Shooters are a young drinker's game, and probably should be. Mixing up multicolored, oddly flavored concoctions designed to be consumed as quickly as possible? Somehow, this is considered good bartending instead of neglect. I've made plenty of money off of "shot" recipes, but you'll never hear me bragging about my Slippery Nipples, my Red-Headed Sluts (ahem), or my Washington Apples. They're a terrible idea, they almost always lead to problem drinking, and the cheap, imitation liqueurs used to flavor them taste funky, and lead to a terrible hangover in the morning.
So why are we talking about kamikaze shots? Well,
Posts Tagged ‘lime juice’
Zombie
by Dennis Mayer on October 21st, 2011 | Cocktails
Let's take a break from talking about seasonally appropriate cocktails and liquor, and just have some fun for a bit. Because between Halloween and the premiere of The Walking Dead, it seems like a perfect time to talk about zombies.
Now, we've talked about rum cocktails before, and as we discussed then, the Zombie can be hard to decipher from just about any other strongly mixed rum grog. As a singular recipe, though, it's hard to beat. The drink is almost all liquor, but deceptively fruity - obviously, a dangerous combination that should not be taken lightly. And that's
Now, we've talked about rum cocktails before, and as we discussed then, the Zombie can be hard to decipher from just about any other strongly mixed rum grog. As a singular recipe, though, it's hard to beat. The drink is almost all liquor, but deceptively fruity - obviously, a dangerous combination that should not be taken lightly. And that's
Lemon & Lime Juice
by Dennis Mayer on October 13th, 2011 | Ask the Bartender, Cocktails, Shopping
There's a new cocktail recipe that I want to try. One of the ingredients is fresh-squeezed lemon juice. Can I use the bottled juice instead?
You can - one tablespoon of bottled lemon juice is equal to the juice from half a medium-sized lemon. But...
It's not going to taste quite as good. See, lemons contribute two specific flavors to a cocktail. There's the big, acidic tartness of the juice from the lemon's fruit - that's captured pretty well in the bottled juice. But there's also the refreshing, zesty kick that comes from the oils in the lemon rind. Those flavors
You can - one tablespoon of bottled lemon juice is equal to the juice from half a medium-sized lemon. But...
It's not going to taste quite as good. See, lemons contribute two specific flavors to a cocktail. There's the big, acidic tartness of the juice from the lemon's fruit - that's captured pretty well in the bottled juice. But there's also the refreshing, zesty kick that comes from the oils in the lemon rind. Those flavors
Apple Pie Sidecar
by Dennis Mayer on September 23rd, 2011 | Cocktails, Crafty Bartender
Fall is a strange time of year in the food and beverage world. Half of the menus you see feature items that stretch out bright, fresh summer flavors as long as possible. The rest look forward to the warm, hearty cuisine we'll be eating all winter. The drinks that suit the seasons change as well. In the summer, we want cool, long, light drinks with flavors that refresh and then leave the palate quickly - a French 75, a mint julep, maybe a chardonnay (if nobody's looking). In the winter? We're looking for something that wraps itself around us and
Honeydew on the Rocks
by Michele on August 7th, 2009 | Cocktails, Mixed Drinks
Summer has been slow to arrive, finally we have temperatures near 90 and lots of humidity, which means that a lot of people now are complaining that it's too hot. Go figure! These are the same people that were complaining that it was too cold and rainy for the first half of the summer. (more...)
