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Last night I had dinner at a place that rightfully boasted about great craft beer and cocktails made with true mixology care and thought.
I had an amazing old fashioned that started with bitters muddled with cubed sugar and finished with a real…
Fresh Cherry Sidecar
1 1/2 oz cherry brandy
1/2 oz cherry syrup
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
Click the picture for directions to make the cherry brandy and cherry syrup; it takes some time, but it’s definitely worth the wait. Rim the glass with lime juice and dip in sugar. Shake with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass.
Old Michaelmas
5 blackberries
5 mint leaves
2 slices of cucumber
3/4 oz simple syrup
3/4 oz fresh lime juice
2 oz gin
Club soda
Mint garnish
Muddle the blackberries, mint, cucumber, and syrup in a tumbler. Fill the glass with ice to keep the crushed fruit at the bottom before adding the lime juice and gin. Add club soda to the top and garnish with mint.
It’s summer, so make good use of the cheap, fresh produce. As legend goes, the devil cursed on blackberries on Old Michaelmas Day (October 11) when he was banished from heaven and now urinates on them on that day every year. So get your brambles while their fresh!
Southern Rocky Shore
50ml Lagavulin 16yr, single malt Scotch
20ml Lemon Juice
20ml Honey
20ml Ginger Syrup
Orange peal
Shake the ingredients with ice and strain into a tumbler. Garnish with the orange peal.
This was the winning drink on iBartend’s May contest for single malt Scotch. Click the picture to see their Tumblr.
I have taken more good from alcohol than alcohol has taken from me.
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| — | Winston Churchill (via jamielewislewis) |
Strawberry-Basil Martini
3 strawberries
3 basil leaves
1/2 oz simple syrup
1 oz gin
1 oz vodka
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
In a cocktail shaker, muddle the strawberries with the basil leaves and Simple Syrup. Add ice and the remaining ingredients and shake well. Strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with the strawberry slice.
CORZO Lemon Basil Cocktail
1 serving
2 parts CORZO Silver
1 part premium triple sec
1/2 lemon
3 basil leaves
1/2 part simple syrup
Club soda
Muddle lemon, basil and simple syrup in a chilled glass. Add ice, triple sec and CORZO Silver. Top with club soda. Garnish with a lemon wheel.
