Cocktails, Food, and Gardening South of the hill in Bernal Heights, CA
One of the drinks included in “Food & Wine Cocktails 2008″ is Martin Cate’s version of the classic Trader Vic drink the Fog Cutter
Taking the opportunity of a friend’s band (The awesome Project Pimento!) playing at Forbidden Island, I stopped by to try the drink in question.
Le Fog Cutter. Tasty! I’d not [...]
Byculla Cocktail
1 Liqueur Glass Ginger (3/4 oz Canton Ginger Liqueur)
1 Liqueur Glass Curacao (3/4 oz Brizard Orange Curacao)
1 Liqueur Glass Port (3/4 oz Warre’s Warrior Port)
1 Liqueur Glass Sherry (3/4 oz Lustau Don Nuno Dry Oloroso)
Shake (stir, please) well and strain into cocktail glass.
Too sweet to be anything other than a dessert cocktail. I like [...]
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 [...]
Balm Cocktail
(6 People)
1/2 Glass Orange Juice. (1/2 oz fresh squeezed)
1/2 Glass Cointreau (1/2 oz)
3 Glasses sherry. (3 oz Lustau Don Nuno Dry Oloroso)
1 Dash Orange Bitters. (Regan’s)
2 Dashes Pimento Dram liqueur. (Homemade)
Fill up the shaker with cracked ice shake and serve with an olive.
The olive garnish doesn’t make any sense to me. Also not sure [...]
Artist’s (Special) Cocktail
1/3 Whisky. (3/4 oz Sazerac Straight Rye Whiskey)
1/3 Sherry. (3/4 oz Lustau Solera Reserva Dry Oloroso Sherry “Don Nuño”)
1/6 Lemon Juice. (1/3-1/2 oz lime juice)
1/6 Groseille Syrup. (bar spoon D’Arbo Red Currant Preserves)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
This is the genuine ‘Ink of Inspiration’ imbibed at the Bal Bullier Paris. The recipe [...]
