This week was a beautiful one in the DC area: low humidity, plenty of sunshine, and beautiful breezy evenings. To celebrate, I made two new recipes that I thought would blend well with the idyllic weather. The first was a vodka gimlet, which I decided to hack a bit and use some of the key lime juice that’s been burning a hole in my refrigerator. The drink was great, easy and smooth and I think the key lime gave it a sweeter, more enjoyable kick that usual.
- 1.5 oz vodka
- 1 oz Nellie and Joe’s famous key lime juice
- 1 oz simple syrup
On a lark this weekend I bought a bottle of prosecco and did a little surfing to see what concoctions I could whip up with it. I settled on a Seelback that I found via the always helpful Imbibe magazine, which can be rendered as so:
- 1 oz. bourbon
- 1/2 oz. Cointreau
- 7 dashes Angostura bitters
- 7 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
- Champagne
This was not a favorite — I thought the concept was very interesting, but the end product ended up sort of boring, as if I had just dumped bourbon in a glass of sparkling wine. Not a horrible taste, but it just didn’t click with me and came off a bit shrill. I still finished it thought — can’t let all that product go to waste 🙂