The first day of winter, so I decided to pass up the vodka in deference to the warmer liquors at my disposal. In this case, I broke out the wicker clad bottle of cachaca, which I've never tried in a drink other than a caipirinha. Being light on mixers, I settled on the usual complement of lemon:
The Cachaca Sour
2 oz. Cachaca
.5 oz. Cointreau
1 oz. lemonade concentrate
1.5 oz. cold water.
Shaken vigorously over plenty of ice and served up.
Delicious. I think there's room for experimentation regarding the Cointreau component.
Sherry's "usual" is a cape cod. For variety's sake, I encouraged her to select by scent one of the fruit-infused Hangar One vodkas. She picked the Mandarin Blossom. It worked, but only sort of. Mental note: Mandarin Blossom and cranberry juice are questionable together. We'll try one of the other flavors next time.
No, "Sherry" is not a pseudonym.
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