Cocktail: Midnight Ride

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On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five;
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year.

I made a drink today to commemorate Paul Revere’s Ride. The base liquor is from Massachusetts, where the ride took place, and the other ingredients are from three of its bordering states– all places that fought in the American Revolution.

Ingredients for two cocktails
5 oz Greylock Gin (MA)
1/2 oz Eau de Vie de Pomme from Warwick Valley Distillery (NY) (It is acceptable to use Laird’s Applejack as an alternative as it comes from NJ)
1/2 oz homemade maple syrup (CT)
4 droppersful Urban Moonshine Citrus Bitters (VT)

Instructions
Chlll two martini glasses
Add ice to shaker
Add ingredients, swirl with wooden spoon, then shake
Pour & serve!

I also made a variant of this for my dad with 1 oz gin, 1/4 oz apple brandy, 1/2 oz maple syrup, and 1 dropper bitters on the rocks in a highball glass with soda to top it off.

Mirrored from Antagonia.net.

Comments

[yamiko.livejournal.com]

We were fought over by New York, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts before becoming our own country, and then finally joining the US.

[zia-narratora.livejournal.com]

Aha, okay, that makes sense! I was trying to figure out how a state that is bordered by three original states wasn't one. So I assume Vermonters fought in the Revolution? Because then it still works for the drink, I will just adjust my description!

[yamiko.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Mountain_Boys

[zia-narratora.livejournal.com]

Yes! I have heard of them! Excellent! Thank you for the history lesson!

[yamiko.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! :D

[zia-narratora.livejournal.com]

I fixed it! I figure since all three states border MA, that counts, too!