Welcome to our inaugural episode of drink. This channel is dedicated to bringing you the best recipes for classic, modern classic and culinary cocktails presented by some of the top bartenders in Los Angeles. We also aim on teaching you guys technique, which is probably the most important thing in making drinks, anybody can follow a recipe, but the technique of building them is what makes a good drink truly great.
The cocktail is presented by Leandro DiMonriva head bartender of Cole's French dip in downtown Los Angeles. Leandro has been working on and perfecting the art of classic cocktails for the past seven years and he will be the bartender presenting the classics on this channel.
We start with a crowd pleaser, the Gin Gimlet. This recipe is the most relevant to date, giving you a cocktail that is a perfect balance between citrus, sugar and of course gin.
Although the Gin Gimlet was published in Harry Craddock's The Savoy Cocktail Book from which it gained noteriety, the drink actually traces it's history back further to the British Royal Navy who were using lime juice to ward off scurvy. The Gimlet was purportedly invented by Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Desmond Gimlette who mixed the concoction to make the lime rations more palatable for his crew. Acting as doctor for the superior officers, mixed the lime with sugar and gin to mask the bitter taste. Unlike their superior officers, the regular naval sailor was given rum rations which they would also mix with sugar and lime, which came to be known as "grog". That mixture finds it's origins in the english trading vessels of 14th century England and gave birth to another famous cocktail which we will revisit in another episode.
Here's the gear I use in the episode:
Barfly Graduated Jigger: amzn.to/2r3slt2
Barfly Shaking Set: amzn.to/2OYG0w4
Barfly Hawthorn Strainer: amzn.to/2OkFZ8v
Barfly Fine Strainer: amzn.to/2RaFkoS
Here's The Specs:
.75oz Fresh Lime Juice
.75oz Simple Syrup
2oz Gin
Preparation notes:
First you're going to want to select a citrus forward Gin such as beefeater or Plymouth. Too much Juniper can kill this cocktail.
Add ingredients to a shaker with ice and shake for 10 to 15 seconds
then strain into a Coupe or Cocktail glass.
Garnish with a Lime Wheel.
Please feel free to comment, we read them all and if any of you have questions we would be happy to answer them!
1 ноя 2017
