The Episode:
The Situations:
Ben is back from his wedding and honeymoon and Chris is saying farewell to a friend.
The Drinks:
A Farewell to Hemingway
2.25 oz Kirsch
1.5 oz Fresh Lime Juice
.25 oz Cherry or Raspberry Syrup
Lime Peel Spiral, for garnish
Shake with ice, then pour unstrained into a collins glass. Drop in a lime peel spiral and top with club soda.
should have been salty and bitter
This is, according to Baker, “a sort of Kirsch Collins,” which he invented for his friend Ernest Hemingway before sending him and bullfighter Sidney Franklin “off on the plane for New York, & Loyalist Spain.”
Aperol Spritz
2 oz Aperol
1 oz Prosecco
1 oz club soda
.5 oz Orange Juice
Build in a rocks glass. Add ice and stir. Garnish with half an orange wheel.
Terroir & Peace
2 oz mushroom-infused gin*
1 oz Dolin dry vermouth
.25 oz thyme syrup**
lemon peel
Combine infused gin, vermouth, and thyme syrup. Stir and strain into a chilled coupe glass. Lemon peel expressed and discarded.
* Mushroom-infused gin: Fill a quart-sized Mason jar 1/2 to 2/3 full with mushrooms, ideally chanterelles. Fill rest of the jar with gin and let sit for up to two weeks.
** Thyme syrup: Heat 1 cup sugar, 1 cup water, and six sprigs of thyme in a saucepan. Slightly simmer until sugar dissolves. Strain.
Pegu Club
2 oz Gin
.75 oz Orange Curaçao
.75 oz lime juice
1 dash angostura bitters
1 dash orange bitters
Shake with ice until well chilled. Fine strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with a lime.
The first thing I did when I got back from my honeymoon was to record an ep of @drinkaboutit: http://t.co/CldCgx6BpW http://t.co/wVD8amJhbv