Pádraig Colón II

Building off the first test:

1/4 oz Reposado

1/4 oz Allspice

1 oz Irish Whiskey

1/4 oz habanero/ginger syrup*

- stir together well and pour into rocks glass

6 or 7 drops Cointreau

several dashes Peychaud's

*3/4 cup simple syrup made with equal parts water and raw sugar. Heat through, add ~2 tablespoons chopped ginger and two habaneros (deseeded). Steep for 10 mins and strain.

Block-Ade

Reading the book Daring Young Men: The Heroism And Triumph Of the Berlin Airlift June 1948 - May 1949, I came across this recipe. Some of the women living in the American occupied zone put together a charity cookbook to raise money for German orphans. One of the recipes was for Block-Ade (serves 75):

• 2 cans fruit cocktail
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 bottles cognac
• 6 bottles red wine
• 6 bottles white wine
• 6 bottles champagne

Pádraig Colón

Just made my first half attempt at the drink I expect to call the Pádraig Colón, and was surprised to have a nice result right off the bat. This isn't the final recipe, but it's probably the base of the end product:

1/4 oz tequila reposado

1/4 oz St Elizabeth Allspice Dram (Pimento liqueur)

3/4 oz Bushmills

Interesting found recipe

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100226/LIVING06/2260324/-1/living06/The-Spirit-of-Benji-Mixologists-find-inspiration-in-classics

I like the sound of the recipe at the end, but I think I'll get a non-crap vodka and infuse it myself.

Veev pt. III

1.5 oz Veev

.75 oz Domaine de Canton

juice of half lime

Fee Brother's Orange Bitters

Good, no cigar.

Add club soda (not much)

Cigar.

On a side note, did ya realize that the Domaine cap is two parts? It has a normal cap with that triangly thing glued on top.

Veev pt. II

1.5 oz Veev

1 oz North Shore vodka

juice of half lime

club soda

Fee Brothers Orange Bitters

Better, but not particularly exciting.

Veev pt. I

3/4 oz Veev Acai

3/4 oz Smirnoff Citrus

Club Soda

Juice of half lime

dashes Angostura bitters

The bitters are entirely wrong in this one.