We like to call ourselves mixologists now. It sounds so much better than drinkers.
So! The first one is not one we actually made up ourselves. A. found it somewhere online and promptly forgot both the name of the drink and where he found it. I did a very quick search in a half-assed attempt to credit the original source, but couldn't find it by searching for the ingredients in Google. So no credit. If it's yours, feel free to let me know.
ANYWAY.
It's the most bizarre-sounding combination of liquors ever. You ready? Okay. One shot of gin, half a shot of dry vermouth, half a shot of peach brandy (I KNOW), juice from about a quarter of a lemon. And some water for me, because I always water my drinks.
I do not know why the hell we have peach brandy of all things in our liquor cabinet, but we do. It's quite strongly peach-y flavored, and very sweet--basically a liqueur--so you can really taste the peach. It's good. It also makes one hell of a strong drink in combination with the gin and the vermouth. You've been warned.
The second one I just made up tonight. I started out making an original daiquiri, which is supposed to be light rum, lime juice, and simple syrup. Except we didn't have light rum. Our current rum is Pusser's Rum, which is the grossest name for a liquor ever and also apparently the Original Navy Rum.
Yo ho ho!
ANYWAY AGAIN.
So Pusser's Rum. Right. Then juice from half a lime. And then, since I was too lazy to make an actual simple syrup, I used some of the juice from an open jar of pears in the refrigerator. I can pears with a medium sugar syrup, so it works pretty well as a substitute for simple syrup. And then, because I always water my drinks and I was feeling frisky (not really), I topped it off with a little seltzer.
SO GOOD.
To recap for those of you playing along at home: A shot of rum, juice from half a lime, pear syrup juice to taste, and seltzer.
If you read the history to Pusser's Rum that I linked to up there (and you really, really should--it's funny), you saw that the daily naval ration of rum was called a tot. And so I think I really must call this drink Tot Juice. You know, for all the mothers out there making it after the children are nestled all snug in their beds. Although it's entirely possible I'm the only one doing that, what with the fact that it calls for pear syrup and that is not an ingredient found in most people's liquor cabinets.
But if you DO happen to have some pear syrup around, you should try it.
Happy Friday, mateys! Drink up.
Actually, peach brandy is one of the ingredients in Fish House Punch; that's one reason we have it. Another is that I meant to make a peach pie this year, and some people like a little peach brandy poured into a peach pie. I know. Not everybody, but some people.
ReplyDeleteJust saw yesterday's pictures. Awwwwww. Wish I could have been there. Glad to see you got the package for Charlie. I think it might have been from sis, who was asking about it?
ReplyDeleteSince we're a wine and beer kind of house, you'll have to give me a list of possible liquor ingredients to stock before y'all come to visit, whenever that might be. Trying those different combinations sounds like a fun way to end a day.
Yay! Drinking Friday! I like that so much.
ReplyDeleteWhile I don't have peach liquor or pear syrup, I do have gin. Which I will be making into a straight up martini with two olives because I've run out of tonic and decided I like the gin just by itself because I'm too lazy to go to a store.
I can't decide whether I'm an alcoholic or really sophisticated.