Thirty Six: Saint's Quarter
In which the Company decides that frankly, it's our ball and if we want to go home, all of you can't play anymore, so be nice.
Read MoreThirty Five: Don't need the sunshine
In which the Company justifies the existence of blended drinks, albeit in an off-hand, not-that-interested way.
Read MoreThirty Four: Pacific Dawn
In which representatives of the Company are unsuccessful in progressing in the Cocktail World Cup, but still come away with a great recipe.
Read MoreThirty Three: The Unnamed One
In which the Company makes an elementary mistake.
Read MoreThirty Two: Drake's Fortune
I've been thinking a bit about gin cocktails of late, which is useful given that all the recipes I'm currently owe various people and competitions are supposed to be rum based. I set myself to making a summery drink that wouldn't be torture to make - essentially the polar opposite of A Walk In The Clouds.
Drake's Fortune
50ml Tanqueray Gin
25ml pink grapefruit juice
10ml St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur
1 dash Angostura Bitters
6 mint leaves
Shake all ingredients with ice and fine-strain into a chilled martini glass.
***
The recipe is inspired by the Victorian Mojito - basically a standard Mojito, but with gin and apple juice instead of rum and soda - but I wanted to get away from the shorthand of using crushed ice to signify summer drinks. From there, it seemed obvious to use elderflower to complement the gin and a touch of Angostura to bring everything together.
And yes, more drinks should be named after videogames.