Audacious Audio

Having just arrived home from a 21st which included a 1m x 1m pizza, daytona car racing machine and a DJ with the full decks set up I am admittedly fairly stoked on life. Luckily for all of you...im a sharer and what i have to share with you at this point in time is a great song i heard. It is probably not new, NOVA has probably already molested it. But i don't listen to radio so my ears remain untarnished. I speak of La Roux - In For The Kill, particularly the Skream remix. If you will kindly find your way to http://hypem.com/#/search/La%20Roux%20-%20In%20For%20The%20Kill%20(Skream (clickity click click) you will hear it all. I will not lie to you. I am a sucker for a sexy songstress. It all started around the age of 16 when i first heard The Distillers. Brody Dalle remains to this day the hottest punk i have ever seen. That husky voice and swaying swagger does things for me. Lately i have been finding myself feeling emotions that exceed those of pure plutonic joy for such women as Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs's and now for young Elly Jackson of La Roux. So heres to the lovely ladies of the music industry. Britters? Beyonce? Mariah? Nahhhhh, show me a real woman.

Break the Egg...

As my facebook status changes to show a love for Baileys on the rocks, I keep thinking how well it works in a shot. Two of the most frequently asked shots when I'm working behind the bar would be the 'Jam Doughnut' (Chambord, Baileys with a suger rim) and the 'Cowboy Cocksucker' (Butterscotch Schnapps and Baileys).

A patron the other night at work asked me to make him a shot with banana liquour in it as he had eyed the bottle from behind the bar, I immediatley went for the Bailey's bottle and looking for something else to add to the shot (not really thinking the thing through) I grabbed the bottle next to the Bailey's, Cointreau.

Break the Egg...

• 25ml Banana Liqueur.
• 25ml Cointreau.
• 10ml Baileys.

Layer the ingredients in order, the Baileys will settle between the cointreau and banana liqueur.

Essentially, the Bailey's is the yolk of the brink. The cointreau is strong on its own, and to smooth the harshness of the shot, you can 'break the yolk' into the cointreau. Of course this is totally optional to do... Below is the 'broken' Baileys.

Side story of note: When flying out to New York a year and a bit ago, while stuck in Sydney duty free at the airport, a friend and myself were lucky enough to be present during a baileys taste test promotion. It was 11am at the time and luckily for us, none of the commuters (mostly buisness men) were looking to join in on a good morning bender. So as we waited two hours for our plane to arrive, we indulged in 'trying' a half bottle of baileys between us. Good times.....

Music To Drink To...

...In A Cocktail Lounge.

(I might make this a weekly feature on the blog from now on.)

St. Germain - Tourist.

At any point in time, in at least one cocktail lounge around the world, a track from 'tourist' will be playing. The album embodies the stereotypical sound one would expect to be played in a modern, trendy bar. A perfect mix between smooth jazz and the sequenced stylings of an electronic album. 

Pnau - Sambanova.

Pnau have made quite a resurgence in the last year or so due to their pop-orientated third self-titled album, but their debut album 'Sambanova' released in 1999 is just as good in a fairly different style.  The synth's are smooth, the bass is relaxed, throw in some cheeky brass cameo's and you've got a good recipe for cocktail music.

Apple Caprioska

Apple Caprioska

• 75ml Apple Vodka
• 4 Lime Wedges
• Caster Sugar
• Fresh Apple Juice

Muddle lime with caster sugar, add ice, then vodka, then shake. Pour into a frosted glass and top with apple juice. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Whiskey Grapefruit Sour

I love Whiskey, Here's a whiskey cocktail...

Whiskey Grapefruit Sour.

• 45ml Whiskey
• 20ml Limoncello
• 30ml Lemon Juice
• 30ml Grapefruit Juice.
• Dash Sugar Syrup
• Dash Egg White (Optional).

Add all ingredients into shaker and shake, Strain onto ice and garnish with a twist of grapefruit rind.

The picture directly below shows the recipe with the egg white in it. The appearance is much nicer than without the egg white as it produces a nice foam on top and a stronger colour, however the egg white definently takes the edge off the 'sour' concept of the drink. That's why I much prefer the recipe without the egg white (two pictures down.)

Public Service Announcement

A mixture of more important things to do (read: study) and a bottle of Galliano Black Sambuca haunting my bar were enough to spawn this horrible monstrosity of a beverage. I don't recommend anybody ever replicates it or even trys to drink it....consider this a cautionary tale.

