DEMENTIA PUGILISTICA
1 bottle Remy Martin VS cognac (or other good brandy)
¼ bottle maraschino liqueur
¼ bottle St. Germain elderflower liqueur
3 bottles Duval-Leroy Rose Champagne (or other good dry Champagne)
10 dashes Angostura bitters
15 dashes peach bitters (if available)
2 blood oranges, slicedtake a large metal bowl and fill with water
place bowl in freezer until frozens
lay bowl in a sink of hot water until ice can slide out
place huge ice dome into a punch bowl
pour all other ingredients into punch bowl
stir and serve
LEFT BANK MARTINI
1½ parts Gin
1 part St-Germain
1 part Sauvignon BlancShake all ingredients with ice and fine strain into a chilled Martini glass. Garnish with a lime zest twist and drink a toast to the fine and worthy denizens of Rive Gauche.
VARIATION: When feeling particularly snooty, drink solely to the 6th Arrondissment.
MONK’S DREAM
½ shots St. Germain
½ shots Yellow Chartreuse
Top with Champagne
Fresh Rosemary GarnishGlass: Flute
Build in the flute, twist the rosemary and submerge in the flute
SANGRIA FLORA
1 bottle Sauvignon Blanc or Dry White Wine
1 cup St-Germain
2 fresh peaches*
5 — 6 fresh strawberries*
6 fresh raspberries*
1 bunch fresh grapes*Stir ingredients in a pitcher or carafe. Allow fruit to soak in the mixture between 3 and 8 hours. Serve in an ice-filled glass, then telephone your physician and regale him with stories of your exemplary fruit consumption.
* Merely suggestions – be creative!
ST-HONORE 75
1 part St-Germain
¼ part freshly squeezed lemon juice
Top with ChampagnePour first two ingredients into chilled fluted glass. Contemplate name of cocktail: Why 75? Top with Champagne. Continue contemplation. Garnish with lemon twist. Conclude contemplation and sip. Some things need not be explained.
Why 75? Because you named your drink after the famous French 75 which is named after a big French gun. It’s one of the least cryptically named drinks I can think of.
Actually that is incorrect. The “why” is even more obvious. France is divided into departments, which are all numbered, giving the postal code. Paris is in the department called Île-de-France, and it’s code number is 75.
I thought it was because that was the year I was married!
Wow! After all I got a blog from where I be able to in fact obtain useful information concerning my study
and knowledge.