Cocktail Recipes Tonight

[StephanieL]

Ooh, I have everything, including the absinthe.  Think I'll make this tonight.

[Sneakeater]

It is SUCH a great drink!

[bloviatrix]

I actually have all the ingredients as well. Question - how long does dry vermouth last once opened?

[Sneakeater]

In my apartment, about two hours.

[MitchW]

4 hours ago, bloviatrix said:

I actually have all the ingredients as well. Question - how long does dry vermouth last once opened?

I use a vacu-vin (sp. ?) once I open a bottle of vermouth, and keep the bottle refrigerated.  They’ll last at least 3-4 weeks that way. And fwiw, I mostly buy and use 375 ml bottles, except when that’s impossible.

[small h]

12 hours ago, bloviatrix said:

how long does dry vermouth last once opened?

I keep it in the fridge, and I've never had it go off. A 750mL bottle lasts me probably three or four months.

[Sneakeater]

It’s pretty important to keep it in the refrigerator. 

[StephanieL]

8 hours ago, small h said:

I keep it in the fridge, and I've never had it go off. A 750mL bottle lasts me probably three or four months.

Me neither.

[StephanieL]

From the book Imbibe!, General Burnside's Favorite.  I made the lower-strength variation; for the original, use 2 oz. brandy, 1 oz. rum, 3/4 oz. orgeat, and juice from half a lemon.

• 1 1/2 oz. brandy
• 3/4 oz. Jamaican rum
• 1/2 oz. orgeat
• 1/2 oz. lemon juice

Rinse a mug or London dock glass with hot water. Add the ingredients in the mug or glass, fill with hot water, stir well, and top with grated nutmeg.

 

[Wilfrid]

On 11/16/2023 at 2:21 AM, MitchW said:

And fwiw, I mostly buy and use 375 ml bottles, except when that’s impossible.

Me too and they last long enough.

[small h]

Vodka lemonade with roasted lemon and bay leaf. I went from a recipe, and it is not a good recipe, and when I make this again, I will fix it.

[MitchW]

Try gin.

[small h]

I love gin lemonade, but I felt like I'd had gin for about 184 nights in a row and was trying to mix it up.

The recipe instructions were to roast the lemons for 20:00 (this is not long enough) and to muddle every damn thing together including all the liquid. That way lies madness. Also, too much sugar, because everything has too much sugar.

[StephanieL]

This new book sounds really interesting: Toni Tipton-Martin’s New Book Chronicles the Black History of Cocktails - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

[Wilfrid]

Martinez muddle.

Some months ago, I made the Martinez from Paul Harrington's book, assuming he'd be right on the ingredients. He suggests: gin, Cointreau, dry vermouth, Angostura bitters.

It wasn't very nice. Then I realized the Martinez (plural?) I drank in bars were made with sweet vermouth. Was it an error? I have since seen recipes that call for equal dry and sweet vermouth. I continued making the Harrington Martinez using sweet instead of dry. Nice drink.

But I ordered a Martinez in Barcelona from someone who knew what they were doing and I noticed him pouring Luxardo maraschino not Cointreau. I now see it has been made that way since at least the 1880s. And I have now made it that way and it is good.

But I still like the drink with gin, Cointreau, sweet vermouth, Angostura bitters. I just don't know if it has a name.

 

[MitchW]

Here's how it was made at Pegu:

2 oz. gin

1 oz. sweet vermouth

1 barspoon Luxardo

2 dashs Ango

Garnish - lemon peel

[Wilfrid]

That seems pretty classic.

[small h]

I use the Nomad recipe, which has Luxardo and sweet vermouth, Old Tom gin, angostora bitters and no Cointreau.

[MitchW]

59 minutes ago, small h said:

I use the Nomad recipe, which has Luxardo and sweet vermouth, Old Tom gin, angostora bitters and no Cointreau.

Yeah, Leo liked to name his gin. As a matter of fact, he calls out Antica for the vermouth. And Hayman's for the Old Tom.

Edited November 29, 2023 by MitchW

[small h]

3 hours ago, MitchW said:

Yeah, Leo liked to name his gin.

Well, it's not gonna name itself.

[Sneakeater]

I call mine "Fred".

[Wilfrid]

My regret is that I defied Harrington on the vermouth but assumed he was right about the Cointreau. Didn’t check him.

[small h]

The green fairy alights chez small h.

Edited November 30, 2023 by small h

[Sneakeater]

The first bottle of Absinthe I ever bought, I didn't know it had like a 385% ABV and that you have to cut it with A LOT of water, so I drink a glass of it straight.  I wondered where that louche thing was supposed to come from.

But mainly, my head has never quite felt like that before or since.

Edited December 1, 2023 by Sneakeater

[small h]

Don't give me ideas.