{"id":124,"date":"2011-08-14T22:00:35","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T05:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/?p=124"},"modified":"2011-08-14T22:01:23","modified_gmt":"2011-08-15T05:01:23","slug":"st-germain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/archives\/124","title":{"rendered":"St-Germain Cocktails"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got a bottle of St-Germain<\/a> as one of my birthday gifts this year.<\/p>\n

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It comes in this very attractive bottle. I was actually just about to buy one for myself to make some St-Germain-based cocktails, but, as luck would have it, my friends really know me well, and so I got it for my birthday!<\/p>\n

The website<\/a> actually has quite a long list of cocktails using St-Germain, so I tried out some of those. The three I ended up trying were basically twists on a classic, adding St-Germain or substituting it where simple syrup was in the original.<\/p>\n

First up is a French gimlet.<\/p>\n

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French Gimlet<\/strong>
\n2 oz vodka
\n1 oz St-Germain
\n0.5 oz lime juice
\nlime twist<\/p>\n

This is basically the classic gimlet, but with St-Germain in place of simple syrup. Given the choice between gin and vodka for the gimlet, I of course went with vodka. The St-Germain is sweet and has this nice floral flavor that kind of reminds me of lychee. I really liked this drink, it’s quite strong like the original gimlet but also has a nice floral, fruity flavor.<\/p>\n

Even though I haven’t had the best relationship with Manhattans, I gave the St-Germain version of it a try.<\/p>\n

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Paris Manhattan<\/strong>
\n2 oz bourbon
\n1 oz St-Germain
\n0.5 oz vermouth
\n2 dashes Angoustra bitters
\nmaraschino cherry<\/p>\n

The St-Germain added a nice sweetness to the drink, but it was still overwhelmingly bourbon-y. Definitely more palatable than a regular Manhattan, but it’s still distinctly a Manhattan. Maybe with less bourbon… but then it wouldn’t be a Manhattan anymore. Maybe I should just give up on Manhattans. Or just keep drinking them till I like them.<\/p>\n

Then, I saw a recipe involving pears. I love pears, so of course I just had to try it.<\/p>\n

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Pear Tree Martini<\/strong>
\n1.5 oz St-Germain
\n1.5 oz pear vodka (I used Grey Goose La Poire)
\n0.5 oz lime juice
\n1 dash Angoustra bitters
\npear slices<\/p>\n

The recipe said to add a sprinkle of cinnamon or nutmeg, but I didn’t do that. I was excited that I got to use my rarely-used bottle of Grey Goose La Poire. I thought this was a really nice drink; it had a hint of pear from the pear vodka, and a nice sweetness from the St-Germain. Even though it has a pretty high alcohol content, the sweetness and the lime juice made it very easy to drink. I’m not sure if the dash of bitters actually added anything, though. But I really did like the taste of pear with the elderflower. This one’s definitely a keeper.<\/p>\n

I haven’t even made their namesake cocktail, the St-Germain cocktail, yet. I’m saving it for a party next weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I got a bottle of St-Germain as one of my birthday gifts this year. It comes in this very attractive bottle. I was actually just about to buy one for myself to make some St-Germain-based cocktails, but, as luck would … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[74,72,24,210,28,25,78,211,209,73,77],"class_list":["post-124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mixology","tag-angoustra-bitters","tag-bourbon","tag-cocktails","tag-french-gimlet","tag-gimlet","tag-manhattan","tag-maraschino-cherries","tag-pears","tag-st-germain","tag-vermouth","tag-vodka"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}