gin, Drambuie, kirsch, oj, lemon juice, agave nectar

I found this recipe on cocktailpartyapp.com.

I’m not one to judge a drink by its recipe. I’m kind of the opposite – I like to try the modern cocktails with weird-ass ingredients…gin and Drambuie? What are you EVEN DOING? Not to mention kirsch and agave. C’MON.

These ingredients look like a kid grabbed a bunch of stuff they could reach and made a drink out of them.

But I’ve been surprised by weird-ass cocktails before, and here I am again. This one took first-place prize at the 2009 Drambuie Den cocktail competition. For good reason.

Like, how do you even imagine how these things are going to taste together? You can’t. You have to trust that there was thought and knowledge put into this drink (there was). First taste, I actually said “bang!” and pulled out finger guns from pretend waist holsters. You’re hit with the tang of the citrus and the kirsch.

Then it settles on your tongue and you get the Drambuie and agave. Put those finger guns away, this is sweet and spicy. The gin is in there, but kind of lost. It’s okay, my taste buds are busy enough. I used The Botanist, a New Western style of gin. An Old London Style of gin (think Tanqueray or Bombay) would have given more gin flavor.

In other news, I switched from PC to Mac. Omg. Lifetime PC user, like since high school? I’m learning new photo editing software. Not super happy with this photo, but I know you’ll be nice to me.