November 2009
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WatchHere’s your Monday intro to…
Absinthe week!
A few notes: Forest Collins (@52martinis on Twitter) is a lovely and supportive woman in Paris who shares my passion for cocktails. I cannot apologize enough for getting myself confused when mentioning her today… I had Forest Whitaker and Forrest Gump on the brain for some reason. She’s blogging her way through the bars of...
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WatchYour Thanksgiving cocktail - Absinthe Flip
1 1/4oz Absinthe
3/4oz Filtered water
Splash Benedictine (only if your absinthe lacks bitter herbs!)
1 whole egg
1 barspoon sugar
Combine all ingredients in mixing glass, shake over ice and strain into cocktail glass. Garnish with star anise (or anise seeds) and ground clove.
Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving - what was the best part of...
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WatchOrange Cognac Flip
1 3/4 oz Royale Montaine Orange Cognac Liqueur (or similar light-bodied orange cognac liqueur)
3/4 oz Grand Marnier (or similar heavy/dark orange cognac liqueur)
1 bar spoon sugar
1 whole egg
Combine all ingredients in mixing glass and shake until tin frosts completely. Garnish with ground cinnamon.
This one will be great when you’re winding down festivities on...
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WatchHere’s your Tuesday mix: The Porto Flip!
1 1/2 oz Ruby Port
1/2 oz Brandy (or Cognac)
1 barspoon sugar
1 whole egg
Add sugar and egg to mixing glass. Stir with barspoon to break down yolk. Add spirits, shake hard over ice until tin frosts completely. Strain into cocktail glass and sprinkle with nutmeg.
As you can see, once I worked up the nerve to drink raw egg, I loved it! This...
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WatchThis week’s category of cocktails we’ll be exploring is the Flip. Here’s your basic flip recipe:
2oz Spirit
1tsp Sugar
1 whole egg
Shake (and shake some more!) and strain mixture into cocktail glass, garnish with spice of your choice.
I had a lot of fun trying the three recipes I’ll post as lessons this week. This class of drink is a bit simpler than the Collins and...
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Watchune Torsion Sur
1oz Rye Whiskey
3/4 oz Amaretto
~ 1 3/4oz Mineola Juice (squeeze 1 mineola)
~ 1/2 oz Lime juice (1/2 lime)
Splash Benedictine Liqueur (slightly long)
3 Dashes Angostura Bitters
2 Dashes Peychaud Bitters
Peel mineola twice (upper half & bottom), add one peel to mixing class. Set other peel aside for use as garnish. Cut small swatch from garnish peel and rub in...
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WatchMineola Bourbon Rickey
1 1/2 oz Mineola juice (~ 1 whole mineola)
1/2oz Lime juice (~ 1/2 Lime)
2 oz Bourbon
2 Barspoons Sugar
Zest only the mineola into a mixing glass. Add sugar, juice fruits and add the bourbon. Shake vigorously and strain into a Collins glass, top with soda and finish with a quick stir.
As the video shows, I wasn’t so thrilled with how this one came out....
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WatchAmaretto Rickey:
2oz Amaretto
2oz Fresh Lime Juice
2 barspoons bar sugar (~3/4 tbsp or so)
Zest lime in mixing glass, add sugar, lime juice and amaretto. Shake over ice, double strain into ice-filled Collins glass, top with soda and give quick stir.
First things first, the comments are now working. So comment below and name my show!
Second: DJNewStyle puts on a great show Tuesday nights at...
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WatchTom Collins (Gin Collins):
2oz London Dry Gin (I don’t recommend using Hendricks like I did in the video, but that’s what I had on hand)
2oz Fresh Lemon Juice
2 barspoons bar sugar (~3/4 tbsp)
Zest lemon in mixing glass, add sugar, lemon juice and gin. Shake over ice, double strain into ice-filled Collins glass, top with soda and give quick stir.
The first mixing lesson here! Get...
WatchHere’s your introduction to a week of Rickeys and Collins(es?)
I neglected to describe the contest at the end of the video (nearly 16 minutes? I was rambling!) so I’ll do so here…
I want a name for this little “show” I’m putting on. Something clever and catchy. The problem is, I suck with names and headlines. Sooooo I’m going to give all of you some...
Zen Wine: The Death of Wine Multitasking (via... →
Shut up, drink and talk about what you taste. You don’t need years of experience to appreciate something or pick out its traits.
WatchShot this pretty quickly tonight. Leave me comments, please! I’m still getting more comfortable on the camera… Looking forward to featuring recipes soon. Again, comments comments comments! What do you like? What don’t you like? What would you like to see in the future?
Delay on Video Blogs... (it's a good thing)
I am so so sorry and so frustrated with myself that I didn’t make the time to shoot any videos today. I had to run across town early in the day to take care of my sister’s cats, came home to clean my room before filming because… well, I don’t think anyone wants to see me making drinks in a cluttered mess. By then I’d lost my peace and quiet for the day and just had to...
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This is way better than those cheesy corporate motivational posters.