Back at the beginning of the year, I had made a New Year's Resolution to have a cocktail a week, preferably with friends. Another friend recommended I work my way through the alphabet a few times during the year...and so I did, starting with the letter "A." This and that got in the way of the weekly event starting in March, and I've just now started up again with the letter's "H" (see Hep Cat entry) and "I." Today's drinks were "Italian Surfer" and "Indigo Blues." I have a wonderful bartender who loves having the chance to be creative and learn new drinks, and I've always got my Mr. Boston Official Bartender's and Party Guide in hand. I also rely heavily on a website that has a huge selection of cocktails, A to Z that are more contemporary than the classics you find in the book:
Cocktail recipes: 8000+ appetizing drink recipes.
The Indigo Blues
1 1/4 oz Jose Cuervo® Especial gold tequila
5/8 oz triple sec
1/4 oz Blue Curacao liqueur
2 1/2 oz sweet and sour mix
juice of 1/2 limes
1 splash pineapple juice
Shake and strain into an ice-filled hurricane glass with a salted rim. Garnish with a lime wheel. Serve in: Hurricane Glass
Italian Surfer
2 parts pineapple juice
1 part amaretto almond liqueur
1 part Malibu® coconut rum
Add a splash of orange juice, and a splash of grenadine. Pour ingredients into an ice filled glass, shake to mix and pour. Serve in a highball glass.
Indigo Blues Cocktail
Italian Surfer Cocktail
The bartender had just gotten back from a trip to Florida, and she said the beaches in Miami were "filthy....even dirtier than Ocean City." She amended her statement by saying "Well, Miami is a party town," and I said "Yeah, and I guess their beaches are showing you "the night before." She said the sand was littered with beer cans, cigarette butts, and all sorts of detritus. I said to her, "If you want a beautiful beach, go to Hawaii." She sighed.
2 comments:
Oh! My dear Miami! It was not all that long ago I was living in Florida. I left in 1994 and miss my 8 years spent in the Fort Lauderdale area. I have to say that dirty beaches and comparisons to Ocean City, MD make me scoff with distrust and disbelief. The beaches there were always so nice and so NON-tacky (except in a kitchy kinda art-deco sense). I wish I knew what part you went to so I could steer clear of it myself, and point you to other beaches in Miami that are NOT what you found. Miami is a big town, and there are a lot of spots to sun and be sunned. <g>
A note to Ms. Cubic - you may appreciate adding one of my favorite web bartender books to your arsenal of creative libations. I use http://www.webtender.com as a resource, not because it has more or better drinks (in fact your site is much classier, imho) but because it has features like "In My Bar" where you can list what ingredients you already have on hand, allowing you to be creative without a drunken 2AM visit to the local magic-bottle store. Enjoy!
Thanks for the tip, CAD. My favorite sites column is starting to make me look like a full blown lush. I'd better find some other things to add beyond drinks.
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