Mixology Monday Report

Doug over at the Pegu Blog hosted this month's installment of Mixology Monday on the subject of limes. His roundup of drinks and hilarious journey through the submissions, comments and all that is lime can be found at his web site linked above. Out contribution was the Basil Vodka Gimlet, a cocktail that nicely merged the lime and basil flavors very well. Take a moment to check out the pictures, posts and follow-up comments. I feel like a serious newb here, these guys know their stuff and most use ingredients that I have yet to have in my bar collection.


Cheers!

Jason

PFB Voting & Mixology Monday

Voting for Project Food Blog opens today. My Ready, Set, Blog! post is up and ready for a look. If you find my post worthy of a vote I sure would appreciate it. Good luck to everyone who is competing in the ten challenges!

Today is Mixology Monday for September. Find out more about the monthly event here and make sure you keep an eye out for the roundup Doug at the Pegu Blog will be pulling together.

Cheers!

--Jason

Mixology Monday - Basil Vodka Gimlet

Food and beverage blogging has turned into an addiction. Every day I get new posts sent to me from all over the world. The connections other bloggers have made in the broad universe we all occupy often provide even more leaps for me find out more. I can't help clicking! I heard about Mixology Monday this way. Mixology Monday is a monthly online cocktail party. Did somebody say cocktail party?

For this month’s event on September 20th the subject is lime. Lime is epic when it comes to cocktails and is always best when used fresh. My cocktail for the party is a Basil Vodka Gimlet made with hand-infused basil vodka and a lime syrup made from lime zest and juice.

Lime Syrup

½ cup water
½ cup superfine sugar
Zest of 1 lime
Juice of 4 limes

Slow simmer the sugar, water and lime zest for 5 minutes. Take it off the stove and allow to cool. Strain the cooled syrup to remove the zest. Add the lime juice and mix well. Chill and use at the bar.

Basil Vodka Gimlet

2 parts hand-infused basil vodka
2 parts lime syrup

Mix vodka and syrup in a rocks glass and add ice to fill glass. Garnish with fresh basil and/or slice of lime. The flavors in the drink a nice and clean and the lime provides a crispness and acidity that makes this drink and ideal refresher for a hot summer day.
I wrote about my first attempt with this drink, a few others and the process I used to make the basil vodka back in July. You can check that post out here.

Earlier this week I also made a batch of pirate grog that also features the eponymous lime in an old cocktail. Arrrrrr, come check out my spin on grog!

Cheers!

--Jason