Green Goblin? Shrek? Pick a name...just don't expect much.

1/2 shot of Galliano Black Sambuca

1 shot Kahlua

1/2 shot Frangelico

1 tub Vaalia Vanilla and Blueberry Yoghurt

Add ingredients to shaker and forget you ever had dignity....dont shake it, dont even drink it.

Sorry to have wasted your time.

Yeah, i was serious about the yoghurt...

Papaya from Joe's

JERRY: Bad peach?
KRAMER: It's terrible!
JERRY: Did you get that at Joe's?
KRAMER: Yeah, of course I got it at Joe's.
JERRY: That's surprising, his fruit is usually the best.
KRAMER: You know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna return this.
JERRY: You're returning used fruit?
KRAMER: Jerry this peach is sub par....

Papaya From Joe's

• 6 small chunks of Paw-Paw (Papaya)
• Healthy dash of Agnostura Bitters
• Brown Sugar
• 30ml Vodka
• 15ml Limoncello
• 10ml Lemon Juice

Muddle Paw-paw along with brong sugar and bitters. Add Ice, then pour vodka, limoncello and lemon juice in. Shake very well and strain into a rock glass filled with ice. Garnish with a slice of lemon and paw-paw.

This drink was and excuse to use the new fruit that has grown on my papaya tree. It turned out very nicely and would be an awsome summer drink. Pity the weather is turning...

'Milk The Cow'

Good Day all. As this is my first post for our blog site, allow me to introduce myself. In the back-stories for some of the previous recipes you will know me as Dean. For the purpose of my mixing though, I prefer to go by the alias of; McCreamy. Yes, I am bamBOOZEled's resident 'milkoligist' if you will, the mind usually behind the cream based/dessert cocktails. As a result of this you will no doubt see me use liquers such as Baileys and Kahlua on a regular basis; this recipe is no different.

For those of you who havn't been living under the proverbial rock of recent, you would have no doubt noticed the numerous advertisements (mostly at bus stops I've found) for the latest product from Weis Ice Creams; The Coffee Almond Weis Bar. Now if your anything like me the sound of coffee and almond flavour combined elegantly with a perfectly measured strip of vanilla ice-cream down the side just makes my mouth water. That, and the fact Weis seemed to be spending a bucket-load on marketing, brought me to the conlcusion that this new ice-cream was the perfect inspiration for a new cocktail; hence the enticingly simple 'Milk the Cow' was born.

Add to shaker:

30ml Baileys

30ml Kahlua

30ml Amaretto

60 - 90ml of milk (depending on your taste!)

ice

Shake ingredients together.

Option 1: Strain over ice into rock glass

Option 2: Garnish a Martini glass with chocolate topping around the inside.

Strain into glass, and sprinkle with bits of shaved almond.

Enjoy!

Drink it up.

It is my strong belief that all the senses should be stimulated (word on the tip of every Australian's tongue these days)....So here's a few sly little ditties for all 3 of you who are reading. I did admittedly steal these from other blogs, mostly surfing related so i'll also point you toward these two sites which are well worth a weekly check if this sort of thing takes your fancy.

www.globe.tv/dion
http://www.moderncollective.tv/

Phoenix - Rome
http://hypem.com/track/793069%20Phoenix
Matt & Kim - Daylight
http://hypem.com/track/774368%20Matt
Justice - Planisphere
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?rxzzwfesto3
Metronomy - A Thing For Me
https://www.box.net/shared/mtvbpqw84o#1:20129842
MGMT - Kids (Kooks cover)
http://www.mediafire.com/?kihuyt5ucrt
The Presets - Talk Like That (CFCF Remix)
http://www.mediafire.com/?tdhn2nnmwlj

Lime Marmalade Gimlet

A gimlet is simply a base spirit (typically gin or vodka, though some even use tequila) and lime juice. Most traditional recipies use Rose's lime cordial as the mixer and although I didn't own any, I was happy to find Rose's Lime Marmalade lying in my fridge, just an honest stroke of good luck!

Lime Marmalade Gimlet.

• 45ml Gin
• One teaspoon Rose's Lime Marmalade
• 10ml Lime Juice

Add ingredients to ice, shake very well to fully mix in the marmalade. Strain into glass and serve with a twist of lime or a lime wedge.

Hip Hop/RnB....the real reason for adolescent binge drinking?

