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Indigo Jack
A vibrant applejack sour built around fresh blueberry, bright citrus, and aromatic thyme. Blueberry and apple arrive together on the palate before thyme...
Simon Sedgley
3rd July at 13:10
Seriously delicious...a citrus and berry 'bomb' with lovely apple and herbal notes. Really nice balance and complexity and the Brandy gives it pleasing depth. So bravo. On a second pass, wanting to nudge it ever so slightly away from the fruit and towards the floral and bitter, we substituted Gin for the Brandy and added a couple of dashes (maybe one would have sufficed) of Grapefruit Bitters. But now we're probably talking about a 'Blue Thomas'.
3rd July at 23:58
You flatter me, sir. (And I dig it) Seriously, though. Appreciate the time you have it and the response. This one took several passes before I was happy with the flavor profile. Gratifying to hear someone else could find the blueberries in there.
2nd July at 01:49
The lemon syrup experiments continue! This round heads back to summer fruit and fresh herbs, exploring how blueberry, apple, and thyme play together in a classic sour framework. I'd love to know if you're finding interesting uses for lemon syrup in your own cocktails—it's proving to be a much more versatile ingredient than I expected.
2nd July at 13:12
We will try this...our grocer has blueberries now. In the meantime, we did a Negroni:
30ml Never Never Gin
30ml Cardamaro
17.5ml Tanica red bitter aperitivo
2.5ml lemon syrup
The Gin is a downunder (and, in our unashamedly biased view, excellent) double distilled version of a London dry, with a slightly higher ABV than is usually found. The Tanica is a downunder aperitivo made from Davidson's Plum (a local tropical fruit) and Strawberry Gum leaf. Campari will will be more austere and bitter, Tempus Fugit less bitter and more fruity.
30ml Never Never Gin
30ml Cardamaro
17.5ml Tanica red bitter aperitivo
2.5ml lemon syrup
The Gin is a downunder (and, in our unashamedly biased view, excellent) double distilled version of a London dry, with a slightly higher ABV than is usually found. The Tanica is a downunder aperitivo made from Davidson's Plum (a local tropical fruit) and Strawberry Gum leaf. Campari will will be more austere and bitter, Tempus Fugit less bitter and more fruity.