podcast – Simple Cocktails: recipes & reviews for home bartenders

Frank Sinatra. “You’re not supposed to burst into laughter.” Not allowed to talk about Frank. Greg says something about Johnny Depp though. We taste Old Port Rum – Lisa says it’s “too advanced.” We talk bitey gins. “Don’t you say that through your teeth.” We make a Pink Gin. A face like a 4-year-old? “I would hold this in a crowd.” Fly me to the moon.

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Old Fashioned Dice Game. What about the BeanBoozed challenge…with booze? We taste the “scary bottle,” Porter’s Fire. Lisa’s two classic drinks. “Isn’t that laughed at in your realm?” Cocaine jokes? Dirty frosting. We make a Lemon Drop with Smirnoff Cirtus. Put a curly-cue lemon rind on it.

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A long day ends with gin. Greg’s a trained liquor athlete. What liquor olympics would really look like….a lot of puke. We taste Uncle Val’s Peppered Gin. Valerie confusion. Greg references Tanqueray Rangpur. Pepper on melons. Benjamin Franklin? We make a Snap Happy cocktail…but is it really a cocktail? Lisa may actually like this. A netherworld.

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Lisa associates with the editor. “Dropping” or “doing” absinthe? “It’s like you knew what to ask me.” We taste Trinity Absinthe which may or may not make you insane. “It’s a little ornate.” We make a Gall Bracer. Jokes vs cocktails! “It’s like Elvis.”

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What’s a Madame Alexander? John Lennon story. We drink Santa Fe Spirits’ Wheelers Gin. Celery, Osha root, and native desert botanicals. Lisa loves the flavor of dirt. “Thank God John Lennon’s dead.” What is half and half? We make a Brandy Alexander (but you can make an Alexander of any sort).  A lot of nutmeg. Greg knows…brothels? Multiple apologies to Pam Grier.

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“Alcohol can only make this better.” The secret to Greg’s success. Lisa smelled gas. We drink Johnnie Walker Platinum out of a coffin. 18-year-old scotch for an 18 year anniversary. “It’s not bad.” A lesson in blended and single malt scotches. “Any woman who’s a scotch drinker is automatically very…sexual.”  The best thing Johnny Depp has ever done? Greg actually makes a cocktail for once: the Cactus Juice, which he calls a “cowboy drink” about a million times.

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We celebrate the 4th anniversary of Simple Cocktails. Here’s my first blog post from 2011. Lisa mocks my Watermelon “Jolly Rancher” Margarita. We taste W.L. Weller and Greg give us a detailed bourbon lesson. Lisa may have a surprise child…”it’s there for you, you just gotta go pick it up and pay for it.” We make the Casino Cocktail. Yes, we bought red cherry vodka once.

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We end 2014 with silly noises. Time off = the plague and schedule glitches. Happy Birthday Jesus, you can celebrate that any time. We taste Galliano and talk about Harvey Wallbangers. How to have your own parade. “Turn that towards Larry.” Bitters on a keychain? We make a Champagne Cocktail and Lisa’s “New Years Drink” (pictured here).

HAPPY NEW YEAR from Simple Cocktails!

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Any single-cocktail makers out there? Cocktails depend on your inventory. Greg says Lisa is a photo-stylist….she says it may be something else. “The idea is old.” We taste Bully Boy Hub Punch. We break out the dusty Creme de Banane and make an Elephant Lips. What’s that joke liqueur? “I collect southern sayings.” Lisa gets risky with her recipe experiments. “I think of Mary Poppins.”

Along the line, we mention Old Man Drinks and a Gin and Milk.

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A special apple-stravaganza show! Taking liquor places….picnics, flasks, uncorking, and more! “Apple gum? No sir.” Are Apple-tinis a joke? We taste Calvados Boulard VSOP and Greg struggles with descriptive words. We also taste Berentzen Bushel and Barrel and make a couple of drinks with it. Shunning measuring glasses. Calming sounds and mental disorders? “This is strawberry milk.” Southern accent required.

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