The Episode:
The Situations:
Sari Kamin and Jess Kiefer from The Morning After had a terrible Cinco De Mayo and a confrontation at the Canadian border respectively, Chris is checking out some bands he listened to in high school, and Ben is doing some spring gardening.
The Drinks:
Matador Norteño
A few cilantro leaves
2 ounces sotol
.75 ounce pineapple juice
.75 ounce lemon juice
.5 ounce agave syrup
6 dashes habanero bitters
Muddle cilantro in a cocktail shaker. Add remaining ingredients. Add ice, shake briefly and strain into a glass. Pour back into the shaker, strain again into a stemmed cocktail glass and serve.
Old Pal
2 oz Rye
.75 oz dry vermouth
.75 oz Campari
Stir with ice until well chilled and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange peel.
Celine Fizz
2oz Plymouth Gin
.75 oz St. Germain
.75 oz lemon juice
.75 oz simple syrup
1 egg white
Club soda
Dry shake all ingredients (except club soda), then shake again with ice. Double strain into a fizz glass then top w/ club soda. No garnish.
La Luna
1.5 oz Hendrick’s Gin
.75 oz Cucumber Juice*
.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice
.75 oz Mild Jalapeno Syrup*
1.5 oz Soda
Garnish: (Kosher) Salted Cucumber Spear
Combine gin, cucumber, lime and syrup in a tall glass with ice. Top with soda, stir to combine.
*Cucumber Juice: put whole, unpeeled cucumbers through a juicer. If you don’t have one, peel and seed the cucumbers, throw them in a blender and strain through a fine sieve.
*Jalepeno Syrup: Muddle four seeded, chopped jalapeños with one cup of sugar. This should form a thick paste. Combine it with one cup of water in a pot on the stove and heat until the sugar dissolves. Increase the heat slightly and reduce down a bit.
Leapfrog
2oz. Plymouth Gin
.75oz Lemon juice
.5oz Rothman & Winter Orchard Apricot
.25oz simple syrup
2 dashes orange bitters
6 mint leaves
Muddle the mint leaves with the simple syrup. Add everything else, then shake with ice and fine strain into chilled coupe. No garnish.
The guests are the hosts of @TMAonHRN and the episode is long because we had so much fun. http://t.co/qkoGgRzYa8 http://t.co/akdUQu4z9L
Jessie Kiefer and I went on to Let’s Drink About It to tell stories and drink fine cocktails. Check out our… http://t.co/cBBbPVuS7C
@drinkaboutit @BenjaminAhr @ChrisBChicken we experienced lots of pleasure as well! http://t.co/BCTuNXEuQ2
The ladies from @TMAonHRN from @Heritage_Radio delighted the hell out of us this week! http://t.co/qkoGgRzYa8 http://t.co/OcNH4nawQ0