#QuarantineBar tonight is a Rum Fashioned. Made with Zaya Alta Fuerza overproof rum, angostura and bittercube orange bitters, and demerara simple. Constructed in the glass.
#QuarantineBar tonight is nothing fancy. Long day, so just a glass of magners cider.
#QuarantineBar tonight features a martini made with linden leaf 88 gin and noilly pratt vermouth. Shaken to get the ice crystals as part of it.
Tonight's #QuarantineBar is a gin and tonic made with Linden Leaf 88 gin (a molecular distillery) and fever tree tonic. Combined with bittercube orange bitters.
#QuarantineBar tonight, returning after long hiatus due to injuries and illness, is an Irish Old Fashioned with Dead Rabbit Irish Whiskey, a low amount of demerara (about a third of what you'd typically use), and a heavy hand of bittercube orange bitter.
Tonight's #QuarantineBar is a vodka tonic.
This is made with #BearCreek Rye vodka, fever tree tonic, and Scrappy's black lemon bitters. Even ratio of vodka and tonic.
I love this rye vodka for a variety of reasons and always keep a bottle in stock, and voka tonic has a lovely way of highlighting the citrus bitters, letting you really take them in.
#QuarantineBar tonight (no picture) was a lillet, beefeater, seville orange bitters, and fever tree tonic.
Having opened a bottle of lillet, I will now be using a lot of it.
Beefeater is not my favorite gin by a longshot, but sometimes you just want something basic and traditional.
#QuarantineBar tonight, after dealing with the #horses taking down 45' of electric fence, is a Lillet, Gin, and Tonic. Fever tree tonic, woody creek summer gin, lillet blanc, seville orange bitters, and just a splash of lemon juice to help bring out the color of the Woody Creek.
#QuarantineBar tonight, at the end of a long week, is a mezcal negroni.
Campari, Noilly prat sweet vermouth, and Del Maguey Chichicapa mezcal, scrappy's lime bitters. Shaken and poured over fresh ice.
The first time I had mezcal substituting for gin in a negroni it was a revelation: just a stunning combination of elements. I generally prefer the Del Maguey's vida mezcal for this purpose, but the lighter, almost building smoke taste of the Chichicapa felt appropriate today.
#QuarantineBar tonight: Daiquiri. Made with Appleton Estates rum, lime juice, demerara and orgeat, and Blackstrap bitters.
Tonight on #QuarantineBar a variation on a perfect martini!
This one is made with Woody Creek Summer Gin. Noilly Prat sweet vermouth and dry vermouth, Bittercube orange bitters, and I rinsed the glass with Leopold's Maraschino Liqueur.
The balance isn't quite where I want it, but I don't think it will be hard to get it there. Maybe with a touch of citrus or using Leopold's Summer Gin instead of Woody Creek.
#QuarantineBar feature tonight: Captain's Daiquiri, made with Santa Teresa Rum, lime, demarrara, orgeat, and blackstrap bitters.
I've been playing with variations on the theme using different ratios of orgeat versus other sugars to get the balance where I want it.
#QuarantineBar tonight is a classical Daiquiri, made with Spirit Hound Mountain Bum Rum, lime, orgeat, demerara, and Jamaican #2 bitters.
#QuarantineBar tonight is an El Presedente: Spirit Hound Mountain Bum rum, dry vermouth, sweet vermouth (Noilly Pratt), cointreau, lemon juice, dash of grenadine, blackstrap bitters. Stirred.
Tonight's #QuarantineBar features a take on the HipottomaiTai from Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar at the Disneyland Hotel. Bear Creek Silver Rum, Appleton Estates Signature rum, orgeat, agave, Cointreau, lime juice, and Jamaican #2 bitters.
#QuarantineBar tonight features an experiment. An aviation made with Bols genever, Rothman & Winter's creme de violette, lemon juice, Leopold Brothers Maraschino Liqueur, and Bolivar bitters. I included about a half bar spoon of maraschino cherry syrup to balance it.
#QuarantineBar feature tonight: Irish old fashioned. Dead Rabbit Irish Whiskey, demerara simple, a heavy hand with bolivar bitters, and a luxardo maraschino cherry.
#QuarantineBar tonight is another daiquiri, made with Rhum Barbancourt, lime juice, demerara, and blackstrap bitters.
I'm not sure what it says that I took a rum famous for using pure cane sugar juice and not molasses and basically added back in molasses elements, but here we are.