July, 2010 - Spies - The American

The American

1 1/2 ounces Campari
1 1/2 ounces sweet vermouth
3 ounces chilled club soda
1 orange wheel and 1 lemon twist, for garnish

Drinkability:  0
Drunkability: n/a
Taxic Diversity:  4
Accessibility:  3
Priority for Conservation: 0

Comments: "We can't drink this.  Various wood flavors, sweaty socks, cement, dry rot, pencils, etc. "

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July, 2010 - Spies - The French Connection

The French Connection

1 1/2 oz Cognac

3/4 oz amaretto liqueur

Drinkability:  4
Drunkability:  4
Taxic Diversity:  2

Accessibility:  4
Priority for Conservation: 2.5

Comments: "tastes only of amaretto - way too sweet"

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July, 2010 - Spies - Mata Hari

Mata Hari

1 1/4 ounce Cognac
1 ounce Sweet Vermouth
3/4 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice
3/4 pomegranate juice
1/2 ounce simple syrup

Drinkability:  3.5
Drunkability: 4
Taxic Diversity: 3
Accessibility:  3
Priority for Conservation:  3

Comments: (too busy talking about "secret baby story")

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July, 2010 - Spies - Sazerac

Sazerac

3 oz rye whiskey
3/4 oz simple syrup
Peychaud bitters to taste
absinthe or absinthe substitute
Lemon twist for garnis

Drinkability:  2
Drunkability:  5
Taxic Diversity:  3
Accessibility: 2
Priority of Conservation: 5
Comments: "apparently Peychaud's bitters are hard to find if you're outside of NYC or New Orleans"

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June, 2010 - Adventurers - Six-Toe Punch

Six-Toe Punch

2 entire lemon peels 
2 oz. lemon juice
10 large Demerara sugar cubes 
24 raspberries 
6 oz. Hendrick’s gin
3 oz. El Dorado three-year- aged rum
1 1/2 oz. Strega liqueur
12 oz. soda water

Drinkability:  3
Drunkability:  2
Taxic Diversity:  4
Accessibility:  3
Priority for Conservation:  3.5

Comments:  "if someone puts it in my hand, I'll do it justice."

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June, 2010 - Adventurers - Piper's Punch

Piper's Punch

For cinnamon syrup:
2 cups granulated sugar
15 sticks cinnamon

For honey syrup:
1 cup honey
1/2 peach
9 oz. fresh lemon juice
2 oz. cinnamon syrup
4 oz. honey syrup
24 oz. Famous Grouse blended Scotch
12 oz. rooibos tea
6 oz. fresh grapefruit juice
2 1/2 oz. rhum orange liqueur
2 oz. pineapple juice
Ice, frozen in two clean, quart-size takeout containers

For garnish:
Sprig of mint
Pineapple round
2 to 4 lemon rounds
2 to 4 grapefruit rounds

Cinnamon Syrup: Combine 2 cups of water, sugar, and cinnamon sticks in saucepan and simmer until sugar dissolves. Allow to cool for at least 1 hour. Strain. Will keep for 2 weeks.

Honey Syrup: Combine honey with 1 cup hot water. Stir until combined. Cool.

Instructions: Slice peach and muddle in plastic bowl with lemon juice, cinnamon syrup, and honey syrup. Add remaining ingredients and let sit for 20 minutes. Strain into a punch bowl over big ice. Garnish with mint and rounds of pineapple, lemon, and grapefruit. Pour in punch glasses. Serves 8.


Drinkability:  3
Drunkability:  2
Taxic Diversity:  3.5
Accessibility:  4
Priority for Conservation:  3

Comments: "tart, and you have to make cinnamon syrup"

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June, 2010 - Adventurers - Farmer's Friend

Farmer's Friend

2 handfuls of mint leaves, torn 
2 cups rhubarb (about 4 stalks), sliced into 1/2-inch pieces
16 oz. white rum
8 oz. simple syrup (bring 8 oz. water and 8 oz. sugar to a boil and cook until sugar dissolves) 
4 oz. fresh lime juice
Club soda (approximately 6 oz.)

Drinkability:  4.5
Drunkability:  2
Taxic Diversity:  2.5
Accessibility:  4.5
Priority for Conservation: 3.5

Comments:  "rhubarb! very refreshing"

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