The Contenders!

Hi all,
Thought we’d share the entries for the LuvInIdleness drink contest with you. The winner will get an EP and T-Shirt, as well as have their drink served on the last night of our residency at Sycamore this week.

From S.M.: (my apologies–I forgot to include this one!)

Pernod, blackcurrant juice and club soda. I’ve never actually tried this, but it should be heavenly for lazing on a summer afternoon (or idling on a midsummer’s night?). Though not necessarily everyone’s idea of living easy in the summertime.

From N.S.:

1 part Bailey’s Irish Cream.
1 part Kahlua.
2 part Coca-Cola Classic.
Served on the rocks.
Garnished with a slice of fresh ginger.

Also from N.S.:

1 1/2 part Gin.
2 parts Soda Water (aka Club Soda, Seltzer Water).
1 part Tonic Water.
1/5 of a peeled cucumber, mashed
Wedge of Lime
Garnish with thin slice of cucumber and pansy flower.

Place cucumber in a cocktail shaker and mash with a muddler or spoon until pulpy. Then add gin, soda, tonic, ice, and shake.
Empty, don’t strain, all contents into a lowball cocktail glass.
On the rocks.

From J.R.:

*a sippin’ martini for bittersweet afternoons in the garden*

A gin waltz – with orange, elderflower, and rose petal flavours to
chase your blues away – or to embrace them. Accenting with a bleeding,
fading purple flower just for you!

The drink, a everything I love, has story intertwined. :-)

Shake and strain;
• 1 shot Hendricks Gin
• Splash St. Germaine
• Juice of one wedge orange

• Serve up, with a splash of sprite and a twist of orange
• Let stand, then drop a few drops of red wine into the drink as garnish

From T.M.:

2 parts peach nectar
1 part fresh-squeezed lime juice
1 part vodka

From J.D.:

1 part concord grape juice
1.5 (to taste? to preference? to respite? choice vodka…or is it gin…??
Several chopped (finely) basil leaves

From M.M.:

ice cubes with red hots frozen in!
1 part grenadine!
1 part vanilla vodka!
2 parts ginger ale!
two cherries on top! one carved in the shape of a flower! one carved in the shape of a heart!

i don’t care if i win this, this is totally what i’m getting tomorrow!



7 Responses to “The Contenders!”

  1. benandvesper Says:
    September 23rd, 2009 at 10:28 am

    So…what do you all think?

  2. Jason Robinson Says:
    September 23rd, 2009 at 11:30 am

    Without trying them first?

    I vote J.D.’s drink. Purple, as LuvInIdleness should be… Gin/Grape/Basil? Sounds sumptuous.

    To N.S:

    You’ll appreciate that once as a wee lad (who had never been to a real bar before) I confidently ordered a Bailey’s and Coke at a bar in rural England. I knew I liked Bailey’s. I knew I liked Jack ‘n’ Coke. It made sense to me…

    I had no idea what I was in for… ;-)

  3. Caitlin Bermingham Says:
    September 23rd, 2009 at 11:50 am

    The cucumber one sounds great!

  4. Daniel Says:
    September 23rd, 2009 at 12:20 pm

    a drink with mashed cucumbers??? Hmmmmmmmmm…..

    call me crazy… but I’d like to try that.

    I gotta vote for that one! Wish I could be there to hoist one of those at your show!

  5. benandvesper Says:
    September 23rd, 2009 at 5:01 pm

    I just posted one that I had forgotten–sorry! (I put it first, to make up for my mistake.)

  6. S.M. Says:
    September 24th, 2009 at 11:47 am

    Given that mine is missing a stage directions and thus seems less professional, here they are:

    4 parts Pernod
    3 parts blackcurrant cordial
    8-10 parts club soda

    Stir Pernod and black, add soda, adjust to taste, serve in Collins glass over ice. Garnish with pansy.

    ..and thank you for reminding me of the Bailey’s and coke story Jason, I’d forgotten in and it’s great for a laugh. If it influences your decision any, this would also be a largely purple drink.

  7. benandvesper Says:
    September 24th, 2009 at 9:55 pm

    We have chosen the winner!

    Come to the show tomorrow to find out, and be one of the first in the WORLD to sample the soon-to-be-classic “LuvInIdleness”!


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