Episode 11: Birth, Bachelorhood and Booking Travel with James Black

The Episode:

The Situations:

James Black joins us as a guest to talk about his new baby and his new album, Moon Boot Cocoon, Ben’s fiancée is out of town and Chris just bought a plane ticket.

The Drinks:

Paradise Lost (via)
1 1/2 oz Reposado tequila
2 oz Pineapple juice
2 oz Lemon lime soda*
1/8 cup Pineapple
1/2 oz Orange liqueur
5 sprigs mint

Muddle the pineapple and mint, add everything else and shake with ice. Pour into a rocks glass.

*To roll your own, fine-strain the juice of one lemon and one lime into a glass. Add an equal volume of simple syrup to the glass, then double the volume again with seltzer

Old Fashioned
2oz Rye
1 Demerara sugar cube
Angostura bitters
Lemon twist

Dash the bitters onto the sugar cube until it’s saturated (2-3 dashes, 4 tops). Muddle that up in the bottom of the mixing glass. Add ice and booze. Stir to combine and strain into a rocks glass with a big ice cube in it. Garnish.

Airmail
1 oz White Rum
1/2 oz Lime juice
1/2 oz Honey syrup
1 oz Champagne
lime wheel

Shake everything but the champagne in ice, strain into a chilled cocktail glass, garnish.

Happy Accident (via)
2 oz Gin
1 oz Sweet Vermouth
1 oz Triple Sec
1/2 oz Lemon juice
1 1/2 oz Clementine juice

Combine the gin, vermouth, triple sec, lemon juice, and clementine juice in a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake well. Strain into a coupe or martini glass and serve.