加州 Brentwood “退休聚餐会” 厨艺交流之四 -- 饮品三友- 茶，咖啡和酒（三）

三，西洋酒：

种类：

Wine, liquor, liqueur. And Brandy.

Wine:

New world vs old world: New: Argentina, Chile, California Old: France, Italy…… (California) Regional specialty: Lodi – Zinfandel (seven deadly Zins, Costco)

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Livermore - Barbera (Italian grape) Cabernet franc Santa Barbara – Chardonnay

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Napa and Sonoma - Cabernet Sauvignon, …Robert Mondavi family (Costco), Buena Vista (first in CA)

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Country speciality: Germany- Riesling. Portugal- Porto (fortified wine). Spain – sherry (fortified, white grape), 雪梨酒.

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Chile - cabernet Sauvignon (different from others), brand – concha y tora (Costco)

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Argentina – Malbec (Mendoza region)，brand – Emilia (Costco)

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France – Bordeaux (波尔多), Pouilly-Fuissé (white), Dom Pérignon – champagne (white w/ carbonation), Lafite Rothschild (拉菲) (Asia Saga)

Sweet, semi-sweet: Trader Joe’s. Richards Wild Irish Rose (finger’s lake).

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Costco – sangria

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Blend – ménage a trois (Costco)

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My safe choice: rather (then):

Argentina or Chile (old world).

White (red).

Red blend (red).

Liquor: 谷类，水果或蔬菜发酵蒸馏

Whiskey (British: whisky) -，malted (发芽的） barley（大麦） or rye （黑麦）       Single malt vs blend (Dewar, Chivas and John Walker-my favorite “black label”, Costco)

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substitute- Kirkland 12 years

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Scotch (Scotland, barley) vs bourbon (bourbon county, Kentucky, corn) vs Tennessee Whiskey (51% corn) and bourbon, in the US (Costco)

England or Scotland-whisky = scotch, Ireland = Irish whiskey (not whisky)

Vodka - origin of Poland and Russia, from potato Alaska vodka (anchorage distillery)

Gin - from juniper berry (杜松子），金/琴酒 Bombay Sapphire(Costco)

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Gordon’s London dry gin (Hemingway’s favorite)

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Rum - from sugarcane, 朗姆酒       Coconut rum(Costco)

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Tequila- from blue agave（蓝龙舌兰） Most aged - 3 years, anejo 100% blue agave (Kirkland)

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Brandy - distilled from wine (or fruit mash),
France: cognac (aged: VS – 2,3; VSOP – 4,5; XO- 6 and up)
Peru: pisco

Livermore Costco - much better price
BevMo

Liqueur: sweetened liquor

After dinner wine (liqueur, fortified wine and brandy)

Strong: brandy – COINTREAU; Kahlua (rum and arabica coffee, from Mexico, available in Costco)

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Less strong: port, Sherry, amarula (South Africa, made from cream and juice of the marula tree. The tree is also called elephant tree because the elephants like to drink its juice.)

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Cocktail: components - base, modifying agents, special agents (flavoring and coloring)

Base: Whiskey, vodka, gin, rum, tequila, brandy

The simplest:

2 ingredients -
Whiskey and coca
Vodka and orange juice
Gin and tonic.

Tonic water

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3 ingredients -
Tequila - Tommy's margarita (2 tequila, 1 lime juice, 1/2 agave syrup. In shaker over ice until chill, strain)
Rum - pina colada (2 rum, 1 coconut cream, 1 pineapple juice. Blend until frosty and creamy)

Basic ingredients:
Base, sour, sweet (you could google for cocktail with any ingredients, then only use the most basic ingredients.)

