Here’s a cocktail I invented last year and was thinking of today. It’d be a good antidote for the cold windy rainy weather that has been assaulting San Francisco.
The Crispicy
2 oz Ginger Cardamon Vodka
1 oz Black Pepper Syrup
Juice of 1 lemon
Shake with ice and strain.
This makes a good batched and bottled cocktail to give to friends. Just mix up multiples of everything but the lemon juice and keep it in the fridge. Bottle it and gift it with lemons. Instruct your friends to fresh squeeze 1 lemon with 3oz of the mix.
Black Pepper Syrup
1 cup water
1 cup sugar – it’s nice with brown sugar for color & extra flavor
15 or so black peppercorns
Boil 5 minutes, cool, then store in a glass jar in the fridge. Splash in an ounce of vodka to preserve it if you won’t use it up in the next week or two.
Ginger Cardamom Vodka
20 lightly crushed green cardamom pods
20 slices 1/4inch thick ginger
750ml vodka
Combine in a glass container. Shake and check every day. I think it’s usually done (flavorful enough) within a day.
Can you be here by 7 my time, with a shaker full of these? I can’t think of anything that sounds better for ushering in this slushy weekend…
I’d love to but I’m in the middle of batching and planning cocktails for an event next weekend! Give me 2days notice of being in SF and I’ll infuse and make syrup and have The Crispicy ready for you!
Next time I’m in town! I’m thinking latter part of Feb…can’t wait!