Molecular Drinking

Author: mlgoodson

  • The Emerson

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    I was looking back through the cocktails that I wanted to write about and found this one from back in May, 2007.  Okay, curious. Why hadn’t I written about this one yet?  I looked back at the cocktail hazed notes that we jotted down at the time and they seemed favorable.  Well, today’s the day.  …

  • Delmonico’s No. 1

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    Well, this is just quick one. First the recipe from David Wondrich’s Esquire Drinks: 3/4 oz. gin 1/2 oz. brandy 1/2 oz. Sweet Vermouth 1/2 oz. Dry Vermouth 2 dashes Angostura Bitters Stir with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Part of what makes this post short is the cocktail.  It’s good.  Just not…

  • The Last Word…

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    Apparently this is going to be another blog post with a rambling backstory before I get to the drinking…. This story begins back in February.  My delightful wife, B-, having given me a bottle of Green Chartreuse for Valentine’s day, emailed me with several websites about a cocktail that used it. Enter the Last Word. …

  • The Essence of Simplicity

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    To quote a recent New York Times article by Pete Wells,  “If it’s purple and looks like it came from Mr. Softee, it’s not a daiquiri, no matter what the bartender says.” David  Wondrich, in his regrettably out-of-print book Esquire Drinks, has the daiquiri as one of his four pillars of the cocktail world.  It…

  • The Pisco Sour

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    This all starts with a stocking stuffer my father-in-law gave me for Christmas a couple of years ago, the July/August 2007 issue of Imbibe Magazine.  They had an article pisco, on the brandy of Peru and (though highly disputed by Peruvians apparently) Chile.  This intrigued me, an so begins a short pisco lesson (okay, a…

  • Working back to a name…

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    It all started out so simply.  It’s summer. Limes are eight for a dollar.  I like gimlets (especially gin, though vodka ones can slake the thrist in a pinch).  So no problem.   Make a gimlet, but use fresh lime juice and a splash of simple syrup.  Only problem?  A gimlet, by definition in at…

  • The Sidecar

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    It’s as American as Mom, apple pie and lemonade (well, as I like to think of lemonade anyway). To quote David Wondrich, “The Sidecare is often singled out as the only good cocktail to come out of the long national nightmare that was Prohibition.” Seems only fitting to celebrate the 5th of July with this…

  • Making sense of a 103 degree day.

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    Today was hot.  The first really hot one of the summer—103 to be specific.  Just to keep things interesting, the power also went out for a couple of hours.  Well, not surprisingly B wanted something refreshing to combat the ill effects of such a concatentation of circumstances.  I got to browsing through Dale Degroff’s (of…

  • Simple Syrup

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    Simple Syrup 1 cup sugar 1 cup water Bring the two to a boil until the sugar dissolves. Cool and store in the refrigerator for a few weeks.  Add a shot of vodka per pint and you buy a couple of more weeks.  Beyond that and the white fuzzies start to make a lunch of…

  • The Ramos Gin Fizz

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    This one has been taunting me for a while (not the glass St. Nick decoration in the background).  Oh well, this one is better when it’s warm anyway.  So on with it… 2 ounces Dry Gin 1/2 ounce Lemon Juice 1/2 ounce Lime Juice 1 ounce Cream 1 Egg White 1/2 ounce Simple Syrup 2…