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I definately agree with Mr. Kinsey that a little more alcohol is a characteristic, and certainly a favorable one, in a swizzle - nearly every classic example of the type includes a principle quantty of spirits. To quote Trader Vic on the problem & solution (of achieving the proper dilution & temperature for such a beverage) itself: "[.
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Blood Oranges seem to be especially sensative to the temperature/climate where they're cultivated - the ones I get here (central NJ) are primarily from Texas, Florida or California. The seasons for each region appear to be a little different too, likely for growing reasons associated with the season/temperature of the area in question... The Florida
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Best of luck with this undertaking - sounds like a heap of fun to be honest! I imagine you'll find Mr. Wondrich's Imbibe! of immeasureable assistance in preparing/scaling some of the drinks & their ingredients. While certainly some of them are not possible, but not too many I suppose - you don't mean to try out all the recipes in the
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That demonstration sounds like a great way to make this point Mr. Hess. I'll have to try that next time I'm making drinks & someone inquires about my smaller glasses or worse, asks for a larger glass than the properly-sized ones I've collected - though that thankfully happens less and less lately. Generally my explanation of the "small"
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Happy Birthday indeed Mr. Hess! Cheers! Chris
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Ditto on the Farmer's bitters - though I don't know that I've ever seen a recipe calling for Tansy other than the two that have already been mentioned. As more and more folks review older and (once) rarer cocktail guides, a fair number of ingredients crop up that are unsavory to ones' health at best - V. Snakeroot, bitter Almonds, Tansy
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Thirteenth Legion Punch (A variation on Trader Vic's 1946 rendition of Roman Punch - I did an article on the subject; here ) 1 oz. Blackberry syrup ¾ oz. fresh Lemon juice 1 oz. Jamaican Rum (Coruba or Appleton's V/X) ¾ oz. Quebranta Pisco Float of Reserva Port (Sandeman) Combine over crushed ice & swizzle. Float port &
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Without stepping on Mr. Wondrich's toes, the Pisco Bell-Ringer as created by Jim Maloney is a lovely Pisco drink. 2 oz. Pisco (BarSol or Capel are good here) 2 dashes: Orange bitters 2 dashes: Peychaud's bitters 1 1/2 Teaspoons: fresh Lemon juice 1/2 Teaspoon: Simple syrup ( 2:1 ) Prepare a cocktail glass by rinsing it with good Apricot Brandy
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Ms. Saunders; Awesome work as always! Just out of wonderance - is it possible to have a Blue Blazer made up at Pegu (or anywhere else that you know of)? It's obviously one of those drinks that one can never be sure of ordering, what with its' being on fire and all ; ) Incidentally, as many will note in the videos from said competition, the majority
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Who needs a committee? I think that everyone here respects your evaluation and subsequent judgement Robert. That however, would require you to read through a great deal of such sites (provided you don't already). Yours should be first obviously & I should highly-discourage you from bothering with mine - waaay too time-consuming a read ; ) Barring