Summit Sips » orange blossom water http://summitsips.com Explorations in Mixology Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:18:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Drink of the Week: Rurita http://summitsips.com/2011/08/drink-of-the-week-rurita http://summitsips.com/2011/08/drink-of-the-week-rurita#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:08:28 +0000 Randy http://summitsips.com/?p=4331 Not long ago we made some great rhubarb-infused vodka. What I never shared was that in addition to the vodka, I also infused some gin. I figured that while the rhubarb was still available I might as well try it. Then the May/June 2001 issue of Imbibe Magazine came out and there was a nice recipe for Rhubarb Bitters. Yep, I made that too, and as recipes go, this was not much more than chopping up some stuff and throwing it into a jar for a couple of weeks.

The “stuff” includes lots of rhubarb, some grapefruit peel, orange peel, and cinnamon all macerated in a jar of high-proof neutral spirits, then diluted some with water and sweetened with agave. It’s not exactly bitter, but it has a great concentrated flavor that can be used to add complexity to cocktails or to season them to bring other ingredients together.

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]]> http://summitsips.com/2011/08/drink-of-the-week-rurita/feed 0 Mai Tai: The Drink of the Week and How to make Orgeat Syrup http://summitsips.com/2010/06/mai-tai-the-drink-of-the-week-and-how-to-make-orgeat-syrup http://summitsips.com/2010/06/mai-tai-the-drink-of-the-week-and-how-to-make-orgeat-syrup#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:52:48 +0000 Randy http://summitsips.com/?p=136 This week I am featuring a cocktail that has been a long time coming and usually ranks as a favorite among cocktail enthusiasts. Actually, I posted the original recipe for this cocktail last year, but this version is a little more accessible. In fact, it includes one of the first homemade ingredients I ever made. Once you’ve whipped up a batch of special syrup, you can finally mix the Drink Of The Week, the delicious Mai Tai.

Trends come and go, and this was certainly the case with the Polynesian tiki craze of the 1950s. However, in the current mixolgy movement there is plenty of room for tropical cocktails, and with so many rums and other ingredients available, tiki culture is bigger than ever! And why shouldn’t it be? Tiki cocktails are among the most complex, most ambitious, and most flavorful concoctions out there. Multiple rums in one drink,

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]]> http://summitsips.com/2010/06/mai-tai-the-drink-of-the-week-and-how-to-make-orgeat-syrup/feed 4 Drink Of The Week: Ramos Gin Fizz http://summitsips.com/2010/02/drink-of-the-week-ramos-gin-fizz http://summitsips.com/2010/02/drink-of-the-week-ramos-gin-fizz#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:52:03 +0000 Randy http://summitsips.com/?p=1202 Well, it’s Mardi Gras week, and although we just finished celebrating the Winter Carnival here in St. Paul, New Orleans is just getting started with their own annual festival. This year the new Superbowl champions have another reason to celebrate. But in addition to the parades and the street parties, New Orleans has always played an important role when it comes to cocktails.

When deciding the Drink Of The Week this week I knew it had to be something historically significant from New Orleans. My first inclination was to feature the Sazerac—often cited as one of the first cocktails ever created, if not the original cocktail. The history is debatable even though it was made the official drink of New Orleans. Important as it is, I am going to leave the Sazerac for another time and instead focus on the equally famous “morning after” remedy—the Ramos Gin Fizz.

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