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Peculiar Produce

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Dragon Unit

1 1/2 oz Old Tom Gin [Hayman’s]
3/4 oz Triple Sec [Short Path]
1/2 oz Elderflower Liqueur [St. Elder]
4 chunks of Dragon Fruit
Few Drops Saline Solution

Muddle dragon fruit in the bottom of a mixing glass.  Add first three ingredients and shake with ice.  Double strain into a cocktail glass, add a few drops of saline solution and give a quick stir.  Garnish with dragon fruit wedge.

Lately I’ve been into cruising through the produce section to see if there is any weird fruit I can use for cocktails.  A month or so ago I came home with a prickly pear, infused some pisco, and made the Sufferin’ Succulents.  This time it was a similarly odd looking fruit that caught my eye, the dragon fruit. Continue reading →

Interesting Bubbles

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Prince of Wales

3/4 oz Brandy [Copper and Kings]
3/4 oz Madeira [Broadbent Rainwater]
1/4 oz Triple Sec [Short Path]
Few dashes Titze Bitters Bear’s Den Aromatic Bitters (original recipe calls for Angostura]

Combine in a mixing glass, stir with ice and strain into champagne flute.  Top with ~3 oz Champagen (or Prosecco, or Cava), and lightly stir to combine.  Garnish with lemon twist.

Taken from Mr. Boston Official Bartender’s guide.

Welp, it’s that time again.  The weather’s getting cold, the calendars are turning over, and parties are being planned.  Rest assured no matter where you celebrate Sunday night, there will be bubbles.  And it’s my yearly duty to remind you that you can do better than just champagne on New Year’s Eve. Continue reading →

Better Know a Classic: Rum Swizzle

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Rum Swizzle

2 oz Dark Rum [Plantation]
2 oz Gold Rum [Short Path]
2 oz Pineapple juice
1.75 oz Orange juice
1 oz Triple Sec [Short Path]
1 oz Falernum [house]
.75 oz Lemon Juice
few dashes angostura bitters

Combine ingredients in a glass and stir.  Fill a Collins glass 2/3 of the way with crushed ice, and add contents of mixing glass.  Swizzled or stir vigorously until a frost forms on the outside of the glass.  Top with more crushed ice.  Garnish with orange slice and mint (cuz I had some in my yard).  Add any kitschy swizzle sticks you may have and a straw.

* adapted from The Swizzle Inn website

Sorry (not sorry) for the lack of posts lately, but I have a valid excuse.  I was on vacation! A cruise to Bermuda to be exact.  While aboard the ship and on shore, I had many a tropical drink.  However, the one I’m spotlighting in this week’s entry into the Better Know a Classic series is Bermuda’s other famous drink – the Rum Swizzle.

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I’m Gonna Drink You, Sukkah!

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Lazarus Cocktail

3/4 oz Gin [Ryan and Wood]
3/4 oz Triple Sec [Short Path]
3/4 oz Etrog Liqueur [Sukkah Hill Spirits]
3/4 oz Amaro Montenegro

Stir ingredients with ice, strain into a chilled cocktail glass.  Garnish with lemon twist.

A few weeks ago Mrs. Muddle informed me a package showed up at our door that appeared to be boozemail.  She asked if I was expecting anything, but I was not.  It turned out the folks at Sukkah Hill Spirits sent me a bottle of their Etrog liqueur.   Continue reading →