19 September
2021
17 September
2021
From the bartender’s corner – Harrington
This is a simple cocktail with Vodka, Orange Curacao and Green Chartreuse. Ideally, I would garnish by squeezing an orange peel over the drink and then floating it in the drink. But, I could not find any orange in our refrigerator.
The nose is full of the Chartreuse aroma and the palate is decidedly citrusy from the orange.
12 September
2021
From the bartender’s corner – Washington cocktail
2 September
2021
For all you Old Fashioned lovers…
maybe I should have written it as all you lovers of the cocktail named Old Fashioned…. đ
If are ever in downtown San Fran, do go to the bar inside The Clancy Autograph collection hotel and ask for Fortunato. And then ask him to make you his signature Old Fashioned.
His variations include using maple syrup instead of simple syrup and orange bitters instead of usual bitters. Finally, he smokes it by burning hickory chips.
DELICIOUS!!
29 August
2021
From the bartender’s corner – Aphrodite’s Love Potion
28 August
2021
From the bartender’s corner – La Bicyclette
27 August
2021
From the bartender’s corner – 15th State Cocktail
The 15th state to join the union (USA) was Kentucky. So, of course, the name is a give away to the fact that this is a Bourbon (indigenous to Kentucky) cocktail. In addition to Bourbon, it has, sweet Vermouth and Maraschino liqueur.
Fairly rich on the palate. Relatively lighter on the nose and length…
22 August
2021
From the bartender’s corner – Mr. 404
I have not been able to find the original root of the name – although it has been featured in Mr. Boston Official Bartender’s Guide for some time.
This is vodka, elderflower liqueur, aperol, lemon juice and sugar syrup. The right way to serve is with a orange peel for garnish but I did not have any oranges handy.
The drink itself is strong with the sweet fragrance of elderflower on the nose and a bit bitter sweet to the palate.
15 August
2021
From the bartender’s corner – Temptation Island
14 August
2021
Learnt a new trick
The six of us settled down at Hooked Beaver Creek for lunch. I asked for an Old Fashioned – a little on the sweeter side since the hike was hot and draining. When the drinks came around, I took a sip and really liked the taste. However, something else got my attention… It is the King Ice cube. Note how the ice has the inscription INSIDE it!! In fact, it is the logo of the restaurant.
“That is not very easy to do”, I remarked to Sunil and Anannya as I picked the ice up and showed it to them.
“Josh!”
“Yes, sir”
“This ice cube…”
“Yes, sir”
“Did you make it?”
“Indeed”
“That is crazy good. How do you do it?”
“Oh! it takes me a whole day”… and then our bartender, Josh, went on to show how he makes those ice cube.
He first freezes two dozen of these cubes in a standard tray. But instead of filling up the tray holes to the top, he goes only about 9/10th of it. Then he freezes it.
For the second step, he uses an iron rod that has a logo imprinted on it (like a rubber stamp). He heats up this rod by leaving it in boiling water. He brings the cubes out and then using the iron rod, he basically brands (like you brand cattle) the top of the ice cubes. He lets the melted water drain out and then re-freezes.
The third step would be to bring out the cubes and then put some food colorings in the grooves created by the branding. Re-freeze.
As a final step, he fills up the cubes to the top and does the final re-freezing!
Voila! The ice cube comes out with the beautiful etches inside!!
I need to try this!
If you are in Beaver Creek, CO, try out Josh’s old fashioned at the Hooked restaurant!
