Wonderful and Cheap
June 24th, 2007
Over the past year, I’ve moved from all the wonderful cheap cocktails I started learning on, and into the weird cocktails that have strange ingredients that I would never have thought to buy. That’s all well and good, but sometimes I want to mix a drink that is new to me, but doesn’t mean laying down for something that costs $20+ when I don’t even know if I will like the drinks I can make with it (Parfait Amour, I’m looking at you.). I don’t mind playing around with these things, but it can be a drag sometimes, like when I mixed a Mood Indigo Cocktail. That one was a huge mistake.
A couple of months ago I figured what the hell, I’ll try something that seems plain. I found a drink call a “Bronx Terrace” and mixed it up. It looked like a weird cross between a Gimlet and a Martini. It turned out to be quite good. I’ve started using it as a go to drink when people come over and I need to mix up three or four cocktails quickly.
1 1/2 oz. Gin
3/4 oz. Lime Juice
1/2 oz. Dry Vermouth
1/2 tsp. SugarIf your friends like things sweeter, stir before shaking, if not, shake straight away and strain.
Nice, easy, you probably have the ingredients. Maybe it won’t change the way you look at cocktails, or become your favorite drink of all time, but it’s nice to not head out to the store.
June 25th, 2007 at 9:23 am
It is, in fact, one of my favorite cocktails, and I almost called you yesterday because I couldn’t remember how to make it. Well played.
June 27th, 2007 at 9:00 am
Ian – I found another recipe for Parfait Amour in my large unreliable cocktail book the other night. As always, the standard disclaimers (I found it in the book that contains lots and lots of crap) apply, but here’s the recipe:
Amour Marie
1 Ounce Gin
1/2 Ounce Parfait Amour
1/2 Ounce Dry Vermouth
1 Maraschino Cherry
I don’t know how good this would be, but I think the combination of Parfait Amour and Dry vermouth might work decently well.