Upcoming TDN – Cleaning House

How many bottles in your liquor cabinet have less than 2oz of booze left in them? Yeah, thought so. Whether sad and forlorn or saved for those extra-special last few drops, those bottles have a destiny to meet this Thursday. And they won’t be the only players – get out that box of minis you’ve been keeping for no good reason too. For this week’s TDN ( What’s Thursday Drink Night? ) we’re going to be using up the dregs of our spirit collections.

The prize for the best original cocktail will win a bottle of Bittermens Xocolatl Mole Bitters courtesy of Mud Puddle Books.

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NOLA Wrap-Up

The first TDN back from New Orleans was not only well attended – the drinks were phenomenal. Some decided to riff on a “classic” NOLA cocktail like the Hand Grenade, others created original drinks around their memories of the previous.

The Winning Cocktail

Ramos Spice

• 1 3/4oz gin
• 1/4oz Campari
• 1oz cream
• 1/2oz lemon juice
• 1/2oz lime juice
• 1/2oz simple syrup
• 1/2oz ginger syrup
• 1 egg white
• 1oz club soda, to top
• orange twist, for garnish

Shake like a creature of the night and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Mark

Featured Cocktails

For the whole list of tippling eccentricities, observe Twitter. But here are the few that achieved warp 10:

(photo and garnish by Tiare Olsen)

Mixo House Cocktail

• 2oz jalapeno infused tequila (or muddle a slice of jalapeno with tequila)
• 1/2oz Domaine de Canton
• 1/2oz lime juice
• 1/2oz vanilla syrup
• Ting, to top

Shake with a healthy load of crushed ice and donate to a tall glass. Garnish as if you’re an architect in Dubai.

Tiare from A Mountain of Crushed Ice

Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch

• 2oz green Chartreuse
• 1oz gin
• 1oz white rum
• 1oz lime juice
• 1oz grapefruit juice
• 1 dash celery bitters
• Ting, to top

First, recite ad naseum from the Book of Armaments. Then shake with a garbage can full of crushed ice and pour into a grenade. Pull the pin, if you dare.

The Violet Carre

• 3/4oz rye whiskey
• 3/4oz brandy
• 1/4oz creme de violette
• 1/4oz Benedictine
• 1 dash Peychaud bitters
• 1 dash Angostura bitters

Stir with cracked ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Mark

Victorian House

• 2oz Old New Orleans 3-year rum
• 1oz Sazerac rye whiskey
• 1/4oz green Chartreuse
• 2 dashes Peychaud bitters
• 1 sugar cube
• orange twist, for garnish

Muddle sugar cube with bitters and Chartreuse. Add remaining ingredients and stir with cracked ice. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Matt from RumDood.com