Now really, T-Pain? Brothers the reason all the kids are getting juiced up these days, not the delicious alcopops!

"She made us drinks, to drink, we drunk 'em, got drunk

and now i know she thinks im cool."

"Bartender - T-Pain featuring Akon"

With discretion being the better part of valour i will control the gnawing impulses and not even get started on "Buy u a drank" (also by Monsieur "Pain"). Now having cheapened our cyber home we have here with references to such sub-standard artistry i would like to redeem myself by pointing you toward the "scroll down" button. More specifically set your peepers upon the classy, refined and tasteful (not to mention gramatically correct) work of our own Jackson White. Good tunes? Check. A fondness for quality liquer? Check. Candle lit dinners and romantic sunset beach walks? Pending. Get it while its hot ladies.

Mandarum

This drink was created through my own impulse to use the rum's I owned. I'm not a big fan of rum at all and only really use it for making mojito's...

Mandarum.

• 30ml Coruba Jamaica Rum
• 15ml Bacardi Oro
• 15ml Cointreau
• Juice of one mandarin
• 10ml Lemon juice
• Dash of Agnostora bitters

Add Coruba and lemon juice to the glass, muddle mandarin in shaker, add the remaining ingredients with ice and shake. Fill the glass with ice and strain contents of the shaker over the ice, carefully for a layered effect. Serve with a swizzle stick.

EDIT: Sugar-coating the rim with the juice of a mandarin would be a great way to present the drink!

Last One At The Bar - Mix

Thought I would post a little mixtape I made the other day, please excuse my awful mixing techniques as I'm very new to it! :)

Last One At The Bar.

1. Tom Waits - Ol' 55
2. Wilco - Ashes of American Flags
3. The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Open Heart Surgery
4. Depeche Mode - Home (Air "Around the Golf" Remix)
5. Why? - Good Friday
6. Cat Power - Lived in Bars
7. Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla

Have A Listen!

Photographic evidence

Yogi Bear (inspired by the Yellow-stone park thief himself....and a bangin' smoothie from Raw Energy)


Passionfruit Amaretto Sour.
While this isn't an original drink, hot damn is it a nice drink...

• 45ml Amaretto liquer
• Pulp of one passionfruit
• Granulated sugar
• Egg white (optional)

Pour amaretto, passionfruit and egg white over ice. Shake and serve in a sugar rimmed glass. (To achieve this, run a lemon wedge around the edge of the glass and twist through the sugar). The egg white is used to keep all the ingredients together and is not a noticable taste.


The First Kiss.

An Orange Cloud

I recently went on a trip to Dan Murphy's the other day. I just love the place. There is just too much to choose from at very tempting prices (even though I honestly feel like I'm cheating some of the independent liquor shops). I told myself I had a limit of $30 dollars spending money and luckily enough I was able to pick up two favourites; a bottle of aperol and a bottle of limoncello.

My first experience of aperol was last christmas. A family friend handed me aperol topped with soda and I was immediatley hooked. An Italian aperitif, it has a nice bitter orange zest taste. The smell is very similar to redbull believe it or not. The Bowery Bar in Brisbane make a beautiful Aperol Cobbler aswell.

An Orange Cloud.

• 60ml Cloudy Apple Juice
• 30ml Aperol
• 20ml Limoncello
• 10ml Lime Juice

Add ingredients over ice, shake, strain into martini glass. Garnish with a slice of apple.

The name is awful I know, anyone got a good suggestion?

Sunburn

After returning from a day down the coast, Ben and Dean arrived at my place for a few drinks before a going-away party for a friend down the road. Trouble was they were both incredibly burnt which is never a nice feeling, particulary before heading to a social gathering.

In the process of gaining some liquid conifidence before heading to the party (or in Ben and Dean's case; something to dull the pain...), we got to work at making some drinks. After raiding the fridge for some ingredients, I came across some blueberries and strawberries. I knew I would need to use them in a drink now I had a craving for them.

So from the berries, coupled with a desire to use gin in a cocktail; Comes a tribute to Dean and Ben's suffering...

Sunburn.

• 6 Strawberries, Quartered
• 10 Blueberries
• 10ml Lime Juice
• Simple Sugar Syrup
• 30ml Tanqueray Gin
• 15ml Cointreau
  

Muddle the berries, add ice and remaining ingredients. Shake and strain onto ice. Garnish with strawberry slices and whole blueberries. Top with soda water if needed.