I bought my first bottle of Hendrick's Gin tonight, based on many recommendations. I used it in my Tom Collins (plural) tonight. I hate to say it, but I'm not overly impressed. Sorry Hendrick's gin fans, but I don't think it's as good as New Amsterdam Stratosphere. Or Beefeater, although it's twice the price of Beefeater.
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I like Hendrick's but I don't think it can shine in a drink that is loaded with sugar and fruit juices. I think it shines in the simpler preparations, like the cucumber martini.
As my own personal rule of thumb, for cocktails that are heavy with sugar and juice, I usually use the cheaper liquors, saving the good stuff for simpler drinks or for drinking neat where I can really taste nuances of the liquor.
Going along with my own personal rule, Huskee , I'd use Beefeater in a Tom Collins too.
Kathryn
Last edited by fzxdoc; May 15, 2022, 06:14 AM.Comment
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So my daughter brought this Smirnoff Pink Lemonade Rose Vodka, didn’t like it.
And the Skinny Syrups flavour burst, didn’t like it.
Gave em to me so I put on my mad scientist cocktail hat and came up with:
A SHORT AFTERNOON
Its still a work in progress, right now it’s:
1oz Vodka
1oz Burst
and equal parts lemonade and soda water with tons of ice.
Going to keep fiddling with the amounts of burst an lemonade.
The Vodka May go up another 1/2oz, gotta watch it 3-4 if these things and it will be....a short afternoon....
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I went down from an ounce in 1/4 oz increments to 1/4oz, then 1 tablespoon....that stuff packs a wallop.
Seems 1/2oz was best result.
And then again, it may just not be a match for this drink.
My daughter was going to toss it so not out too much but still much research to be done. -
So more experimentation this afternoon, swapped in pink lemonade for regular lemonade.
Since I had a bottle of Prosecco opened added it into the mix.
Also cut back on the burst.
The latest incantation:
1 1/4oz Pink rose vodka
2 1/2oz Prosecco
1/4oz of Burst
Top off with pink lemonade over tons of ice
Depends where you want to go and how fast you wanna get there but 2 1/5oz soda water can be swapped in for the Prosecco.
Thinking this is as far as this one goes, any suggestions are welcome.
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I found a substitute for egg whites that does a great job at emulsification. it's aquafaba that I got from a can of chickpeas. You drain the liquid and use it in place of raw egg whites.
​​​​​​This is an Earl Grey Marteani- 1 1/2 ounces Earl Grey tea-infused gin*
- 3/4 ounce lemon juice, freshly squeezed
- 1 ounce simple syrup
- 1 egg white
- Garnish: sugar rim
- Garnish: lemon twist
Add the tea-infused gin, lemon juice, simple syrup and egg white into a shaker without ice and dry-shake vigorously (at least 10 seconds).
Add ice and shake again until well-chilled.
Strain into the prepared coupe.
Garnish with a lemon twist.
I infused 500 ml of gin for 2 hours with 2 T of Earl Grey Tea and strained it through a coffee filter.
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Last edited by Attjack; May 15, 2022, 01:07 PM.Comment
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Good idea with the aquafaba, Attjack . I'm always put off by the addition of raw whipped egg whites in a drink.
Funnily enough, I just got my quarterly delivery from the Rancho Gordo Bean Club, which included a bag of garbanzos. In the newsletter that accompanies the delivery, Steve Sando mentioned using aquafaba in cocktails.
I guess you just put 2 TBL of the chickpea juice in a cocktail shaker and shake for 30 seconds. The aquafaba adds no discernible flavor to the cocktail. I'm going to try this. I found more info in a Cooking Light aquafaba whiskey sour article.
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When you are making your cocktail, add the ingredients into your shaker without ice and shake 10-20 seconds. Then add ice and shake to chill.
I tossed my leftover garbanzo beans in oil, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, cayenne, salt, and pepper and air-fried them until they were crunchy to make a nice bar snack to go with the cocktail.
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I’ve never made one bc all the Singapore Sling recipes I came across topped the drink w soda water. This looks much better. ThanksComment
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