Cocktail Recipes Tonight

[Sneakeater]

EXACTLY what I like.

Flying Dutchman

1-1/2 oz. Genever

3/4 oz. Bénédectine

3/4 oz. yellow Chartreuse

3/4 oz. lemon juice

Combine.  Shake.  Strain.  Martini glass or coupe.

[StephanieL]

Since lots of spirits are verboten for Passover, I went with the original La Floridita Daiquiri No. 1: 2 oz. rum, 1 tsp. strong simple syrup, and the juice of 1/2 lemon, shaken with cracked ice and strained into a cocktail glass.

[bloviatrix]

I decided to forgo my usual bottle of shlivovitz and buy a bottle of Kosher for Passover No. 209 Gin. Problem is, I don't have a shaker or ice.

[Sneakeater]

You're gonna miss that Slivovitz.

[bloviatrix]

I bought some ice cube trays. Decided to freehand a cocktail of gin, lime juice, smash mint, and seltzer. Highly unbalanced. But it's something.

[StephanieL]

10 hours ago, bloviatrix said:

I decided to forgo my usual bottle of shlivovitz and buy a bottle of Kosher for Passover No. 209 Gin. Problem is, I don't have a shaker or ice.

Interesting that it's distilled from sugar cane--I guess that makes it like a herbal cachaça.

[bloviatrix]

My solution for lack of cocktail implements - I made a big batch of limonnana (a lemon and mint drink) which I added gin to. Worked great - tasted wonderful. However, the mint turned a bilious green. Next year I'm going to invest in a shaker (although spouse says owning a shaker for 8 day/yr is proof one has a problem)

[Sneakeater]

Yes.  And the problem is, one doesn’t have that shaker. 

[Sneakeater]

Drinking Slivovitz eight days a year:  now THAT’S evidence of a problem. 

[Sneakeater]

3 hours ago, Sneakeater said:

And the problem is, one doesn’t have that shaker. 

 

[Sneakeater]

Every Sunday afternoon, my grandfather would play pinochle with my father and my uncle.  And after they were finished, my grandfather would have a glass of Slivovitz.  And after he had that glass, he would make a certain noise. 

Now I’m as old as my grandfather was then.  And every time I have a glass of Slivovitz, I make that same noise. 

[bloviatrix]

My brother and I have a tradition of ending every meal we share together with a shot of slivovitz in memory of our maternal grandfather who drank a shot every day. It's what kept him mellow in a house full of strong-willed women. (his mother lived with him and my grandmother until she died at 104 and he had 3 daughters). There are some good ones out there where you can taste some fruit and it's not just fire water.

[Behemoth]

The good ones don't burn at all and have a gorgeous, intense fruit finish. My current favourite is a Pflümli from Switzerland, from Humbel. 

[StephanieL]

Tequila old fashioned.  A little too sweet.  Will stick with the usual bourbon when it's not Passover.

[bloviatrix]

Happy to have all my implements again (although I need to make some simple syrup).

Royal smile - 1 oz gin (Tod & Vixen), 3/4 oz each of apple jack, lime juice, and grenadine. Shaken over ice and strained into a chilled coupe. Perfect thing to sip as the child bitched that the chicken soup was too dark (it's been reduced)