In my liquor cabinet
Act the First:
Take one bottle of a-step-up-from-bottom-shelf bourbon. I like W. L. Weller which is decent and goes for around $12 a bottle in these parts.
Take one ginger root (not the yucky powered stuff). Peel a thumb sized piece with a vegetable peeler.
Put ginger slivers into the bourbon. You may need to pour off a shot before you add them, to make sure there's room in the bottle. Don't let that shot go to waste.
Let steep for at least a week. Presto! Ginger bourbon, which is just another example of why 'Murica kicks butt.
Act the Second:
Take one bottle of a-step-up-from-bottom-shelf vodka. I like Stravinski Polish Vodka - it had a sign saying it was distilled 5 times. It runs around $10 around here.
Take one grapefruit cup - you know, the ones that come in a plastic cup at the local supermarket.
Put grapefruit sections in the vodka. You may need to pour off a shot before you add them, to make sure there's room in the bottle. Don't let that shot go to waste.
Let steep for at least a week. Presto! Grapefruit vodka, which is just another example of why 'Murica kicks butt.
Exeunt.
Mandarin oranges for about a month.
ReplyDeleteDon't let that shot(s) go to waste.
Alternatively, put a half gallon of cider on the stove with a cup of honey, half a dozen cinnamon sticks, same number of cloves and allspice berries, some nutmeg, a splash of vanilla, half a cup of dark brown sugar and heat until the honey dissolves. Then add half a gallon of Everclear and wait a month.
ReplyDeleteI've got 3 gallons of ginger mead happily burping away in the kitchen at this very moment. It'll take a bit longer to prepare - it's at least a month and a half from bottling, probably closer to two. They tell me it's really good once it's aged a couple of years, but mine never makes it that far.
ReplyDeleteYep oranges... Grapefruit? Really???
ReplyDeleteI heard tell about some frontier barkeep putting peppercorns in his whiskey. Customers liked it, thought it had an extra kick. He didn't tell his customers about the peppercorns.
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