The Episode:
The Situations:
Chris Berube saw 50 Shades of Grey, Chris is having a holiday hangover and Ben surprised his fiancee.
The Drinks:
The Safe Word
1.5 oz Reposado Tequila
.75 oz Aperol
.75 oz Cocchi Americano
.75 oz Sorel liqueur
2 dr Peychaud’s Bitters
1 twst Grapefruit peel (as garnish)
Stir, strain, rocks, twist.
Corpse Reviver #1
1.5 oz Cognac
.75 oz apple brandy or calvados
.75 oz sweet vermouth
Stir with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange twist.
Upside Down Martini
2 1/2oz of french dry vermouth
1 oz gin
lemon peel for garnish
Assemble gin and vermouth in a mixing glass filled with Ice and stir. Strain into a chilled martini glass and garnish with the lemon peel.
Fade To Black (via)
1 oz mezcal, preferably Del Maguey Vida
1 oz Ramazzotti amaro
.25 oz navy strength Jamaican rum, preferably Smith & Cross
.5 oz agave syrup
1 egg
Pinch of salt
2 dashes Bittermens mole bitters
2 ozs Negra Modelo beer
In a cocktail shaker, combine all ingredients except the beer, and dry shake about 30 seconds. Fill three-quarters full with ice and shake for another 30 seconds. Strain into an 8-ounce highball glass with no ice. Top with the beer. Stir briefly with a bar spoon to combine ingredients.
Test Pilot
.5 oz fresh lime juice
.5 oz falernum
.5 oz Cointreau
1.5 oz dark Jamaican rum
.75 oz light Puerto Rican rum
1 dash Angostura bitters
6 drops Pernod
1 cup crushed ice
Procedures
Put all ingredients in a blender and blend at high speed for 5 seconds. Pour unstrained into a double old-fashioned glass, adding more crushed ice to fill. Garnish with an orange wheel.