The SRP: Sybil Rum Punch 4 da world!

     Give a try on this Punch ~ Give yourself a break, You deserve it!

Hello followers, bartenders, mixologists, friends, apprentices, everyone!!

This time I am posting one of my simplest creations... actually it was an improvisation for a lil' event in which my skills were required and there was a limited amount of "resources"....
Ive just wanted a "KISS to prepare" cocktail.
KISS? Yes Sir!  --> Keep It Simple Stupid !

Why to make it complicated? you guys must be tired enough sometimes and the only thing you want is to enjoy life and have a refreshment... so thats why I classify the Syb's Punch (abbreviation) as a Mid Drink
Why Mid? because most of us get tired (or at least feels like) in the middle of something, so to keep pushing hard there's always necessary to have a break, a "pause".... so I invite you all to enjoy this drink on Mid week : Wednesdays Eve (Hump day), on a spring or summer midday.... or just in the middle of any complicated chore for what you crave an intermission..... or if  you want to get drunk slowly .... this is your drink!!!

So here it goes the preparation....

Sybil Rum Punch (Syb's Punch)

~Yields: 2 servings~

Glass:  (built in) Highball
Preparation: Shaken

Ingredients:

• White and Golden Rum 
• Lime juice
• Pineapple juice
• Orange juice
• Grenadine
• Ice
• Lime wedges

Preparation:

Fill up with ice almost half of a mix tin
Pour 1oz and 1/2 of White rum and 1 oz and 1/2 of golden one
Add 4 oz of pineapple juice and  1 oz and1/2 of orange juice
Add 2 splashes of lime juice
Shake shake shake!!!

Pour the cocktail into the glasses more than half filled up with ice.
Splash with grenadine
 Garnish with lime wedge!

Tip: If you like it sweeter you can add peach syrup (the one from the canned peaches) .... if you have it!

Now Its time to enjoy!! Cheers everyone!
Happy Hump Day! or Happy "Just because..." day!

-->Here it goes a pic [live from my kitchen]... giving myself a break and KISS!

Its still Summer? Anyway.... always its a good time for "The Peruvian Sunshine"

Hello Everybody!!
Here I am once again with innovative drinks and some mixology!
Ive been trying to create a cocktail for enjoying the last summer days, and it just came up to my mind to use pisco in a drink recipe.
First i thought in come up with the "Sybil Punch" (a  rum based one) that i will post it later, but i made up my mind in hitting up this time with the Peruvian National liquor: Pisco! oh yeah!

So here it goes... why sunshine? because first I thought about Tequila Sunrise, taking off tequila and using pisco instead, until i realized that such drink already exists and it is called: Pisco Sunrise....

Then I thought to change some ingredients, and to switch the name to Pisco Sunset.... till i recalled there is a drink called Tequila Sunset, which uses Grapefruit juice.... and as i dont have grapefruit juice near hand in Lima, i consider not  appropriate to stick in that name. Finally, i started testing with different liqueurs and adding liquors ... till i get a different drink, with a fruity garnish whose colors remember me the shinning and burning sunlight of Mancora's Sun (Nothern Peru beach) .... so thats why eventually I came up with the name: Peruvian Sunshine.

I did the test by mixing in different ways: Pisco, Agave, and triple sec.... you must say Im crazy, yes, but there is where the fun is... in the attempt of creating something new and drinkable! :)

After giving free samples to a couple of people, the winner was:

Pisco + Triple Sec + Oranje Juice + Granadine.... Result? Just great!

If you are interested in try it on just follow the instructions bellow:

Built in "Specialties" type glass

- 1 1/4 oz Pisco
- 1/2 oz Triple sec
- Fill up the glass with Orange juice
- Splash of granadine

Garnish: Half Orange wheel and cherry (look at the picture)

First: Fill the glass with ice
Pour the pisco, and the triple sec
Fill up the glass almost to the edge with orange juice
Grab the mix tin and shake once
Splash with granadine
Place the garnish on the border of the glass.
If desire, get a straw and enjoy!!!

Hope you like it! promise to post more often....

Have a good end of summer - welcome Fall season!!

The Peruvian Sunshine Drink!

An actual Peruvian Sunshine @Mancora-Peru

The Passionate Cosmopolitan

Hello Everyone!

Im back in the neighborhood with some news and of course interesting and delightful stuff to post :)

As many of you must already know, my fave cocktail is the famous and never old fashion "Cosmopolitan" .... In one of my many attempts of being creative when enjoying a drink... I came up with a lil' variation of the Cosmo but that definitely  makes of this something different. It resulted to be that refreshing when I tasted it that I decided this could be on my contributions for Drinkwire's SummerDrink Roundup - and of course is not the last one.

The difference relies mainly in the juice that i used, instead of only plain cranberry juice, i tried with passion fruit & cranberry juice (both in one). Also, instead of using citron vodka, I opted for regular vodka, since passion fruit is already sour enough - at least  in Peru/SouthAmerica - so It was smart to offset the sourness....
It's a cool option to enjoy in a patio or rooftop during summer. It is as much glamorous as refreshing.... If you are good at shaking cocktails you will feel it as a juice... that's precisely the point ;)

Usually drunk by female drinkers but let me tell you that I served one built in a highball glass to my dad and he loved it! A good drink never has a preset genre, but does personality. Always give it a chance to something different... I had fun trying a new version of my fave drink, and i must confess that i feel proud of have not used a jigger.... i did free pouring (without having speed pourers, btw) just by counting and controlling my wrists.... and it went  P-E-R-F-E-C-T.

Here you have the ingredients and the preparation:
Drink: Passionate Cosmopolitan
Glass: Martini Glass
Preparation: Shaken
Ingredients:

• 1 1/4 oz vodka (I used Sky)
• 1/2 oz Triple sec
• Cranberry & Passion Fruit Juice (Brand: La Onda, if Ocean Spray does not have such a mix, you can get both juices by separate and try to pour them at the same time in the mix tin)
• Lime Juice
• Ice
• Cherries

Preparation:
1. Chill Martini glass.
2.  Fill the mix tin with ice (3 fingers)
3. Add the vodka and triple sec
4. Add the juice as much as you like, but i recommend no more than 2 oz, better try 1 1/2 oz.
5. Splash of Lime juice.
6. Shake shake shake!!! 
7. Before serving, place the cherry at the bottom of the glass (no ice of course) 
8. Strain the drink in the glass... and there you go enjoy!

A piece of advice: When preparing a cocktail don't go cheap with vodka! get a good one, the difference can be totally noticed! Indulge your palate and take care of your liver... no cheap vodka! :D

Soon Ill be posting about my experience in becoming a certified bartender.... the experience was so amazing and I have to say that there is lots more to learn and  this is just the beginning.... 

A pic of the drink that cheered me up last Friday night that i had to work at home!!
My smile could not be described....

PS. Yep, I will improve the quality of my pics!