Drink Creations

Buck Night

We picked up some Reed's Extra Ginger Beer at Trader Joe's this afternoon so that we could mix up some bucks. Using the 12BB recipe, we made both the gin and the rye variants

• 2 oz rye or gin (used Old Overholt and Gordons, respectively)
• 1/2 a lemon or lime
• ginger beer

Squeeze the citrus into the glass then toss in the rind. Add the booze and the ginger beer and stir gently.

"So easy to drink. Like a soft drink."

Blueberry Whiskey Sour

Slightly reduced the amount of sweetener in this blueberry themed whiskey sour because the Blueshine has maple syrup.

• 1.5 oz Blueshine
• 3/4 oz lemon juice
• 3/8 oz simple syrup (used jaggery)

Garnished with lemon spray. I think this is the best drink we've made with the Blueshine thus far.

El Tamarindo

Attempted to make El Tamarindo from the "12 Bottle Bar" book, but without proper Agua de Tamarindo. Instead, I took some burmese tamarind candy and muddled with hot water.

• 3 parts white rum (used Brugal Especial Extra Dry)
• 2 parts tamarind syrup (3 tamarind candy chunks + 1 tbsp water)
• 1 part lime juice
• soda water

Our soda water was a little flat from last night but the drink turned out OK. The tamarind flavor could be more pronounced but I didn't want to use too much candy since it would be too sweet.