Comments on: Old-School Genever Cocktails

By: electronic cigarette

electronic cigarette — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:56:22 +0000

My neighbor last week made up this concoction. I have to be honest..I didnt like it one bit. Sorry!

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drinkboston.com » Blog Archive » Nips - 8/28/09 — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:45:42 +0000

[…] botanicals are added. If you want to time travel back to the days when Jerry Thomas was mixing up Improved Holland Gin Cocktails, this is your vehicle. Cocktail Virgin Slut and C. Fernsebner of the Bostonist both did fine […]

By: Absinthe

Absinthe — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:31:03 +0000

I am very happy that I found your blog. Keep up the good work.

By: absinthe

absinthe — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:54:53 +0000

where is the Le Tourment Vert?

By: russian

russian — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:25:34 +0000

Im more of an absinthe fan here

By: marley

marley — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:03:18 +0000

Can’t for get the classic Absinthe drink too! Here’s one of my fave recipes:

TRIPLE FRENCH MARTINI
1 oz. Absolut
1 oz. Le Tourment Vert
1 oz. Chambord
1 oz. Pineapple juice
- Shake well and strain into chilled cocktail glass
- Garnish with lemon twist

By: Genever - its a Dutch thing « Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails - Boston

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:50:09 +0000

[…] in alternating batches of the following cocktail, as Seamus Harris of Bunnyhugs did and reported on here this past […]

By: Daniel Estremadoyro

Daniel Estremadoyro — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:33:17 +0000

Improved gin cocktail, one of my favorites, indeed. But don´t forget about the Holland House (genever, dry vermouth, lemon juice & maraschino) and off course the John Collins!
BTW, “In fact the Bramble is simply an updated Gin Fix”… Totally agree.

By: seamus

seamus — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:17:56 +0000

I tried adding water to it and it doesn’t louche.

Diluting it with water also shows the taste to not be very complex. I guess it is mostly wormwood with a little other stuff as a base.

Well, an OK novelty product I guess.

By: seamus

seamus — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:41:46 +0000

Their other products are quite good. I like their pastis, and tried their regular absinthe the other day and liked it too.

I initially thought the lExtreme de Absente looked “extremely” tacky. However, when I realized who made it I thought I would give it a try.

It may well be a maceration rather than distilled. However, I am pretty sure there is more than just wormwood in there (not that I really know what wormwood tastes like). It tastes more or less like pastis, but with a big bitter note - presumably wormwood.

What I have usually used it for is to mix into pastis to give it a more ‘absinthe’ edge - my slapdash solution to having no real absinthe in the house right now.

As a cocktail bitters it is kind of odd, being short on the aromatic components (though they are there) and heavy on the bitter tastes.