A good friend Justin and I concocted this libation one day, we named this cocktail “Heavy Juice”. A very apt name, it looks like boozy orange juice. The Heavy Juice Cocktail is spirit forward, and wonderfully refreshing. What makes Heavy Juice a bit different is the use of orange marmalade in the mix in lieu of a simple syrup.
A cut and paste for you party menu:
Heavy Juice
Beefeater Gin. Absolute Vodka. Aperol. Orange Marmalade. Sparkling Water.
Spirit Forward, but still refreshing. Add all ingredients except the sparkling water to a shaker. Shake for 25 seconds. Double strain into an old-fashioned glass over a large cube of ice. Fill ramainder of the glass with sparkling water, and gently stir. Garnish with orange wheel.Heavy Juice
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Really great cocktails are about balance, skill, and quality. If you think about it that is parable for life, and certainly for cooking. About 6 months ago my beautiful wife, daughter, and I went to Manhattan, and ended up at a high-end bar called “Death & Co”. I fell in love, this was cocktail heaven. My wife purchased their second recipe book for me called the “Cocktail Codex: Fundamentals, Formulas, Evolutions” when we got home. I learned I knew almost nothing about making a fantastic cocktail. The great news is it is not very hard to make great ones. I just needed an honest guide and practice. One caveat about this book; it is written by skilled bartenders for skilled bartenders. They have ingredients we mere mortals may never make, but it is very informative.
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