Cocktails, Food, and Gardening South of the hill in Bernal Heights, CA
Underhill Punsch–Tales Version
2 750ml Bottles of El Dorado 5 Year Demarara Rum
1 750ml Bottle Batavia Arrack van Oosten.
8 lemons, sliced thin and seeded.
750ml Water.
8 teaspoons Yunnan Fancy China Black Tea.
2 crushed cardamom pods.
4 cups Washed Raw Sugar.
Put sliced lemon in a resealable non-reactive container(s). Pour Rum and Batavia Arrack over lemons. Cover and [...]
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 [...]
It’s odd, I still find otherwise sensible people parroting the “thujone hype” about Wormwood and Absinthe.
A couple points which I will repeat.
Wormwood contains a compound called Thujone. This compound is toxic in large doses, (as is most everything you can possibly consume, including water.) Experiments with lab animals show large doses may cause [...]
Had a party last night for the folks who took care of our cats the last time we were out of town.
Here’s the cocktail menu and recipes, in case any of those folks want to make the drinks at home…
Cocktails for Catsitters:
Last Word: 3/4 oz Plymouth Gin; 3/4 oz Green Chartreuse; 3/4 oz Lime; and [...]
Belmont Cocktail
1/3 Grenadine. (3/4 oz Homemade Grenadine)
2/3 Dry Gin. (1 1/2 oz Beefeater’s Gin)
1 Teaspoonful Fresh Cream.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
I can’t say I had much hope for this one. Gin, grenadine, and cream. I think, however, I am again saved by homemade grenadine. I have no doubt I probably wouldn’t have enjoyed [...]
Kind of a day of missed opportunities mended.
Another person I’ve met electronically through my various dealings on eGullet is Audrey Saunders. Last year some time she’d been in town for a Gin Syposium and we had just missed one another.
I really wanted to go to the bar she runs, The Pegu Club, as Mrs. [...]
I have met a couple folks via the food and cocktail forums on eGullet over the years.
A couple guys I knew from their foodblogs and cocktail posts were John Deragon and Don Lee. Serious foodies and tech workers who moonlight as bartenders at PDT, I dropped them a note to see if they would [...]
Angler Cocktail
2 Dashes Angostura Bitters.
2 Dashes Orange Bitters. (1 dash Regan’s Orange Bitters 1 Dash Fee’s Orange Bitters)
1/3 Hercules. (3/4 oz Spice infused Dubonnet Rouge)
2/3 Dry Gin. (1 1/2 oz Beefeater Dry Gin)
Shake (stir, please) well and strain into cocktail glass. (Garnish with a lemon twist.)
Embarrassing cocktail geekery: In his book, “Cocktails: [...]
Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Cherry Bomb
1/4 Cherry Brandy (Massenez Creme de Griotte)
1/4 Cointreau
1/2 Aged Rum (Rhum Barbancourt 5 star)
Use liqueur glass and pour carefully so that ingredients do not mix. Serve with 1/6 lime on top and squeeze into glass before imbibing.
When I was making all those Pousse-Cafe type “Angel” cocktails, I was trying to think of some version [...]
Winter In California
2 oz Germain-Robin Fine Alambic Brandy
3/4 oz Hachiya Persimmon Puree*
Juice 1 Satsuma Mandarin
1/2 oz Orgeat
1/4 oz Pimento Dram
Shake in an iced cocktail shaker to chill. Strain into cocktail glass.
I was looking through the search terms folks were using and happened to notice that among the more predictable terms, (”Absinthe!” Surprise, surprise!) that a [...]