Examples:

Daiquiri (search for “cocktail with rum”, “cocktail with rum and lime juice”)

• 2 ounces light rum
• 1 ounce fresh lime juice
• 3/4 ounce demerara sugar syrup - use any syrup
• Garnish: lime twist - forget it

Classic Manhattan

• Rye whiskey – any whiskey
• Sweet red vermouth (must. Vermouth is a fortified and aromatic (herb) wine)
• Agnostura bitters (optional)
• Cocktail cherry for the garnish (optional)

My favorites:

Whiskey sour (whiskey + sweet and sour mix:)

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Margarita ( mix or ready-to-drink from Costco)

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Gin and tonic (gin + tonic water)

Martini (vodka/gin + dry vermouth:), Shake not stir – James Bond

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Caipirinha (cachaca from sugarcane), national drink of Brazil Espresso vodka (dexpresso vodka)

For Winter (warm cocktail)
Sea and scotch hot chocolate:
1.5 scotch, 3 hot chocolate, 3 frothed milk

Classical hot toddy (hot toddy, or hot whiskey (Ireland, mix of liquor, water, honey, herb, spice))

• 1½ ounce brown liquor such as brandy, whiskey or rum
• 1 tablespoon honey
• ½ ounce lemon juice
• 1 cup hot water
• Lemon wedge, cinnamon stick and star anise, for garnish (optional)

Combined the first four ingredients into the bottom of a warmed mug.

Colorful layers:
Patriotic layered cocktail

• 1 oz grenadine (石榴糖浆, red)
• 3 oz lemonade
• 1 oz vodka
• 1 cup hot water
• 1 oz blue curacao （liqueur of a citrus fruit from a Dutch island of the namesake)
• Ice

Sweet cocktails

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Strong - base Cointreau, or Amaretto (Italian, avai. At Costco)

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Flyffy dog: Cointreau + Bailey (Irish cream, Costco)

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Less strong - less base Pina colada, rum + mix

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Non- alcoholic cocktail:
Apricot slush (apricot juice + coconut milk/juice)

The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, 1948

6 cocktails

six basic drinks are the Daiquiri (rum), the Jack Rose （Hemingway “the sun also rises”；John Steinbeck (the grapes of wrath) favorite; applejack - Apple brandy, in colonial times), the Manhattan (whiskey), the Martini (vodka or gin, shake not stir), the Old Fashioned, and the Sidecar (brandy)

Daiquiri

• 8 parts white Cuban rum
• 2 parts lime juice
• 1 part simple syrup

Shake with lots of finely crushed ice and strain well into a chilled cocktail glass.

Jack Rose

• 8 parts Applejack
• 2 parts lemon juice
• • 1 part Grenadine

Shake vigorously with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a twist of lemon, if desired.

Manhattan

• 5 parts American whiskey
• 1 part Italian (sweet) vermouth
• • dash of Angostura bitters to each drink

Stir with ice, strain into a cocktail glass and serve garnished with a Maraschino cherry.

Martini

• 7 parts English gin
• 1 part French (dry) vermouth

Stir with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, twist lemon peel over the top and serve garnished with an olive, preferably one stuffed with any kind of nut. Embury also states that sherry is a nice substitute for vermouth.

Old Fashioned

• 12 parts American whiskey
• 1 part simple syrup
• 1–3 dashes Angostura bitters to each drink

In an old-fashioned glass, add bitters to simple syrup and stir. Add about 1 ounce of whiskey and stir again. Add two cubes of cracked, but not crushed, ice and top off with the rest of the whiskey. Twist lemon peel over the top and serve garnished with the lemon peel and a maraschino cherry.

Sidecar

• 8 parts Cognac or Armagnac
• 2 parts lemon juice
• 1 part Cointreau or triple sec

Shake vigorously with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a twist of lemon, if desired.

Amaretto Sour

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Ingredients：
1.5 oz amaretto liqueur
0.75 oz bourbon
1 oz fresh lemon juice
1 tsp simple syrup
1 egg white。

Instructions
Add all ingredients into a shaker without ice and dry-shake to foam the egg white. Add ice and shake again. Strain over fresh ice into a rocks glass. OPTIONAL: Garnish with an orange slice and brandied cherry.

Dexpresso: (espresso vodka)
1.5 vodka
1 espresso
1 Kahlua
0.5 syrup

If you prefer warm, you could warm the espresso, syrup and Kahlua, then add vodka.

Caprihina:
1 lime (cut into 4 chunks)
2 oz cachasha
2 tsp sugar
Ice cubes

Process:

1. Put lime chunks in the shaker
2. Add sugar
3. Use muddler to crush the lime/sugar mix
4. Put the muddled lime/sugar mix into rock glass
5. Top the glass with ice cubes
6. Add cachaca

How to drink: use straw to drink from the bottom, better finish before ice melts.

前排是酒具。muddler。

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Dex 7/21/2020

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