Steve Tasker
Footballguy
Here's a question for the group, someone help me out here. We used to have a wild mulberry tree in our yard, which has now since been cut down (RIP). Last summer, I collected a ton of berries off the tree and infused vodka with them (I think it was Ketel but can't recall). Later on, I went on the internet to figure out what to make with my new mulberry vodka, only to find no mulberry vodka cocktail recipes on the internet. Note that there is something called "mulberry vodka" native to Armenia, but that appears to be more of a brandy that they call "mulberry vodka" and drink straight.
These mulberries were not overly sweet. They do have a distinct berry flavor similar to, say, your standard blackberry, but are nowhere near as sweet. This mulberry vodka has been staring at me from my liquor cabinet for like a year now, just dying for me to drink it, but I have no idea what to do with it and don't really have any desire to drink it straight. Cracked it again for the the first time in at least like 8 months and still tastes pretty good. I've periodically experimented with Sprite, ginger ale, soda water + lemon......all fine, but nothing really excites me. I've got like 24 oz of this stuff and no ####### idea what to do with it.
Would love some cocktail ideas from the group here, if you've got any ideas. If it matters, my usual cocktail go-tos are your standard whiskey cocktails (Rob Roy is my longtime love, manhattan, Old Pal, whiskey sour, Boulevardier, etc), or tequila/pisco cocktails. I'd say a better-than-average-stocked liquor cabinet - nothing compared to what some of you have, I'm sure - and always fresh ingredients. But my vodka game is very limited.
These mulberries were not overly sweet. They do have a distinct berry flavor similar to, say, your standard blackberry, but are nowhere near as sweet. This mulberry vodka has been staring at me from my liquor cabinet for like a year now, just dying for me to drink it, but I have no idea what to do with it and don't really have any desire to drink it straight. Cracked it again for the the first time in at least like 8 months and still tastes pretty good. I've periodically experimented with Sprite, ginger ale, soda water + lemon......all fine, but nothing really excites me. I've got like 24 oz of this stuff and no ####### idea what to do with it.
Would love some cocktail ideas from the group here, if you've got any ideas. If it matters, my usual cocktail go-tos are your standard whiskey cocktails (Rob Roy is my longtime love, manhattan, Old Pal, whiskey sour, Boulevardier, etc), or tequila/pisco cocktails. I'd say a better-than-average-stocked liquor cabinet - nothing compared to what some of you have, I'm sure - and always fresh ingredients. But my vodka game is very limited.
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