Dark unspiced rum, mango monster, and cranberry juice. I'm a person of exquisite tastes.
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I’ve just been enjoying the 84F/29C day and sipping gin & tonics all day. Started with Sipsmith as the gin, but I emptied that bottle and finished with Hendrick’s Flora Adora.
How do you mix flora adora without it tasting like perfume?
Probably by drinking all day first.
Smart, I'll try that next time.
Went out for KBBQ and had Cassis Oolong and soju all night and now making a Sea Breeze nightcap. Been in a big grapefruit mood, but didn't wanna make another batch of honey syrup for Brown Derbies.
Bourbon and Perrier with a dash of orange bitters
Did you use egg whites? It has a nice foam so I'm guessing you did. I tried it in a smokey whiskey sour yesterday (replace the sugar syrup with maple syrup) for the first time. I've been getting into making cocktails for like a year but always skipped egg whites, but right now I have a bottle of the premade stuff and it was great, made a huge difference to the texture with the dry shaking.
Yes, egg white, dry shake everything then add ice and shake again. It was great!
I made myself and the neighbors a Lazy Bear. Equal parts rye bourbon, dark rum, lime, honey simple with a dash of ango.