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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz brandy, 1 1/2 oz dry vermouth, 2 dashes orange bitters, 1 dash Peychaud’s bitters. Stir with ice and strain into a chilled glass; garnish with a cherry.
Source: Mr. Boston
Kind of like a dry metropolitan, but with fancy bitters and a cherry. Did really do much for me, and the cherry added nothing.
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz light rum, 1 oz lemon juice, 1/2 oz simple syrup, 1 tsp grenadine, 2 dashes Angostura bitters. Shake with ice and strain into a chilled glass.
Source: Mr. Boston
I’m not sure why this is called a white lion when it’s so pink. Perhaps it was named after a club. Honestly, this drink did not stand out to me from my Pink Drink Phase. I suppose it was okay.
Ingredients: 3/4 oz each of rye, sweet vermouth, and brandy, 1/2 oz maple syrup, 1 dash Peychaud’s bitters and 1 dash Angostura bitters. Stir with ice and strain into a glass over ice.
Source: Mr. Boston
Honestly, I don’t remember anything about this cocktail. But considering I switched out most of the ingredients for something else, maybe I don’t have the right to judge it anyway. I have a feeling it was probably too strong for me.
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz light rum, 3/4 oz brandy, 1/4 oz grenadine, 1/4 oz lemon juice. Shake with ice and strain into a chilled glass.
Source: Mr. Boston
Think pink! Think pink, it’s the latest style you knowwwww…
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz bourbon, 1 oz fresh lemon juice, 1/2 oz simple syrup. Add all ingredients to an ice-filled glass, stir, then top with soda water.
Source: Mr. Boston
Basically a Tom Collins but with bourbon, right? For me the flavor of the bourbon wasn’t balanced out enough (but I’m not a big bourbon fan), and the soda water made it taste odd for some reason. Not really a winner.
Saratoga cocktail (Jerry Thomas)
Ingredients: Equal parts brandy, rye whiskey, and dry vermouth, plus 2 dashes Angostura bitters. Shake with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Source: Mr. Boston
There are actually two Saratoga cocktails: one named after Saratoga, NY, and invented by Harry Johnson; the other named after Saratoga Springs and invented by Jerry Thomas. I’m not sure why this cocktail turned out so red-colored, but it tasted like a combination of a manhattan and a metropolitan.
Chocolate Crab Apple Bitters
Ingredients: 1 cup vodka, 3-4 crab apples, 2 juniper berries, about 1 oz chocolate. Infuse in an airtight jar for about 2 weeks, shaking every day. Then strain out the solids and steep in hot water. Let water cool, then strain out solids again and add the water to the bitters.
So I set out to make my own bitters, and I really wanted to use stuff from my yard (hence the crab apples and juniper berries). I honestly had NO IDEA what I was doing or how this would turn out.
The bitters actually turned out pretty good, until I decided to add sugar to the water mixture. Then all of sudden it looked and smelled disgusting. So I don’t recommend doing that.
I also used them in a cocktail and they tasted okay, but a little odd. Not the most successful experiment, but it turned out better than I thought it would.
Ingredients: 2 oz gin, 3 oz ginger ale, splash lime juice, dash of nutmeg. Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled glass.
Source: Skinnytinis by Teresa Marie Howes
I had major issues with this cocktail. First of all, who shakes carbonated beverages? That makes no sense. Second of all, it was gross. I think this might be the most foul cocktail I’ve ever made. The gin and ginger ale combo… ew. The smell of the nutmeg helped a little, but it would have made more sense to sprinkle it on top of the cocktail rather than shaking it with the other ingredients. Do not recommend.
Ingredients: 3 oz light rum, 1 oz maple syrup, 1 oz fresh lemon juice. Shake with ice and strain into a glass with ice.
Source: Mr. Boston
For some reason I expected this cocktail to be gross. It wasn’t—it was delicious! A perfect fall cocktail that I would definitely recommend.
Ingredients: In a shaker, muddle 2 chopped strawberries, 1 oz lime juice, 1/2 oz simple syrup. Add 1 oz light rum and shake everything with ice, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
I do love strawberry daiquiris, and this one was really easy to make and tasted of summer. Yum. The only issue I had was that the strawberry seeds were a bit annoying. I also recommend making sure you have all the strawberry pieces out of your shaker before you put it in the dishwasher, because that stuff doesn’t come off.
