Plumblebee

Playing with slivovitz again. It’s pretty distinctive and I want to be able to taste it, so there aren’t lot of intense ingredients in this one. A little amaretto and honey help bring out the stone fruit taste of the plum. I used lemon blossom honey because it was in the cupboard though anything light and mild would probably work. Slivovitz can be pretty rich so you may want to adjust the sweet-tart balance according to the dryness of your base spirit.



Plumblebee

• 2 oz slivovitz
• 1/2 oz lemon juice
• 1/2 oz honey syrup, 1:1
• 1/4 oz amaretto

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Lemon twist.
SOURCE: ROWEN, FOGGED IN LOUNGE

Slivovitz Cocktail

I just got back from a packed trip to New York City which included lots of family business and socializing, both leading to drink in one way or another. Here’s one I did on the fly when visiting some friends who invited me to make use of their bar. I’ve had slivovitz with them often over the years so it seemed apt to make a drink with it that evening. I pretty much did what would’ve been called a Fancy Brandy Cocktail in Jerry Thomas’ day. It’s actually fairly plain by modern standards unless you’re in the habit of taking your slivovitz neat.



Slivovitz Cocktail

• 2 oz slivovitz
• 1/4 oz triple sec
• 2 dashes Angostura Bitters

Build over ice.
SOURCE: ROWEN, FOGGED IN LOUNGE

This should really have a twist, I guess, but it was one of those evenings when there was such a thing as too fancy.