Cocktail Recipes Tonight

[StephanieL]

I went to a local crafts fair today and scored 3 vintage coupe glasses for $9 total.  So we enjoyed a Twentieth Century in them in the backyard this afternoon.

• 1 1/2 oz. gin
• 3/4 oz. Lillet blanc
• 1/2 oz. light creme de cacao
• 3/4 oz. lemon juice

Shake over ice and strain into a cocktail glass.

[Wilfrid]

I enjoyed an Apotheke last night. As it lacks hard liquor, one could probably enjoy several.

[StephanieL]

Now that I finally have Benedictine, I can make a Vieux Carre:

• 1 oz. rye
• 1 oz. cognac
• 1 oz. sweet vermouth
• 1/2 tsp. Benedictine
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters
• 2 dashes Peychaud's bitters

Shake and strain into a rocks glass over ice.  Garnish with a lemon peel.

[small h]

A drink that has no name (yet): scotch, dry vermouth, rosemary syrup and lime. Maybe going to call it the Rich Strike, because I made it to watch the Derby. This is what happens when you know you should be drinking a julep, but you have neither bourbon nor mint.

[joethefoodie]

That was quite a ride...and the exotics - oy.

[Wilfrid]

Some curiosities last couple of nights. Word Up, where creme de menthe replaces the green chartreuse in a Last Word; Bel-Aire (gin, sweet vermouth, dash of curacao); Emerald Isle, basically a martini with creme de menthe instead of vermouth, dash of bitters; Hoover (dark rum, sweet vermouth, curacao).

[StephanieL]

The Hoover sounds yum.  What are the proportions?

[Wilfrid]

It was good. Recipe calls for equal parts rum and vermouth, dash of curaçao, but I would have gone heavy on the rum because that’s just me.

[StephanieL]

It's quite nice.

 

[StephanieL]

Not sure this belongs in the Cocktails or Wine thread, but N made May Wine yesterday: essentially, it's a combination of sparkling wine (prosecco in our case) and woodruff syrup, garnished with a strawberry.  N has been growing woodruff in the garden, so she made her own syrup.  A Berliner weisse is next, if we can get the proper beer.

[Sneakeater]

I managed to find a recipe for @Wilfrid's Hoover calling for 1 part Rum and 1/2 part each of sweet Vermouth and Curaçao -- pretty much what I'd vary it to myself in any event.  So I was happy to follow it.

And very nice it is, too.

[Sneakeater]

I don't really have a good feel for when you use Cointreau and when you use Curaçao.  Any guidance?

(My apologies if we've already covered this.  If something isn't right in front of me, I can no longer remember it -- unless it happened in grade school.)

[Sneakeater]

OK, Cointreau is dryer.

That makes sense.  (I mean after all, it's Triple Sec!)

[Sneakeater]

So totally makes sense to use Curaçao in the Hoover.

[Sneakeater]

And you can see why you'd use Cointreau in a Margarita.