| |
|
actually, i didn't answer your original question, did i? how rude.
if you want a Red drink that you can mix enmasse (and into which you could drop various plastic things) and which EVERYBODY will like since it's not-too-sweet and not-too-dry, you might consider my velvet brain hammer.
just... be aware you can't taste the alcohol in it, so people may think you're giving them weak punch and be annoyed, unless and until they wake up in the garden. 
i'll save you some google time, here it is:
----
Say "Hi!" to the Velvet Brain Hammer
You may be looking at this white-faced palsied wretch draped over the keyboard moaning softly, and thinking to yourself "I want to be like him!"
Well, now you can.
Here, for the irrationally experimental among you, is the recipe for my, and now your, destruction:
Saltation's Velvet Brain Hammer
Basis:
Absolut Kurrant, Cointreau, lemon zest, flamed lime zest, ice & cranberry juice to taste.
Method:
Take 2 pint glasses for mixing purposes. I always mix better with 2 pints. Into one pour 2 shots of Absolut Kurrant and 2 shots of Cointreau. With a zesting tool, scrape in half a lemon peel. Cut large-ish slices of lime peel off then bend them backwards over an open flame -- you should get jets of burning oil spitting out and into the drink. I usually use about half a lime, and I like to then further scorch the peel before dropping it into the glass. Put in a fair amount of ice, then top up the glass with cranberry juice. Pour the lot back and forth between the two pint glasses till it's mixed, then pour into a tall glass.
Delicious.
Sweet yet crisp, the merest suggestion of alcohol, refreshes the palate even as it numbs. Polish it off. Repeat. Repeat. Notice how much wittier you're getting. Repeat. Peel floorboard from face. Repeat. Notice that the sun has suddenly come up and the world is very very LOUD. Observe half full glass next to head. Shrug, pick it up, and...
Repeat |
|
|
