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Liquid Kitchen
by Kyle Branche / kbranche@earthlink.net
Liquid Lingerie
No navel shots here, but definitely some long-legged drinks
Between the Sheets is a shake-and-strain
drink that goes in a chilled cocktail glass,
getting ¾ oz each of the following: Beefeater gin, Bacardi white rum, Cointreau and
lemon juice. Strain in and garnish with a
twist of lemon peel.
A stir-and-strain drink, the Crystal Slipper
Cocktail also goes in a chilled cocktail glass.
Starting off with 1½ oz Bombay Sapphire gin,
½ oz Bols blue curaçao and 2 dashes of Fee
Brothers orange bitters. No garnish necessary.
Add your own
words and
thoughts
to go along
with each of
these seductive gems, for
you’ll never
be so happy
as when one
of these
get slipped
between
your lips.
A drink similar to another cocktail except
for the measurements, Silky Red Panties is
a shot chilled and strained with ¾ oz vodka,
½ oz Dekuyper Peachtree schnapps and ¼
oz cranberry juice. Make enough for a few
shots while you’re at it!
Add a splash of Grand Marnier to the ice
in the shaker, then rinse through and strain
out. Then add 2 oz Tanqueray Sterling vodka
and chill and strain in a cocktail glass. Garnish with a twist of orange peel. There you
have it—L’Orangerie.
This next tall drink goes in a dark-stemmed
Martini glass. In a shaker add 2 oz Van Gogh
Dutch chocolate vodka with ¾ oz Chambord
black raspberry liqueur and ¾ oz Godiva
white chocolate liqueur. Shake till cold, then
strain into the glass. Garnish with 2 chocolate legs. Yummy. There’s nothing quite like
a Black Stockings Martini.
The Nightie Lifter goes in a rocks glass
filled with cubed or cracked ice and is a
shake-and-strain over ice drink. Add 1½ oz
Maker’s Mark bourbon, ¾ oz Hiram Walker
blackberry brandy and 1 teaspoon of Arrow
peach schnapps. Garnish with a cherry.
A summery bathing suit type of drink, or
what was left of it anyway. Skinny Dippin’
goes in a tumbler filled with cracked ice and
gets 1½ oz Belvedere vodka, ½ oz Amaretto
DiSaronno, ½ oz Bols peach schnapps and
a splash of Ocean Spray cranberry juice.
Garnish with a slice of fresh peach.
A shake-and-strain cocktail, My Dirty
Girlfriend always ends up in chilled
Martini glass. Begin by pouring 1½ oz
Ketel One Citroen vodka, ¾ oz Tuaca, a
pinch of sugar, the juice of ½ a squeezed
lemon and a splash of cranberry juice.
Strain in and drip a stream of Midori to the
bottom of the glass. Garnish . . . well, she is
the garnish.
Stir and strain this next drink in a cocktail
glass. In a shaker of ice, pour ¾ oz each of
the following: Ouzo, Marie Brizard Parfait
Amour liqueur and the ever-herbal Green
Chartreuse. Open your mind to the Blue
Negligee and allow this palate conundrum
to tease the senses.
Pour the Strawberry Stripper in a short
Collins glass filled with cracked ice. Start
with 1½ oz strawberry schnapps of your
choice, close to fill with cold orange juice
and top with a dash of cold cream. Garnish
with a slice of fresh strawberry.
A little old-fashioned, but I like that style.
This could be a late-night drink or a midmorning waker-upper. The Velvet Dress is
a shake-and-pour-over-ice drink going in
an Old Fashioned glass filled with cubed or
cracked ice. Start with ¾ oz Korbel brandy,
1 oz Kahlúa, ¾ oz Dekuyper triple sec and
end with 2 oz of cream. Good night . . . or
good morning!
20 / the tasting panel / september 2007
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