
Strawberry Daiquiri Bites (this is the gist but you can find it via Food Network)
6 hrs 15 mins · Yield: 15 to 20 strawberries
INGREDIENTS
1 1/4 cups light rum
1/4 cup lime juice
1 quart medium strawberries, with stems
1 cup granulated sugar
Directions. Put the strawberries in a mason jar with the rum put in the fridge for 15 minutes. Then, in a small bowl, combine the sugar and lime zest with the rum and soak for 6 hours in the fridge. Remove the strawberries from the jar and roll them around in the sugar. Use leftover juice to make some rum drinks!
Boozy strawberries
Strawberry Daiquiri Bites (this is the gist but you can find it via Food Network)
6 hrs 15 mins · Yield: 15 to 20 strawberries
INGREDIENTS
1 1/4 cups light rum
1/4 cup lime juice
1 quart medium strawberries, with stems
1 cup granulated sugar
Directions. Put the strawberries in a mason jar with the rum put in the fridge for 15 minutes. Then, in a small bowl, combine the sugar and lime zest with the rum and soak for 6 hours in the fridge. Remove the strawberries from the jar and roll them around in the sugar. Use leftover juice to make some rum drinks!
Boozy strawberries
Okole maluna!
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Re: Summer drink time.
There is a special fund laid out in advance specifying that if I say this sentence out loud I will be sniped on the spot.
Cheers
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Re: Summer drink time.
I didn't pay for it, the wife did. I started reading it because if Boozi ever gets back on the boards I won't sound completely ignorant when discussing wine.ThirstyDrunk wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2019 12:32 amThere is a special fund laid out in advance specifying that if I say this sentence out loud I will be sniped on the spot.
Cheers
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Blackout and be extraordinary-Absinthe of Malice
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Re: Summer drink time.
It's been a busy and fruity summer in the oettinger house.
strawberry:
raspberry:
pineapple:
strawberry:
raspberry:
pineapple:
Okole maluna!
Re: Summer drink time.
Lovely photos! Those look delicious and refreshing.
Don't worry. We're in no hurry.
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Re: Summer drink time.
I agree with Nausea: Those are excellent images. You all rich and stuff.Artful Drunktective wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2019 8:13 amIt's been a busy and fruity summer in the oettinger house.
Rich with the DRINK!
btw, always appreciate when you wear an orchid flower behind your ear for the Skype. True class.
Oett is a lucky man.