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” —Alex Jump, founder, Focus on Health “I’d love to see the end of artificially flavored vodkas. Vodkas infused in-house [with real ingredients] demonstrate a bar team’s creativity, and they offer a unique blend to a cocktail’s flavor palate.” Especially in cocktail bars and lounges, as it diminishes the quality of the drinks.
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So went spirits critic Robert Whitley’s 2002 review of Ciclón, a just-released Barcardí product that combined the brand’s Gold Rum with “blue agave” tequila and a “hint” of natural lime juice. The spirits giant’s own motto was a little more blunt: “90% rum, 10% tequila, 100% un-be-lievable!” “ It’s new, it’s hip, it’s a mere $14. ”
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That said, if you’re making a vodka Martini and just have to shake it, again, shake with a big rock to control dilution. What are the flavors in the rum? The entire drink is a delicate balance.” ” DiMonriva’s Tip: Stir your Martini! Shaking dissipates the top notes in the gin, ruining its complexity.
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It’s a basic sour recipe, made with Skyy Vodka , lemon juice, and lavender syrup. The test-tube-like vile of coconut rum and peach schnapps comes propped upright in the cocktail, whose color is uncomfortably close to window washer fluid. The Italian Rum Punch at Olive Garden. The Rum Forest Rum at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
(The Banshee has in its family tree the Banana Cow, which consisted of rum, brandy, Bénédictine, banana, and cream. The Banana Banshee underwent a revival in the 1970s, a time when its cousin, the Screaming Banana Banshee, also surfaced (just add vodka). It was served at Trad’r Sam’s in San Francisco in the late 1930s.)
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” —Martin Fernandez, bar manager Rochambeau , Boston “Not a cocktail, but a spirit: rum. .” ” —Martin Fernandez, bar manager Rochambeau , Boston “Not a cocktail, but a spirit: rum. You can make a delicious variation of an Old Fashioned using rum, spices, and Jamaican bitters.”
That said, most Apple Pie shooters will be made with apple cider and either vodka or whiskey and topped off with whipped cream and a dusting of cinnamon. The drink’s adoration has inspired bartenders to create other versions of the modern dive bar classic, like the White Tea shot made with vodka in place of whiskey.
—Rhys Williams, former bartender and brand ambassador, Faccia Brutto , NYC “The funniest and weirdest drink orders that I constantly got during my nightclub days were always a Grey Goose and Vodka , a Tito’s and Vodka, a Stoli and Vodka, or an Absolut and Vodka. the reply was always — wait for it — vodka.
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