Comments on: Raiders of the Lost Cocktails http://thespiritworld.net/2007/09/11/raiders-of-the-lost-cocktails-draft/ Quenching your thirst with sips, nips and tipples. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:13:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Well Fed Network - » Raiders of the Lost Cocktail - A Winner! http://thespiritworld.net/2007/09/11/raiders-of-the-lost-cocktails-draft/#comment-69474 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:07:33 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2007/09/11/raiders-of-the-lost-cocktails-draft/#comment-69474 [...] About a week ago, I got an email from Andrew, The Spirit World’s intrepid editor, asking me when I’d be able to send him my choice for RotLC winner. Come again? Never mind that the previous episodes’ rules had clearly stated “The winner will be chosen by consensus judgment of the TSW staff.” Andrew made it plain that the Powers That Be would not take no for an answer. I was duly deputized to act as their collective brain in matters Benedictine. [ed note: thanks for this, you lovely person, you… I didn’t even know there were rules!] [...] […] About a week ago, I got an email from Andrew, The Spirit World’s intrepid editor, asking me when I’d be able to send him my choice for RotLC winner. Come again? Never mind that the previous episodes’ rules had clearly stated “The winner will be chosen by consensus judgment of the TSW staff.” Andrew made it plain that the Powers That Be would not take no for an answer. I was duly deputized to act as their collective brain in matters Benedictine. [ed note: thanks for this, you lovely person, you… I didn’t even know there were rules!] […]

]]> by: Married …with dinner » Blog Archive » A spirited challenge http://thespiritworld.net/2007/09/11/raiders-of-the-lost-cocktails-draft/#comment-55735 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 05:16:31 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2007/09/11/raiders-of-the-lost-cocktails-draft/#comment-55735 [...] Remember last month, all those Strega concoctions we resurrected for Raiders of the Lost Cocktail? Well, it seems yours truly has been anointed the winner of said challenge, and therefore the decider of this month’s challenge ingredient. [...] […] Remember last month, all those Strega concoctions we resurrected for Raiders of the Lost Cocktail? Well, it seems yours truly has been anointed the winner of said challenge, and therefore the decider of this month’s challenge ingredient. […]

]]> by: Thomas http://thespiritworld.net/2007/09/11/raiders-of-the-lost-cocktails-draft/#comment-52325 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:00:52 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2007/09/11/raiders-of-the-lost-cocktails-draft/#comment-52325 What's the spirit for next month? What’s the spirit for next month?

]]> by: Anita http://thespiritworld.net/2007/09/11/raiders-of-the-lost-cocktails-draft/#comment-50885 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:30:09 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2007/09/11/raiders-of-the-lost-cocktails-draft/#comment-50885 Let's try this again: (Originally commented on this post on 10/5 with a link to: http://marriedwithdinner.com/2007/10/05/dotw-sun-witch/ ) <b>Strega Sun Witch</b> 1 oz Strega liqueur 3/4 oz white creme de cacao 3/4 oz orange juice 1 oz whipping cream Orange slice, for garnish Shake with ice, and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a slice of orange. <b>Sun Witch a la Troiani</b> 1 oz Strega liqueur 1/2 oz vodka 1/4 oz white creme de cacao 1/2 oz orange juice 1/2 oz lemon juice 1 oz whipping cream vanilla extract or vanilla liqueur, to taste Lightly whip the cream with the vanilla; set aside. Shake the remaining ingredients with ice, and strain into a cocktail glass. Top with the vanilla cream, and garnish with a light grating of orange zest. ------ (Originally commented to this post on 9/28 with a link to: http://marriedwithdinner.com/2007/09/28/dotw-strega-nator/ ) Strega-nator - published in "Food & Wine Cocktails 2006" and credited to BLT Prime, New York City 2 oz Strega 1 oz fresh orange juice 1 oz fresh lime juice 2 oz chilled club soda 1 orange wedge, for garnish Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the Strega and juices, and shake well. Strain into an ice-filled rocks glass, and top with club soda. Garnish with the orange wedge. Let’s try this again:

(Originally commented on this post on 10/5 with a link to: http://marriedwithdinner.com/2007/10/05/dotw-sun-witch/ )

Strega Sun Witch
1 oz Strega liqueur
3/4 oz white creme de cacao
3/4 oz orange juice
1 oz whipping cream
Orange slice, for garnish
Shake with ice, and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a slice of orange.

Sun Witch a la Troiani
1 oz Strega liqueur
1/2 oz vodka
1/4 oz white creme de cacao
1/2 oz orange juice
1/2 oz lemon juice
1 oz whipping cream
vanilla extract or vanilla liqueur, to taste

Lightly whip the cream with the vanilla; set aside. Shake the remaining ingredients with ice, and strain into a cocktail glass. Top with the vanilla cream, and garnish with a light grating of orange zest.

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(Originally commented to this post on 9/28 with a link to:
http://marriedwithdinner.com/2007/09/28/dotw-strega-nator/ )

Strega-nator
- published in “Food & Wine Cocktails 2006″ and credited to BLT Prime, New York City

2 oz Strega
1 oz fresh orange juice
1 oz fresh lime juice
2 oz chilled club soda
1 orange wedge, for garnish

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the Strega and juices, and shake well. Strain into an ice-filled rocks glass, and top with club soda. Garnish with the orange wedge.

