Here’s another from the Death & Co book. I think someone brought a bottle of navy-strength gin to our last party, and this had a cool enough name that I wanted to try it.
This is a hard one for me to describe. It’s pretty boozy, thought the sherry makes it sweet enough for me to enjoy.
…Huh. This one I found while randomly flipping open the Death & Co book. Since the Last Word is probably my current favorite cocktail I knew immediately I wanted to try it. Unfortunately I think using an Islay overpowers just about everything else. Maybe if I had more of a taste for Islays my opinion would be different.
Ah, another of the elusive vodka drinks that only tend to get made at parties. I made this on request from a friend who wanted something with vodka and no high calorie mixers. The high grapefruit juice concentration in this helps balance the sweetness of the St Germain.
Well, even with so much honey syrup this is fairly balanced. The Licor 43 meshes with the scotch nicely to give it a bit of a nutty aftertaste. I still might try it with less syrup in the future, just to see how that changes the character.
It’s another Whiskey Wednesday! I picked up some Rittenhouse this afternoon and wanted to try it out. This cocktail seemed very familiar to me, though I can’t quite place it. (It does seem kind of like a Brooklyn.) The rosemary is essential here, as it really gives a wonderful nose to the drink. I might even be starting to enjoy Cynar under the right circumstances.
Well, this really brought out the grape flavors in the Pisco. Works very well as an after dinner digestif.
Here’s another that caught my eye when perusing Kirschwasser recipes. I used Laphroaig as the scotch. I found it to taste mostly of Laphroaig, though Dane said he could taste the differences. I might make it again and try with a slightly more gentle, less distinctive Islay (like Bowmore).
I inherited some Kirschwasser from William and Kim when they cleaned out the bar, so of course I wanted to figure out what the hell I could make with it. This also used another unusual and often ignored liquor, Pisco. I LOVED it! It was refreshing and fruity without being obnoxious. Dane said that he could imagine drinking a pitcher of this stuff by the pool in summer.
With that much passion fruit syrup, I knew this would be a very sweet drink. It wasn’t quite as diabetes inducing as I thought, though, and I think the club soda is the reason for that.
I used some Garrison Brothers bourbon in this, which lent an incredibly corn-forward flavor. It was interesting how much the choice of bourbon really changed the character of this old standby.
