

> I was talking to the host the other day and she is supplying all of
> the liquor/mixers. She told me her husbands fave drink is a mojito,
> and I told her I haven't made them before but I would try.
Listen Jamie, making a Mojito doesn't have to be the most complicated thing in
the whirled. I'm firmly of the belief that muddling the mint in a Mojito
actually does little to add to this following method:
Take a sprig of mint (with about 8 - 12 leaves on it), hold it in the palm of
one hand, and clap it hard with your other hand twice. This is more than
enough violence to release the oils in the mint, and saves a lot of time
muddling.
Pop the clapped out mint in your glass, and add:
2 ounces light rum
1 ounce lime juice
2 teaspoons sugar syrup (2 parts sugar to 1 part water)
Stir, add ice, and stir again. Top with soda water, garnish with another mint
sprig and serve. This also stops you from having little bits of mint floating
around in the drink and clogging up straws.
> The party is a casino night theme, and I am thinking of doing some
> sort of "signature cocktail" that has a casino themed name. Any
> suggestions?
This one seems like a no-brainer. It has to be The Vesper ("invented" by James
Bond in Casino Royale):
"Three measures of Gordon's, one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet.
Shake it very well until it's ice-cold, then add a large thin slice of lemon
peel. Got it?" is how it's quoted in the novel, but you can use any brand of
decent gin.
You'll want to use Lillet Blanc as a replacement for the Kina Lillet.
You could still stay on the general Casino/James Bond theme, and go for a dry
Martini. Alternatively, you could stretch the "Casino" theme to the
Mafia-based narrative around the movie of the same name and serve a Godfather:
1.5 oz Scotch
0.5 oz Amaretto
Build over ice in an Old Fashioned glass, and garnish with an orange twist -
trying to keep this as simple as possible for you.
Hope this helps.
Q
--
Want some flotsam? - I gotsam.
Want some jetsam? - I can getsam.
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