There are more than just bananas in there...
This one has been on my mind for a while and this morning Dux Gins & Cocktails Borne shared a wonderful make at home version of it in the best cup ever. If you want to learn to make a better version of this be sure to check out their video. So, when I made my essential curbside liquor pickup today, I popped into Aldi for fresh citrus and some raspberries in order to present, the Clover Club.
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The wife fell in love with the whiskey ginger I made the other night, so I decided to run along those lines and make the wonderfully named, Suffering Bastard.
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I’m a big fan of the classic Gin and Tonic, which is funny because I spent most of my formative years hating gin. Turns out I hated cheap gin, but that’s another story for another campfire. Anyway, I took a long bike ride with the kid this afternoon and as I stood in the kitchen slightly sweaty and more than a little butthurt I decided that I need to find a G&T and make it a special one.
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It’s a nice afternoon, the sun is shining, let’s have a simple, but refreshing cocktail, the classic gin and tonic. I’ve seen many variations in this, some with citrus, some with crazy bitters, but after Barcelona last year I’ve decided that simpler is better on this one. Today I went for 2 ounces of Corsair Artisan Distillery barrel-aged gin over ice and two drops of lavender bitters over ice topped with Fever Tree tonic water. I always pour the tonic down the handle of a barspoon, cause it looks cool and feels fancy. Speaking of fancy, I popped into the backyard and picked a sprig of fresh lilac, which smells amazing, for garnish. So there you go, a cocktail so simple it’s barely a cocktail, but so damned good, your partner will take a sip to try it and never give it back, so go ahead and make two. Stay home, stay safe, stay hydrated.
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