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

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.