Cocktail of the Week: Q Is For Quentin
And Queen Of Hearts
This week's "Q" cocktails were Quentin and Queen of Hearts. The Quentin cocktail contains the following:
1 1/2 ounces dark rum
1/2 ounce Kahula coffee liqueur
1 ounce light cream (I asked for less)
1/8 tsp. grated cinnamon
Combine the rum, Kahula and cream in a shaker with ice. Strain into a highball glass and sprinkle with cinnamon.
Put on the Cadillac hood ornament you ripped off the neighbor's car, knock back a few before getting into the Pussy Wagon and passing out.
The Queen of Hearts is a raspberry concoction which I invented. It would make a nice Valentine's drink down the road:
2 ounces Chambourd raspberry liqueur
1/2 ounce brandy
Club soda
Pour over ice in a highball glass. Fill with club soda. Garnish with raspberries.
I have been reading about a very sophisticated drink that's been around forever called the French 75. I finally had one today. It consists of:
Juice of lemon
2 teaspooons powdered sugar
2 ounces gin
Chilled Champagne
Stir, then pour into champagne flute. Decorate with lemon slice, orange or cherry. A votre santé.
1 1/2 ounces dark rum
1/2 ounce Kahula coffee liqueur
1 ounce light cream (I asked for less)
1/8 tsp. grated cinnamon
Combine the rum, Kahula and cream in a shaker with ice. Strain into a highball glass and sprinkle with cinnamon.
Put on the Cadillac hood ornament you ripped off the neighbor's car, knock back a few before getting into the Pussy Wagon and passing out.
The Queen of Hearts is a raspberry concoction which I invented. It would make a nice Valentine's drink down the road:
2 ounces Chambourd raspberry liqueur
1/2 ounce brandy
Club soda
Pour over ice in a highball glass. Fill with club soda. Garnish with raspberries.
I have been reading about a very sophisticated drink that's been around forever called the French 75. I finally had one today. It consists of:
Juice of lemon
2 teaspooons powdered sugar
2 ounces gin
Chilled Champagne
Stir, then pour into champagne flute. Decorate with lemon slice, orange or cherry. A votre santé.
posted by Washington Cube at 9:36 PM
15 Comments:
I like the sound of all of those! Are you a secret bartender now?
No. I've been doing a cocktail of the week for some time now. At the beginning of the year, my friends and I were jokingly discussing New Year's resolutions, and since I don't drink much, I made my resolution to have a cocktail per week, with the understanding it would have to be something I had never drank before. Everyone was amused at someone resolving to drink rather than not drink. One of my friends suggested I drink alphabetically several times throughout the year, just for a different twist. One more mindless activity in a string of them that I pursue.
Ok, Cube. I take the challenge. I'm going to pick up some Kahlua and fresh cinnamin and make that Quentin. I wonder if I have "Quentin's Theme" on CD or tape somewhere.
grince
I'm trying to make my flu/cold dead tastebuds come up with the imaginary taste of gin, sugar and champagne. Not for the meek or uninitiated!
Perhaps I'll wait until a time (soon, I hope) where phlegm isn't the main ingredient.
The French 75 isn't for sissies, Drew. It was...stringent. Despite a listing of sugar, it was very tart.
Might I inquire as to where you obtained the Cadillac medallion?
Son of a B. After I posted that photograph, I said to myself, "Phil is going to zoom right in on the fact that it's a real hood ornament." You caught it, Phil. I KNEW you'd notice it. Shaking head and laughing. And I'm not answering until my lawyer gets here.
Well, if you wish to dispose of the evidence, I will gladly take it off your hands.
Phil: I originally got my ornament from the J.C. Whitney Automotive catalogue which is something car customizers use for restoring old cars. I checked their online catalogue today, and they didn't seem to carry it anymore. However...I checked on eBay. Go to search and type: Cadillac hood ornaments, and you will see several for sale, including one like I have.
Yummy drinks, Cube!
Before New Year's Eve you should list all of the drinks you have tried and put them on your blog so everyone can make them for their parties.
Chase:
As a little group project to fill those idle moments, my friends and I made up a web page of holiday cocktails, punches, nogs, etc. for the winter party season. I'll try and remember to do a piece on it and supply the link at the beginning of December.
I almost never order mixed drinks, but your work has me curious. They do sound like fun. My problem is I would try all three at once, and then order a second round, just to be sure.
Got the ingredients. I'm afraid to try it on a weekday (the Quentin), because we knoooooow that thai can't handle his liquor. Friday night looks like a good time to try.
grince
I would do the same KOB...one has to be sure that they taste good. I prefer trying drinks three times...it's a charm thing, ya know!
Thaimex missed an important detail in his comments. Having eaten nothing all day, Tbai ordered the drinkie as well as lunch. Drinkies came first. That cocktail-head sips the sweeeet drink and then says, "Whoo. I can feel that!". Infamous drink-wussy that he is, I had to finish his Quentin.
grince
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