Cocktail Recipes Tonight

[MitchW]

On 7/11/2024 at 8:49 AM, small h said:

 

I finally found the picture this reminded me of, one I took about 15 years ago...

That was taken on the corner of Division and Canal, along with...

The etrog sellers.

Pre Dimes Square by a decade. And so much better then.

[small h]

25 minutes ago, MitchW said:

The etrog sellers.

I wonder where you have to go now for your etrogs. Fine Fare probably doesn't carry them.

[MitchW]

43 minutes ago, small h said:

I wonder where you have to go now for your etrogs. Fine Fare probably doesn't carry them.

They may still set up around that time of year, but I don't remember or recall seeing them this year.  Probably somewhere in Midwood or Borough Park.

[bloviatrix]

2 hours ago, small h said:

I wonder where you have to go now for your etrogs. Fine Fare probably doesn't carry them.

You can come up to the UWS. Or the spouse often goes to Boro Park. It's a boy's night out - they go these Russian places that are like going to churrascaria and then they buy their etrog and lulav. Maybe do a bit of shopping at one of the kosher markets which is open all night right before the holidays.

[Sneakeater]

I vaguely recall seeing etrogs at Union Market at least once or twice.

[small h]

2 hours ago, Sneakeater said:

I vaguely recall seeing etrogs at Union Market at least once or twice.

I would not be hugely surprised if they made it to the good produce vendor in Essex Market.

[StephanieL]

Jungle Bird today.  Considering how my week has started, I have a feeling tomorrow's cocktail will be a Cutty Bang. #IYKYK

• 1 1/2 oz. blackstrap rum
• 3/4 oz. Campari
• 1 1/2 oz. pineapple juice
• 1/2 oz. lime juice
• 1/2 oz. simple syrup

Shake with ice and strain into an ice-filled rocks glass.

[bloviatrix]

Watermelon margarita. Not only is it tequila day, but after all the work I put I in getting the kid ready for camp I decided that mommy needed a cocktail.

[Wilfrid]

I make that decision every day, but for a broader variety of reasons. ☺️

Unexpectedly hit on an Anne Sheridan tonight because of a Brugal surplus (rum, curaçao, lime juice).

[bloviatrix]

Whisky Smash. Haven't had one in quite some some time. And now I'm wondering why that is.

[StephanieL]

Got that Cutty Bang after all.  These are the contents; while ostensibly it makes 1 serving, there's no way I could consume this much alcohol in one go--it became 3 separate drinks for me.

• 50-mL bottle Seagram's gin
• 50-mL bottle Tanqueray gin
• 50-mL bottle Bacardi Limon
• Can pineapple juice

"Cutty Bang" also refers to the whole genre of baggies containing liquor + mixers.  This is one of the tamer offerings.

Edited July 31, 2024 by StephanieL

[hollywood]

Apparently the scarcity and expense of Green Chartreuse has led to substituting Dolin Genepy le chamois.

The monks do not want to increase production.

[bloviatrix]

Here is another substitute.

 

[plattetude]

18 hours ago, hollywood said:

Apparently the scarcity and expense of Green Chartreuse has led to substituting Dolin Genepy le chamois.

The monks do not want to increase production.

My understanding is that the scarcity and expense are all being driven by panicked hoarding. Yes, the monks aren't increasing production (as they announced a couple years ago) but are maintaining existing production levels. It shouldn't be as unavailable as it's become except for the hoarding. (And yeah, I bought a couple bottles of each when the price started creeping up.)

I did a side-by-side of straight Green Chartreuse vs Faccia Brutto Centerbe and found Centerbe decidedly underwhelming. And then a side-by-side of Green Chartreuse vs Dolin Genepy which was *much* more compelling. Then a Zephyr cocktail (2 oz london dry gin, 1/2 oz Cocchi Americano, 1/2 oz Green Chartreuse/Genepy) and aside from the color being decidedly less green, the Genepy held up very well. 

[MitchW]

I think I remember the hoard-buying incident of Rittenhouse bonded.  Or maybe it was only because of the bottle change?

[Wilfrid]

Related problem is the bigger businesses flexing their muscles with the distributors. I wrote earlier this year about an independent cocktail bar in LV fighting to get two or three bottles a month because the casinos were taking everything.

Prices are sky high when you can find it in liquor stores, except a few honest places.

[small h]

The time has come for this year's Byproduct (tomato water, horseradish, lemon, vodka). I infused the vodka this time, which did not seem to do fuck all, but it kept me busy in the morning. This drink celebrates the end of Tomato Season, so it's cool that it coincided with Sungold #100, but I didn't plan that, you can't plan for garden stuff.

[StephanieL]

Searching for a hot drink not involving coffee led me to Diffords.com and a recipe for a hot Negroni.  You read that right.  Surprisingly, it kind of works.

Hot Negroni

• 1/2 oz. gin
• 1/2 oz. Campari (or another Italian "red drink")
• 1/2 oz. sweet vermouth
• 1 tsp. lemon juice
• 1 tsp. rich simple syrup
• 1/3 cup boiling water

Combine all ingredients in a pre-heated, heat-safe glass (e.g., a toddy or Irish coffee glass).

Edited November 19, 2024 by StephanieL

[Wilfrid]

Try a dash of balsamic vinegar 😉

[StephanieL]

Courtesy of PUNCH magazine, a Black Lodge, a variant on a Boulevardier.

• 1 oz. Scotch
• 1 oz. Campari
• 1/2 oz. coffee liqueur
• 1/2 oz. dry vermouth

Stir over ice and strain into an ice-filled rocks glass.

[small h]

I ordered 6 oysters and got 7, but the joke was on me, 'cause one of them was very not into opening, so much so that I had to throw it in the oven for some convincing. And then you don't really want to eat it raw, so I did something I've never done before: I made an oyster shooter. So. Now I have done this and don't need to do it again.

[Wilfrid]

Fabulous improv though.

[relbbaddoof]

36 minutes ago, small h said:

I have done this and don't need to do it again.

Forgetting your needs, will you be able to given your ingestion of an oyster with such ups and downs. Did it say "ha, ha, ha ..." on the way down with the last laugh sounding like, well, the last?

[plattetude]

Past couple nights have been indulging in an Alpine Negroni (Naren Young - Dante). Good stuff.

1 oz gin
3/4 oz Suze
3/4 oz Cocchi Americano
1/2 oz Genepy
barspoon white creme de menthe
3 dashes lemon bitters
dash 1:1 saline (I'm a heathen and just add a pinch of kosher salt)

Stir with ice, strain over a rock, garnish with rosemary sprig (or, you know, not because we don't always have everything)

[small h]

23 hours ago, Wilfrid said:

Fabulous improv though.

You know who hates wasting food? Me. Me is who. I feel the congratulations of the universe every time I figure out how to use something it would be easier to throw out. Also, I am a little nuts.