Underhill-Lounge

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Date: June 15th, 2008

Goombay Smash

15 June, 2008 (22:44) | Cocktails, Family | 2 comments

When I was thinking about a Mixology Monday drink a while ago, it reminded me of my parents, and specifically my Dad. My parents took their honeymoon in the Bahamas. It was there that my Father discovered both the wonder and pain of strong drink. I don’t know the details; but, for him, whatever cocktail [...]

Campden Cocktail

15 June, 2008 (09:00) | Savoy Cocktail Book | No comments

Campden Cocktail
1/2 Dry Gin. (1 oz Plymouth Gin)
1/4 Cointreau. (1/2 oz Cointreau)
1/4 Kina Lillet. (1/2 oz Cocchi Americano)
Shake (stir, please) well and strain into cocktail glass. (Lemon Peel.)
It’s not exactly awful, but close.
I know it would be awful with a questionable gin and modern Lillet Blanc.
To be honest, it is only the edgy quinine [...]