]]> by: Thomas http://thespiritworld.net/2007/09/11/raiders-of-the-lost-cocktails-draft/#comment-50872 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:12:10 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2007/09/11/raiders-of-the-lost-cocktails-draft/#comment-50872 That's right, Anita did post some interesting recipes (or links to them). And I haven't tried them yet! That’s right, Anita did post some interesting recipes (or links to them). And I haven’t tried them yet!

]]> by: anita http://thespiritworld.net/2007/09/11/raiders-of-the-lost-cocktails-draft/#comment-50854 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:18:14 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2007/09/11/raiders-of-the-lost-cocktails-draft/#comment-50854 Hi editors -- it looks like some previous comments have disappeared. I posted two entries -- one about 10 days ago and another a week before that, and now they're gone. The first one I'm sure was previously approved; I saw it here when I posted the second. Hi editors — it looks like some previous comments have disappeared. I posted two entries — one about 10 days ago and another a week before that, and now they’re gone. The first one I’m sure was previously approved; I saw it here when I posted the second.

]]> by: Thomas http://thespiritworld.net/2007/09/11/raiders-of-the-lost-cocktails-draft/#comment-49620 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 04:06:32 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2007/09/11/raiders-of-the-lost-cocktails-draft/#comment-49620 I started this with an advantage and a disadvantage. The advantage is that I actually have a bottle of Strega, albeit an heirloom of considerable antiquity. The disadvantage is that there are no Strega recipes in any of my old cocktail books. So to start, I just tasted my Strega straight a few times. Given its flavors, considered that it might taste best mixed with gin or rum. I also consulted the CocktailDB. Starting a the top of the list of Strega drinks (and with the best name, IMO), the Alberti's Night Cocktail turned out a disappointment. As noted above, it was way too sweet, and the flavors didn't complement well to my taste. So I took a different tack. Recalling how the Aviation becomes the Blue Moon by trading Violette for the Maraschino, I used the same recipe (with David Embury's 8:2:1 proportions) and substituted Strega. This works! Even my wife, who hates gin liked it right off the bat. I don't know if the result has a proper name already, but I won't be so audacious as to name it myself - someone must have thought of this already. But the only recipe in CocktailDB using gin, lemon and Strega is the Strega Sour, which uses very different proportions in the ingredients. Perhaps our esteemed editor/judges will know its proper provenance. I'm looking forward to trying the other very interesting submissions posted here. Here is my own humble contribution: The Someone-Must-Have-Thought-Of-This-Already Cocktail 2 oz. gin 1/2 oz. lemon juice 1/4 oz. Strega Shake vigorously with ice and strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a mint leaf. I started this with an advantage and a disadvantage. The advantage is that I actually have a bottle of Strega, albeit an heirloom of considerable antiquity. The disadvantage is that there are no Strega recipes in any of my old cocktail books.

So to start, I just tasted my Strega straight a few times. Given its flavors, considered that it might taste best mixed with gin or rum. I also consulted the CocktailDB.
Starting a the top of the list of Strega drinks (and with the best name, IMO), the Alberti’s Night Cocktail turned out a disappointment. As noted above, it was way too sweet, and the flavors didn’t complement well to my taste.
So I took a different tack. Recalling how the Aviation becomes the Blue Moon by trading Violette for the Maraschino, I used the same recipe (with David Embury’s 8:2:1 proportions) and substituted Strega. This works! Even my wife, who hates gin liked it right off the bat.
I don’t know if the result has a proper name already, but I won’t be so audacious as to name it myself - someone must have thought of this already. But the only recipe in CocktailDB using gin, lemon and Strega is the Strega Sour, which uses very different proportions in the ingredients. Perhaps our esteemed editor/judges will know its proper provenance.
I’m looking forward to trying the other very interesting submissions posted here. Here is my own humble contribution:

The Someone-Must-Have-Thought-Of-This-Already Cocktail
2 oz. gin
1/2 oz. lemon juice
1/4 oz. Strega
Shake vigorously with ice and strain into chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a mint leaf.

]]> by: Well Fed Network - » Strega http://thespiritworld.net/2007/09/11/raiders-of-the-lost-cocktails-draft/#comment-45702 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:29:52 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2007/09/11/raiders-of-the-lost-cocktails-draft/#comment-45702 [...] To help folks along with this month’s “Raiders of the Lost Cocktail,” I thought it only appropriate that I expand upon some details regarding this month’s challenge ingredient, Strega. [...] […] To help folks along with this month’s “Raiders of the Lost Cocktail,” I thought it only appropriate that I expand upon some details regarding this month’s challenge ingredient, Strega. […]

]]> by: Brad Gadberry http://thespiritworld.net/2007/09/11/raiders-of-the-lost-cocktails-draft/#comment-43630 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:33:07 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2007/09/11/raiders-of-the-lost-cocktails-draft/#comment-43630 >Well, start us out easy, why don’t ya? (Thomas) Must... bite... tongue! Ouch! >Well, start us out easy, why don’t ya? (Thomas)

Must… bite… tongue!

Ouch!

]]> by: Thomas http://thespiritworld.net/2007/09/11/raiders-of-the-lost-cocktails-draft/#comment-43546 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:06:21 +0000 http://thespiritworld.net/2007/09/11/raiders-of-the-lost-cocktails-draft/#comment-43546 Well, start us out easy, why don't ya? I'm working on it. I have an heirloom bottle of Strega to work with. Well, start us out easy, why don’t ya?

I’m working on it. I have an heirloom bottle of Strega to work with.

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