Today is a milestone in that this website officially saw it’s two millionth visitor who found us by searching for “bruise gin”. Now, these fine enlightened visitors are obviously attempting to make (or have made for) themselves a fine martini. They’ve already taken the first important step and decided the martini will be gin. I like them already.
I normally avoid posting whilst inebriated, but we opened an old bottle of rose wine for dinner and throughout the evening I’ve managed to drink all but a glass of it. In addition, I’m reading William Gibson’s latest novel, Spook Country. It is, of course, entrancing but it’s also getting a bit stuck in my craw.
So the batch of not-steeped-for-long-enough limoncello (see previous entry) finished and was surprisingly tasty. It was well received and is long gone at this point, although I played around and made another batch (pictured here in an old tequila bottle) which is also good. I’m holding off on a longish post as I have another variant to try, but if you’re looking for an easy to make, tasty liquor limoncello has my recommendation.
As for the tequila por mi amante, it looks and smells delicious. The smell of strawberries leaps out of the jar when I open it to peer inside, anxiously waiting out at least three weeks. I can’t wait to give it a sip!
I just started two projects: A rushed limoncello and a less rushed Tequila por Mi Amante. Both are concoctions I’ve never had the pleasure of making myself, nor even tasting for that matter. Limoncello is an Italian liquor based on, you guessed it, of lemons and sugar. Or at least that’s what I’m told. I’ve been seeing it around for a while and wanted to try it out for the fabled Fig Party we knew was coming up sometime. Unfortunately, we didn’t know quite when the party would be, and I waited until we heard, and it’s this Saturday. Decent limoncello seems to take a week minimum, often a bit longer, so we’ll see how this goes. If anyone has any fig-themed cocktail ideas, I’d love to hear them.
Due to travel and whatnot it’s been a while since we had any new cocktails posted here. I’m going to ease back into things gently, so what we have here is a beer-based cocktail called the Michelada. Around these parts it’s considered a Mexican thing, but I’m not sure how far down into Latin or South America it’s popular. I first heard of it in Playboy of all places (part of my never-requested, never-paid-for, and apparently never-ending subscription but hey they often have a cocktail recipe every month so who am I to complain?), but it seems like one of those drinks that everyone does a little differently.
The last month has been a whirlwind. I was only home for nine full days in July, and half of those were spent entertaining delightful guests from out of town. I spent the last week and change purchasing my father’s old Honda Civic (my 3rd Civic in a row, the only type of car I’ve ever owned) and then driving it from Ohio to California. It was a beautiful trip, my only regret is not spending an additional day or two in Ohio and seeing at least some of the many wonderful friends I have back there. Still, I’m glad to be home.
Barcelona was tons of fun. A few hundred pictures are up on my flickr site.
Miles Flown (according to US Air): 12,588
Photos Taken: 749
Good Meals Eaten: 3
Blisters on Chris’ Feet: 6
Blisters on Christy’s Feet: 0
Miles Walked: Approximately 1 million, most of those by Christy
Tourist Sites Seen (and enjoyed): too many to count
The trip rocked.
(picture is the view outside our Barcelona apartment window)
Difford’s Guide is now online including their May 30th article Spirit Explained – Gin Tasting. Follow this link to see tasting notes and comments on over 80 different types of gin. Obviously disagreements may be had over anyone’s ratings of some types of gin, but it’s really lovely reading.
Bonus link! (after the jump)
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