Episode 8: Moving Day, May Days and Outer Space with Lorraine Cink

The Episode:

The Situations:

Lorraine Cink is starting a project to post a video on YouTube for every day of May, Chris helped a buddy move, and Ben is suddenly working on three space-related projects.

The Drinks:

Harvey Wallbanger 
2 oz vodka
3 oz fresh orange juice
1/4 to 1/2 oz Galliano

Build in an ice filled high ball glass. Add the vodka and juice, stir briefly, then float the galliano on top.

Space Gin Smash (via)
1.5 oz dry gin
1/2 oz st germain
1/2 oz simple syrup
1 oz lemon juice
1 oz apple juice
6 mint leaves
4 grapes

Muddle the grapes and simple syrup in a shaker, add remaining ingredients and fill with ice. Shake and strain into a highball glass filled with crushed ice.

May Day Martini (via)
2 oz vodka
1 oz lemon juice
1 oz cinnamon syrup
1 strawberry

Shake all ingredients with ice, double strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

131 (via)
2 oz gin
1/2 oz green chartreuse
1/2 oz simple syrup
3/4 oz lime juice
2 sprigs of mint
1 dash Peychaud’s bitters
1 oz soda water
1 oz tonic

Put everything but the bubbles, bitters and one mint sprig in an ice-filled shaker. Give it a quick shake and strain into an ice-filled collins glass. Top with tonic and soda water. Garnish with the other sprig of mint and float the Peychauds on top.

@drinkaboutit I'm going to an awards show I was nominated for next week!

— R. L. Koontz (@JoshuaLeeCoss) May 2, 2014

Old Fashioned Ron
2 oz Aged rum (let’s say 12 years and older)
1/2 oz water
1 demerara sugar cube
3-4 dashes bitters
1 orange segment
1 cherry

Muddle the sugar, water, bitters and orange segment in a rocks glass. Add ice and rum and give it a stir, garnish with the cherry.