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Bombay gin (60ml), Martini Extra Dry (90ml), Triple Sec (40ml) and 1 egg white (makes 2). Dry shake, then shake with ice and fine strain into chilled cocktail glasses. The garnish is a strip of blood orange peel, curled into a tight spiral, and chilled in the freezer for a few minutes.an seanduine wrote:Cointreau? Or Pine Mountain Orange Blossom Gin? Or would you make your own infusion?
Bob
edit: What is the garnish?
Really? Well, I suppose we could do that ...Nanohedron wrote:In the States, today is National Margarita Day.
I'm guessing the 22nd of February must be British National Margarita Day, then. Yank NMD was yesterday, on the 24th. That's what my Google said, anyway, confirming the news release. Oh, well. I never cared for margaritas anyway; all that time and fuss to make one while I'm dying of thirst, and the line behind me tapping their feet on top of it.benhall.1 wrote:Really? Well, I suppose we could do that ...Nanohedron wrote:In the States, today is National Margarita Day.
... wait ... I didn't know anything about National Margarita Day, but a quick Google comes up with a consistent message that it's on 22nd February each year. I've missed it.
Perhaps one's National Margherita Day?Nanohedron wrote:I'm guessing the 22nd of February must be British National Margarita Day, then. Yank NMD was yesterday, on the 24th.
I might have to try this, if I can bring myself to buy cheap whiskey. It goes against my every instinct. Maybe I'll just save the idea for when I'm visiting someone who doesn't know what good whiskey is.Nanohedron wrote:This could be made at home, but it's definitely a bar drink from its inception, and a Nano Original (in that despite it being dirt-basic, no one seems to have ever encountered or heard of it before me): Basically it's just whiskey, seven (lemon-lime), and bitters. This mix has the curious attribute of seeming to benefit best the more pedestrian its ingredients are. Once they ran out of rail whiskey and substituted Jameson, and IMO it didn't work. So I warn you beforehand: It MUST be made with rail whiskey, the seven from the devil-may-care tap (for atmosphere), and the bitters should be not designer, but Angostura. As I said, pedestrian as hell, but the result is surprisingly satisfying. When it's made right, the taste reminds me of honey. A tall glass filled with ice, an ounce of detestable-grade whiskey, fill it with the lemon-lime soda, and top it off with three to five slugs of bitters, depending on the timidity of your wrist. Now, you could build it with the bitters first so that it all mixes together beforehand, and I'm okay with that, but if you want the Nano-authentic classic, it is bitters last for presentation, and that gives the drink its name: Blood in the Water. You admire the ghoulish vision before you (and assess the proportion of bitters thereby), and then mix it after the fact with your straw (hopefully an eco-friendly one). Mixing done, the Nano way is to ditch the straw. Like all cocktails, a Blood in the Water isn't for everyone, but I think it's pretty good, and it's my go-to when I'm out on the town.
Well, it's just that anything other than water makes for a senseless waste of good whisk(e)y. Could you even imagine the offense of Oban and Coke? That's about as vulgar as it gets. Maybe an upgrade from my gritty standards would do. Try Cutty, maybe, and see what you think.DaveVisi wrote:I might have to try this, if I can bring myself to buy cheap whiskey.
Usually with therapeutic medicinal purposes in mind, for me. Got a cold? Toddy, please. Very comforting.Innocent Bystander wrote:Nobody has mentioned a hot toddy - AKA whisky punch!
Always ready for a party, that bunch.Innocent Bystander wrote:It's said that the Jacobites in retreat always had a string-bag for the lemons for their hot toddies, whatever else they left behind.
I've bought the julep cups (pewter - I couldn't afford the silver ones). Now I'm just waiting for the mint to grow.walrii wrote:For that one day each year in the Isles when it gets intolerably warm, try a mint julep. Simple syrup, mint leaves and bourbon over ice with a mint garnish. Here is one site of many that google will turn up. Ignore the optional bitters. Only heathens do that.
Lettuce with a gladsome mind? (Not sure if the reference stands crossing the pond?)Nanohedron wrote:It's like drinking a salad.
Good one!Peter Duggan wrote:Lettuce with a gladsome mind? (Not sure if the reference stands crossing the pond?)Nanohedron wrote:It's like drinking a salad.
