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Jacques Merley

Jacques Merley

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Jacques Merley

No schnapps in mine, adding one raspberry per peach in the puree helps getting the expected pink hue.
Instead of lemon i tried lime, the resulting flavour is interesting close to rose’s scent.
The difficult part remains to get the expected fluffiness if the mix without losing too many bubbles. A Classic in anyway, strong enough to get happy and light enough to remain such

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Jacques Merley

I tried the IBA récipé and was disappointed. The apple scent and taste of Calvados did not ally well with the apricot and the bitterness of gin.

National Anisette Day
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Jacques Merley

There are two types of anisette. A liquor made from anise (pimprenelle anisum) traditionnal in Italy, often served neat as a side order with coffee. Anisetta Meletti is a known brand.
A spirit perfumed with star anise seeds the fruit of chinese badiane (Illicium verum) often served on the rocks possibly with extra water, often as an apéritif (before meal), very common under different names all around Mediterranean sea.

Jacques Merley

I use ripe white peaches (never yellow ones) peeled and crushed with a blender and some ice, add a raspberry to get a gentle pink colour.
The main difficulty when you pour the prosecco over the peach puree is the large amount of foam it makes. You have to be patient, to let it down before filling up.

National Candy Corn Day
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Picking up on Jacques M’s comment. You have three cocktails with ‘atomic’ in the name - one is vodka based.

I’m away to experiment with vodka, creme de menthe and absinthe to see if I can come up with something with a nuclear green glow and a big bomb hit. I may regret this.

Jacques Merley

keep us in the loop, unless the fallout is too hazardous