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I am not a lush, I swear.

Friday, March 28th

by Shannon

Discussed:cabernet cocktails lime martinis mother vodka vodka gimlets

6 Comments

So if the readers of this blog are anything like my mother, every time I mention having a drink/trying a new cocktail, you are adding up precisely how many cocktails I have had in the past week, month, 6 months, year… and you may be thinking I am a lush. I just wanted to clarify, for the record, I am not. Just, you know, to clarify. Thanks!

Anyway, last night, we tried vodka gimlets. We also tried pomegranate martinis (blech!) and pomegranate cosmopolitans (slightly more drinkable) but neither of those were anything to write home about, so on with the good stuff.

Apparently there are about 2398294724 million different ways to mix a gimlet. We went with the version that is 4:1 vodka to Rose’s lime juice with a lime wedge garnish that we squeezed into the glass. In a word, YUM. Drinks I usually like are: vodka martini, vodka tonic with lime or a real margarita on the rocks* so if you have similar tastes, this is a must try.

*and let’s not forget cabernet… OMG maybe I AM a lush. Well, someone’s allowed to have a favorite wine, right?

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Dialogue

  1. Cameron
    on a Friday
    at 1:04 pm

    I actually second the gimlet recommendation. I was pleasantly surprised. Rose’s lime juice is limey in all the right ways.

    We’ll also be trying this recipe soon, from Wikipedia, of course:

    “Pour six ounces of vodka from a 750 ml bottle; replace with six ounces Rose’s Sweetened Lime Juice (available from nearly any grocery), add a small amount of water for ice crystals, shake twice and store in the freezer overnight. Pour into a martini glass and serve straight up. The glass will immediately frost over. With this recipe, no cocktail shaker is required and the cocktail is not watered down by melting ice. You may use even the cheapest vodka, and no one will ever know.”

  2. ZNB
    on a Friday
    at 1:23 pm

    Hahaha, isn’t the first step of an addiction denial? All alcohol tastes like dead people to me. It’s all gross and disgusting in my mouth. And no, I’ve never actually tasted dead people, it’s only a guess.

  3. Lauren
    on a Saturday
    at 2:41 pm

    Hi. My name is Lauren. I work for The Neighbors Place in Lynchburg and I am trying to contact Cameron about our website that he constructed for us through Dave Schapp. The linkthat he attached to the site brough me here so I am assuming that he will be reading these comments. If he could email me at lmcquillan@theneighborsplace.com with his contact info I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you!

  4. Cameron
    on a Saturday
    at 8:14 pm

    @Lauren - Thanks for going to the trouble of searching me out, seeing as I overlooked posting my email address at camerondaigle.com (situation rectified). I’ll be emailing you as well.

    @ZNB - Shannon says you just haven’t found your cocktail yet. I just think you should avoid liquor that’s been distilled from dead people.

  5. ZNB
    on a Monday
    at 1:25 pm

    Hahaha. Perhaps I haven’t. I probably won’t go searching anytime soon though.

    You guys still enjoying your Chyrp CMS?

  6. Cameron
    on a Friday
    at 9:24 am

    For sure! I need to fix a couple of minor things, but as a whole, it lives up to the promise of “lightweight” nicely. I like it.

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