Angel's Tip

Well, I haven't done a semi-drunk post in awhile...ever since I decided that next-day posts were better than under-the influence posts, but I never feel like actually writing these anymore, so I might as well go with it when I'm feeling the need to write something.

1. Liqueurs apparently have a higher alcohol content than I thought.

2. Cheap chardonnay pretty much tastes like rosé, aka cheap prostitute wine. That's what I had after the angel's tip.

3. An angel's tip is delicious, like most dessert drinks. I have a certain friend who enjoys doing shots because it takes quite a bit to start feeling the alcohol, but also doesn't care much for the taste of alcohol. Shots of créme de cacao are a definite possibility for this summer. Very yummy.

4. I really have to work on my skills with floats. I read that you are supposed to take a spoon and run the floated liquid down the back so that it won't break the surface. It worked okay, but it could have been better.

5. Recipe:

3/4 ounce créme de cacao

1/4 ounce milk/heavy cream/soy milk

-Float milk on top of créme de cacao in a cocktail glass.

Enjoy and bottoms up!

Brandy Alexander

Although I understand why the Brandy Alexander is more popular than the original Alexander -- it's smoother, sweeter, and less complicated -- I don't know that I like it more. Don't get me wrong, I love brandy like Liz Lemon loves sandwiches, but this drink was a little bit easy. Not to say that I wouldn't have another because I most certainly would. It may even make my top ten list when I reach the halfway point, I'm just saying that the original Alexander might be a spot or two higher. It's creamy and delicious could probably get you into trouble.

1 ounce brandy

1 ounce créme de cacao

1 ounce cream (or soymilk)

-Shake with cracked ice and strain into a cocktail glass.

Enjoy and bottoms up!

Alexander

I chose to have an Alexander the other night, in a sort of "eat your peas before you can have dessert" way, before the more famous Brandy Alexander. I thought it was going to be terrible. I thought I was going to suffer greatly in consuming it, but it actually turned out to be okay. A bit strange, but not unpleasant.

An Alexander is a dessert drink that contains gin, cream (milk or soymilk), and créme de cacao. The gin made me nervous, but I went for it and enjoyed myself. It's a bit like when they put basil or lavender in a dessert in that there is an herby quality that precedes the sweet taste. I feel like it would be really easy to get the measurements wrong on this one and push it too far in either the sweet or herby direction, but it was quite nice.

1 ounce gin

1 ounce cream

1 ounce créme de cacao

-Shake with cracked ice and strain into a cocktail glass.

Enjoy and bottoms up!

Pink Lady

I should start by saying that the pink lady I made looked nothing like this. Well, it was pink but not as clean and bright. More like pepto. Not very appetizing.

1 1/2 ounce gin

1/3 ounce grenadine

1/2 ounce vanilla soy milk

-Shake vigorously with cracked ice and strain into chilled cocktail glass.

Now, technically one is supposed to use 1 egg white as well, but 1) I'm vegan and 2) raw eggs are yuck. Thus, I didn't get the foam going that the vigorous shaking is supposed to produce. Nonetheless, the drink was still pretty good. Not something I would necessarily order, but pleasant. It's a dessert drink, so naturally I had to eat something sweet with it: I am ashamed to admit that I ate a few fun sized candy bars that have been sitting around the house in preparation for Halloween. I've given up my moral values, but boy was it delicious.

Enjoy and bottoms up!

White Russian

Delicious! Yummy! Nom nom nom! The white Russian is definitely a good one, and I highly recommend it to everyone.

1 ounce vodka

1 ounce kahlúa

1 ounce heavy cream (I used soy milk)

-Shake with cracked ice and strain into an iced glass.

This is a creamy dessert drink with a vanilla and coffee flavor to it. A good drink for the fall/winter when you want to feel cozy and don't mind something heavier. I also tucked into some hot apple cider with a bit of brandy, which is another top notch drink. This was of course before El called and invited me out: how much I drank after that I'll leave a mystery ;-)