One For The Road
Supposedly the title phrase was about giving a drink to a prisoner on his way to the gallows. I'm sure I read that somewhere but couldn't find it in my reference books. Let's just say I'm correct.
Alright, one last alcohol post before we move on to soft drinks. (Aha!) I foolishly thought a mixture of 151 rum and syrup would freeze. It doesn't, well not really. Anyway let me tell you what I was going to do and then we'll move on to what I did do. I was going to call my falernum "metric falernum" and then invent a drink called Gimme Sympathy or something like that. I changed my mind.
The usual format for a falernum blog post is to explain what it is, possibly including a personal anecdote about tiki something-or-other; provide the recipe for falernum; include a picture of one or more of the steps; include a cocktail recipe showcasing falernum; then eitherinvite challenge readers to make their own or claim you will give some away. I'm not going to do that, entirely.
Originally I was thinking of "metric falernum" as in metric ton, but the conversions got a little wacky. So I thought about multiples of ten, and I sort of stuck with it. I ultimately decided against "metric falernum" because, really, the recipe (which sadly isn't on the new site) for Dr. A Elmegirab's is metric in the final analysis. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Frozen Falernum
150mL Brugal 151
10 limes
100g ginger
50 cloves
25g almonds
400mL 2:1 simple syrup
Zest limes, julienne ginger, toast almonds, macerate 24 hours in rum; Squeeze and strain through your fingers, combine with syrup; Make one or two cocktails; Put remainder in the freezer for who knows when. (Makes aprox. 500mL)
So, having not experienced falernum before I'm unsure if I did this right, but I like it. It's currently in the freezer waiting, just waiting...
I did make a Rum Swizzle (as I had only silver rum on hand) and a slight variation on a Wicked Wahine.
Cheers!
ps I made someLazy Pimento Dram too. You don't want that recipe too do you?
Alright, one last alcohol post before we move on to soft drinks. (Aha!) I foolishly thought a mixture of 151 rum and syrup would freeze. It doesn't, well not really. Anyway let me tell you what I was going to do and then we'll move on to what I did do. I was going to call my falernum "metric falernum" and then invent a drink called Gimme Sympathy or something like that. I changed my mind.
The usual format for a falernum blog post is to explain what it is, possibly including a personal anecdote about tiki something-or-other; provide the recipe for falernum; include a picture of one or more of the steps; include a cocktail recipe showcasing falernum; then either
Originally I was thinking of "metric falernum" as in metric ton, but the conversions got a little wacky. So I thought about multiples of ten, and I sort of stuck with it. I ultimately decided against "metric falernum" because, really, the recipe (which sadly isn't on the new site) for Dr. A Elmegirab's is metric in the final analysis. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
150mL Brugal 151
10 limes
100g ginger
50 cloves
25g almonds
400mL 2:1 simple syrup
Zest limes, julienne ginger, toast almonds, macerate 24 hours in rum; Squeeze and strain through your fingers, combine with syrup; Make one or two cocktails; Put remainder in the freezer for who knows when. (Makes aprox. 500mL)
So, having not experienced falernum before I'm unsure if I did this right, but I like it. It's currently in the freezer waiting, just waiting...
I did make a Rum Swizzle (as I had only silver rum on hand) and a slight variation on a Wicked Wahine.
Cheers!
ps I made some
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