Ep 74: Feeling The Burn with Kenzi Wilbur

The Episode:

The Situations:

Kenzi Wilbur, host of the Burnt Toast podcast, published an article she worries could cost her her job, Chris started working out with a personal trainer, and Ben gaslit himself.

The Drinks:
Oaxaca Old Fashioned
1.5 oz reposado tequila
.5 oz mezcal
1 tsp agave nectar
2 dashes mole bitters
Orange Twist

Combine ingredients in a mixing glass and fill with ice. Stir well to chill, and strain into glass filled with ice. Twist an orange peel over drink and use as garnish.

Play Mercy
.75 oz Aperol
.75 oz Cocchi Rosa
.75 oz St. Germain
.75 oz fresh lemon juice
3-4 oz club soda

Combine all ingredients, except the club soda, and shake with ice. Strain into an ice-filled glass, top with soda and garnish.

In-Sandiary
1 cup cubed ripe watermelon, seeds removed
2 oz blanco tequila
.5 oz fresh lime juice
.25 oz simple syrup
ice
Chili salt mixture*

Rim a chilled cocktail glass with chili salt mixture by placing the edge in lime juice and then in the chili salt. Juice watermelon or muddle well in a cocktail shaker to yield 2 ounces watermelon juice. Strain and discard solids. Add 2 ounces watermelon juice, tequila, lime juice, and simple syrup to a cocktail shaker and fill with ice. Shake well. Fill rimmed serving glass with ice and strain drink into the glass. Serve immediately.

*Chili Salt Mixture
1 oz fresh lime juice
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon ancho chili powder

Lime juice in a saucer, then combine the salt, sugar and chili powder and place on a second saucer.

Sorel Submerge (via)
2 cubes Sorel
2 oz Gin
1 oz Elderflower liqueur

Fill an ice cube tray with Sorel, freeze. Place frozen cubes of Sorel into a highball glass. Add gin and elderflower liqueur; as Sorel ice cubes don’t float, they will sit at the bottom of the glass, dissolving slowly.