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Cocktails, the libationary art!

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by RBWells to c/cocktails
 

This is a weird one. I was feeling experimental today, made one drink that went straight down the drain (fresh OJ & lemon, vodka, absinthe, St. Germaine, don't ask) but this I am enjoying, tart, smoky, bitter. Sort of a margarita variation.

1.5oz blanco tequila

.5 each of

Tawny port

Mezcal

Aperol

Lemon juice

Shaken with not too much ice, served over big ice. I think next time no lemon (port tart enough), stir not shake and crushed ice, but the flavors are working.

Sorry for the fuzzy picture, the cat says hi!

And does anyone have a good absinthe orange flavor cocktail? I don't think the fresh juice works with it.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Zachariah 5 points 1 month ago

this is missing at least 20 upvotes

time to submit a Lemmy bug report

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I LOVE the mid-stride kitty. It's like if you were at a restaurant, taking a pic of your drink, and caught a passerby like someone walking on the sidewalk, in the photo

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

"Don't Mind Me."

[–] lefixxx 5 points 1 month ago

Orange Tabby

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Theres got to be a good Old World mixing with New World name. There's plenty of Mexican-Italian links and Mexican-Portuguese links, but I don't have it in me to link all three origins of the main ingredients.

[–] kholby 2 points 1 month ago

I've never been to Mexico, but you should call this a Puerto Vallarta.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

At a glance I thought it was almost a negroni.

[–] RBWells 2 points 1 month ago

I strongly considered Campari instead of Aperol but Aperol was right, it was a bridge between the Mezcal and port and the overall effect was bitter enough for a good after supper drink.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

You should call it Orange Cell