Sober drinks
Today is another report on my attempt to turn everyone I know into an alcoholic. In other words, it’s time to update you on the testing of drinks for our Prohibition banquet.
I’m still waiting for the last few drinks testers to report in. There’s one that was on its way but got detoured by illness. That report will be all the champagne-based drinks and the verbal summary was “they’re all good.” I’m now very curious about which drink was what and how they tasted.
Today’s drinks don’t fuel the alcoholic soul. In fact, it’s the second report of the non-alcoholic drinks. I want to sing “Second verse, same as the first,” because the two groups testing these came up with very similar results. I need to introduce them to each other at Conflux, so they can admire each other’s taste. Todays report si from Rachel.
Drink One:
I couldn’t get hold of proper carbonated water, so used soda water instead. This is boring as all get out. Perfectly palatable, but it’s just lemonade. Don’t bother.
Drink Two
I wasn’t sure how much a “bottle” of ginger ale is, so I used a highball glass and that worked well, proportions-wise.
This is my new favourite drink. Yum, yum, yum. And flexible! I can see it served very cold, on ice during summer, or in a tall glass with a straw for winter. Different garnishes would also change its personality - berries to emphasise the sweetness or a twist of lemon for extra “bite”. Can you garnish drinks with ginger? Because that would work too. The ginger ale is warming, but tempered by the sugar and the lemon gives a lovely twist. On pouring it develops a fun foam which quickly disperses - looser bubbles than a beer head, but more dramatic. It must also be medicinal as I am using it as a cold remedy at the moment. At the very least it improves one’s mood. A must have!
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