Cocktails, Food, and Gardening South of the hill in Bernal Heights, CA
Brazil Cocktail
1 Dash Angostura Bitters
1 Dash Absinthe (1/4 barspoon Verte de Fougerolles Absinthe)
1/2 French Vermouth (2 oz Noilly Prat)
1/2 Sherry (2 oz Lustau Solera Reserva Dry Oloroso Sherry “Don Nuño”)
Stir well and strain into cocktail glass. Squeeze lemon peel on top.
The Absinthe and Lemon add a nice flavor to the Sherry and Vermouth. The [...]
Bombay Cocktail (No. 2)
1 Dash Absinthe (sadly Pernod was all they had)
3 Dashes Curacao (didn’t see brand, might have been triple sec)
1/2 Brandy (Courvoisier VSOP)
1/4 Italian Vermouth (didn’t see)
1/4 French Vermouth (didn’t see)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass
Whenever I travel, I usually send a note to some friends asking for recommendations for cocktail bars [...]
Block and Fall Cocktail
1/6 Anis del Oso or Absinthe (1/2 oz Verte de Fougerolles Absinthe)
1/6 Calvados (1/2 oz Germain-Robin Apple Brandy)
1/3 Brandy (1 oz Korbel VSPOP)
1/3 Cointreau (3/4 oz Cointreau)
Shake (stir, please) well and strain into cocktail glass.
Another Savoy sweet-and-deadly in the style of the Between the Sheets. This one raises the ante slightly over [...]
Blackthorn Cocktail
3 Dashes Angostura Bitters
3 Dashes Absinthe (Verte de Fougerolles)
1/2 Irish Whisky (1 1/2 oz Redbreast Irish Whiskey)
1/2 French Vermouth (1 1/2 oz Noilly Prat Dry Vermouth)
Shake (stir - eje) well and strain into cocktail glass
The Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) is a bushy, spiny relative of the plum. It is often planted as living barbed wire [...]
ATTY Cocktail
1/4 French Vermouth. (3/4 oz Noilly Prat Dry Vermouth)
3 Dashes Absinthe. (1/2 tsp Verte de Fougerolles Absinthe)
3/4 Dry Gin. (1 1/2 oz Mild Dry Gin, Beefeater’s and Aviation are current faves in this cocktail)
3 Dashes Crème de Violette. (1/2 tsp Rothman and Winter Creme de Violette)
Shake (stir, please) well and strain into cocktail glass. [...]
Apparent Cocktail
1/2 Dry Gin (1 1/2 oz Beefeater’s Gin)
1/2 Dubonnet (1 1/2 oz Dubonnet Rouge)
1 Dash Absinthe. (1/4 tsp. Absinthe Verte de Fougerolles)
Shake (stir, please) well and strain into cocktail glass. (Twist orange peel over glass.)
Not all gins are as happy being mixed with Absinthe as others. Experimentation has led me [...]
From the St. George Website:
St. George Absinthe Verte Update 12/22/07
Unfortunately, we have sold out of all our stock of absinthe!
We are in the process of making more and plan on having more in stock at the end of January. This time around, we are making twice as much to meet demand.
Be one of the first [...]
…Monkey?
After months of negotiation with the TTB, St. George finally has the approval to sell its “Brandy with Herbs.”
The original label involved a skull with crossed bones. Apparently, not funny.
Another label, involving a monkey beating two bones on a skull. Also, not funny.
Finally, a monkey beating a cowbell with a bone. TTB [...]
Well, that isn’t Soup Noodles, it’s a Fourth Degree Cocktail:
2 oz Junipero
1/2 oz M&R Sweet Vermouth
1/2 oz Dolin Vermouth
Dash Absinthe
Lemon Peel
Stir with ice and strain into cocktail glass. Squeeze lemon peel over drink.
I just love how you can see the little droplets of lemon oil on the surface of the drink.
The original drink from [...]
Field trips to unusual locations…
…Tropical Islands where pagan gods hold sway…
…Mysterious Elixirs…
…Madness I tell you, madness…
…Traffic when Island hopping surely sucks…
…late night noshing options are limited…
…and oh, yes, I really needed that last beer.
