{"id":194,"date":"2012-01-22T13:11:28","date_gmt":"2012-01-22T21:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/?p=194"},"modified":"2012-01-22T13:11:28","modified_gmt":"2012-01-22T21:11:28","slug":"some-more-hot-drinks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ryotakahashi.com\/blog\/archives\/194","title":{"rendered":"Some More Hot Drinks"},"content":{"rendered":"

The cold weather continues in California, and so I turned to some more hot cocktails to keep me company at night. Because there’s only so much warmth that inanimate stuffed animals can give, no matter how fuzzy they are.<\/p>\n

I had frequently heard about “hot buttered rum,” and yet I had never tried it. So I tried a recipe from Aaron McCargo Jr.:<\/p>\n

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Hot Buttered Rum<\/strong>
\n1 tablespoon butter
\n1 tablespoon brown sugar
\ndash of cinnamon
\ndash of nutmeg
\n2 oz dark rum
\n6 oz boiling water<\/p>\n

Muddle the butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg at the bottom of a mug, then add the dark rum and boiling water and stir. I didn’t actually taste the butter or the sugar very much. Either there was too much rum or the spices were overpowering. It just tasted like rum with a bit of spice and a hint of sweetness. I was hoping the butter would make it taste sinfully rich, but I missed that.<\/p>\n

Next I tried a really simple cocktail, the Stonewall.<\/p>\n

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Stonewall<\/strong>
\n1 oz rum
\n1 cup warm apple cider<\/p>\n

It basically does just taste like warm apple cider and rum, as you might guess from the ingredients. You could probably put any kind of liquor in there. And maybe even a little more than an ounce. But it’s a nice warm drink for cold nights, with not too much alcohol.<\/p>\n

Lastly, I made another cider-based drink:<\/p>\n

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Steelers Cider<\/strong>
\n2.5 oz bourbon
\n10 oz apple cider
\n2 cloves
\n1\/2 lemon, sliced
\ncinnamon stick<\/p>\n

You make this by just throwing the bourbon, apple cider, cloves, lemon slices, and cinnamon stick into a saucepan, and then heating it up until it starts to bubble. You can also add some ground allspice, but I didn’t have any so I didn’t. The bourbon tastes pretty strong in this, despite there being four times as much cider as bourbon. The lemon and the spices do give the drink a nice comforting taste, and it’s definitely a nice drink on a cold night. I’d maybe decrease the bourbon a tad, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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