Wedding drinks
Was just over in Perth playing bartender at a wedding party – the hosts provided serious amounts of booze for me to cocktail it up with. I had every intention of following recipes, but that never lasts. Two new drinks – no names for them, not incredibly original flavour combinations but both proved really popular:
- 60 ml. reposado tequila (I was using Cuervo, 1800 would be better)
- 20-30 ml. Frangelico
- Dash of sugar syrup
- Half a lime
- Soda water
- Crushed ice
Muddle the tequila, Frangelico, sugar syrup and lime in a rocks glass. The idea is to balance the bite of the tequila and the zest of the lime against the sweetness of the Frangelico and sugar syrup – too much sugar syrup will wreck the drink, so don’t overdo it.
Top with crushed ice, add soda water to taste, stir and decorate with something floral if so inclined.
- 60 ml. vodka
- 20-30 ml. Cointreau
- Mango/passionfruit syrup (supermarket job, handmade would be nicer of course)
- Soda water
Coat the inside of a highball glass with syrup, top with crushed ice. Build vodka, cointreau and soda water. More for the sweet tooths – I like it with a little more vodka and a little less Cointreau. Might also be nice with a little grenadine syrup if you want something more colourful.
- zac.
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