How to make friends, mix drinks and pass out
Sidin Vadukut -
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 11:07 AM
I don't know about you, but a lot of people down here in Mumbai are loooking forward to the holiday tomorrow. Time to kick up those tired feet, load a Ram Varma Gopal ki Aag DVD and throw back a few mid-week cocktails.
But I am guessing that you've been tippling on those same old cocktails you learned to mix way back in college on that hostel terrace: 2 parts Marco Polo beer, 3 parts Romanov Vodka and a dash of whisky from that fellow who brews it fresh in his room. Throw in a pineapple wedge for class. A little AIRQUOTE seasoning AIRQUOTE on the side, Floyd on the speakers and you have a party on!
Thankfully your interpid blogger is not one to sit on his cocktail mixing laurels. Cuba Libres (Coke, Bacardi, Ice) may be easy as hell and kick-ful but nothing can beat a nice...
Blue Sky Cocktail
Chill cocktail glass. Prepare as follows:
Coat inside of cocktail glass with framboise liqueur. Moisten rim of glass with Dry Sack and coat with coconut snow.
In pre-chilled cocktail shaker combine
Shake with coarsely crushed ice to a rhumba beat.
Strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Now before you go around saying that I'm all pretentious and hoity-toity with my liquors let me gently point out that the Blue Sky cocktail was generated, just a few moments ago, by the online Mixilator - Random Cocktail Generator. Based on a simple online interface, a vast database of liquors and spirits and the guiding hand of David A. Embury, the Mixilator conjures up cocktails at your bidding. All served by a comely female robot who speaks with a somewhat philosphical digital voice.
(Embury authored the 1948 classic The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks that outline several fundamental principles of cocktail making. A very worthy and precious work if there was one.)
So next time you're waiting for guests to arrive and have absolutely no idea how to combine tequila, tabasco, beer and Kerala Palm Toddy into a classy concoction at least you can't blame this blog for not trying to help.
Happy mixing!