Pink Elephant

March 20, 2010

Flor de Caña silver
John Taylor's Velvet Falernum
guava
mint
lemon juice

Muddle the guava, add the ingredients and shake. Fine-strain into a collins glass and top with sparkling rose. Garnish with a sprig of mint.

Other than the fact that it's pink, we have no reasonable explanation for the name. It's pretty damn tasty, though!

Red Seal

February 17, 2010

Gosling's Black Seal Rum
John Taylor's Velvet Falernum
blood orange juice
lime juice

Shake it up and strain into a rocks-filled pilsner glass. Top with tonic and garnish with a lime wheel.

Falernum, rum and lime are a magic, punchy combo. The tonic gives it just enough bitter to balance it out. Mmmmmm.....

The Scalawag

January 23, 2010

Flor de Caña 7 year rum
John T. Taylor's Velvet Falernum
lime juice
pineapple
ginger

Muddle pineapple and ginger. Combine ingredients, shake and fine-strain into a collins glass. Top with ginger beer and garnish with a lime wedge.

Another juicy-tart rum drink to help us forget that El Niño has been drenching us this winter.

Solstice Mai Tai

December 21, 2009

Flor de Cana 4 year rum
Gosling's Black Seal rum
Velvet Falernum
pineapple
lime juice
orange juice

Muddle pineapple. Shake everything but the Gosling's and fine-strain into a bucket. Float a little black rum and garnish with fresh mint.

The shortest day of the year deserves a tropical cocktail. Only six more months 'til summer!

Saison

December 18, 2009

Pueblo Viejo silver tequila
Velvet Falernum
pineapple
lime juice
cinnamon bitters

Muddle pineapple. Shake and fine-strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with three espresso beans.
Layers and layers of tasty goodness. If you've never used Velvet Falernum, you should. It's a liqueur (or cordial depending on the brand) with deep clove-almond-lime flavors... really shines in fruit-driven cocktails.

The Joker

September 9, 2009

Siete leguas reposado tequila
Velvet Falernum
apple cider
lime juice

Shake, fine strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime half-moon.

Velvet Falernum is a lime-clove liqueur that adds complexity and viscosity to cocktails. It's strange on it's own, but tasty in certain situations.

Red Velvet

July 10, 2009

Pueblo Viejo silver tequila
blackberry-strawberry puree
lime juice
creme de cassis
Velvet Falernum (a clove & lime leaf liqueur)

Shake, fine-strain and serve up. Garnish with a fresh blackberry.

This one went over pretty well. We went though almost three bottles of tequila, and we actually ran out of the house made puree. Can't go wrong with tequila and berries!