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Dark n Stormy

5 cl of rum

~2 cl of lime juice

top up with cracked ice and Ginger Beer (I used Fentimans)

Gimlet

Gimlet.

This weeks cocktail is a new one to me that I thought I’d try. And frankly, I’m a bit disappointed. I found it hard to balance the sour and the sweet, and the result was not to my taste.

The recipe I used (from punchdrink.com):

6 cl of Gin

2+ cl of Lime juice

2+ cl of syrup

(I ended up adding a little more syrup but that didn’t help. It may be I chose the wrong [cheap] gin…)

Sidecar

A beast of a cocktail and one of my absolute favourites. Sidecar.
5-6 cl of Cognac
2 cl Cointreau
2 cl Lemon juice
Shake with ice and serve in a chilled, sugar rimmed glass.
This recipe from Punch

Drinks are on me, I’ll buy another round

 

 

 

 

now the moon's rising
ain't got no time to lose
time to get down to drinking
tell the band to play the blues
drink's are on me, I'll buy another round
at the last ditch attempt saloon

A Sorta Margerita

First attempt at drink photograpy. Simple setup with drink set on a makeshift table with a sheet background to avoid the corner. Lighting with a softbox from above. Lessons learned:

- The Depth of Focus is a little shallow with 1.8 aperture.

- Lighting is tricky. Had to block the internal flash even though it was set only to trigger the external one.

- The sheet in the background was a little crumpled which really becomes a distraction if it is lit. Instead I had to keep it completely black. 

Ideas for the future:

- Coloured backgrounds

- How can I achieve back-lighting?

Comments or suggestions are of course welcome. 

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And this is just dessert from yesterday when we had a belayed NYE celebration since the 31st got messed up by fever and rivers of snot.