Bank Heist
Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.
Watching an old John Wayne cowboy movie.
- Best In Show — Gin, Pamplemousse Rose, Aveze
Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.
Watching an old John Wayne cowboy movie.
Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.
Stir, strain, cocktail glass, express peel then discard.
Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.
Watching "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938)
Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.
Shake, strain, cocktail glass, float, no garnish.
Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.
Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.
1) The simple syrup is homemade to the "standard" recipe.
2) Some water in a saucepan, lots of baker's sugar in the mix ...... brought to a boil. Lots of fresh cilantro tossed in and stirred vigorously. Then 1 hour of low simmer. Let cool.
3) Use a strainer. Pour the syrup into a bottle.
4) Store the syrup in the refrigerator.
Ode to The Coronado Bridge connecting San Diego (mainland) to Coronado Island. I just saw a picture of the bridge under construction in 1968.
I first began traveling over that bridge in 1972.
Shake with ice and strain into a frozen coupe glass.
Thoroughly enjoying a marathon of "Back To The Future"
Whip shake with crushed ice, pour into a Tiki mug, fill with crushed ice, and garnish with freshly grated nutmeg and an inverted paper umbrella. The drink would probably do well served up after being shaken and strained into a coupe too with either no garnish or the grating of nutmeg only.
I went with Coruba, a dark Jamaican rum.
For the Tiki the Snow Away month in January 2019, I was inspired by the 1940 Pat O'Brien's Hurricane as a starting point (and not the current bastardization they serve now), and somehow it entered my mind that I could cross it with the Japanese Cocktail from Jerry Thomas' 1862 book. For a name, I opted for the Japanese term for the storm: Harikēn.
This is an intriguing combination. I suspect the particular grappa/vermouth combo will have a lot of influence on the result. I used Bellini Grappa del Chianti and Carpano dry, and Fee orange bitters. Carpano dry was selected for its more complex garden herb character. The Drambuie's moderate honeyed Scotch blended well with the grappa yielding a slightly woody/freshly shelled walnut.