Jack & Lydia
Submitted by Drinks_with_Nick on Mon, 06/30/2014 - 8:01pm
| This month’s cocktail inspiration is Fourth of July Creek by Smith
Henderson. Named after the first of many bars in Smith Henderson’s
Fourth of July Creek, the Dirty Shame takes its cue from the Dirty
Martini’s call for olive juice, but I went with bourbon, not gin,
because that’s what soaks the novel’s pages. I wish I could've utilized
the whiskey Henderson cites – Redeye – but that’s unavailable, so use
Montana’s own RoughStock to evoke this fierce novel’s terroir. Dirty Shame: 2 oz. RoughStock Montana Whiskey .25 - .5 oz. olive juice (make it as dirty as you want) .25 oz. simple syrup 1 full dropper Bittermens Hellfire bitters Olives Shake all – except olives – with ice and strain into an ice-filled old-fashioned glass. Garnish with olives (mine are jalapeno stuffed,
but any will do). |
Sea of Flames
1.5 oz. Hendrick's Gin
1 oz. Byrrh
.5 oz. St. Germain
2 tsp lemon juice
2 dashes The Bitter Truth Jerry Thomas' Bitters
Stir all with ice. Strain into chilled glass.
“This one came together nicely - and I know I'm not supposed to say that about my own concoctions, but there it is! The Byrrh is a really lovely, red-wine based aperitif that was created in France well before WWII (the setting of the novel). The St. Germain is also French. The other story line begins in Germany, so I added the Bitter Truth bitters - a German product.” Enjoy!