Okay, the Washington Capitals have officially swept the Penguins. (I threw up in my mouth a little typing that.) There were a couple good things about last night's game, though. Really. The first is that, as so often happens when he plays the Capitals, Sidney Crosby went from "cute kid, great butt, super-awesome hockey player" to "oh, my, sexy as hell!" for the night. The second is that one of the two new guys, defenseman Jordan Leopold, scored not one but two goals for the Penguins last night. Leopold is a very capable defenseman, but not exactly a goal-scoring machine--these two goals brought him up to ten for the season. I find his attempts at Capitals-killing really charming. So does a Penguins fan I follow on Twitter, who described him as "BEST DECISION WE MADE ALL YEAR" last night. She gave the cocktail I fixed myself last night its name.
I'm warning y'all, this is gonna look *so* gross on the page. But it's pretty decent in the glass. My beloved L'Ailee thought she wanted grape juice this weekend, so she bought a big bottle. She enjoyed a couple of glasses, then got sick of it. I got sick of that bottle taking up valuable real estate in my refrigerator, so decided to try it as a mixer.
I love to, as a cooking mentor of mine put it, "echo" a flavor in multiple ways within the same dish or drink, so I bought myself an airplane bottle of Ciroc grape vodka. As you can imagine, Ciroc stirred into grape juice was awfully sweet, so much so I wanted to pour it down the sink. But I don't want to be wasteful, so what could I cut that grapey sweetness with? Why, grapefruit soda, of course. I got out a can of Fresca. I took a sip. I settled down with the resulting cocktail. Much like Leopold, it worked out pretty well after I gave it a chance.
Best Decision
4 ounces chilled Concord grape juice
1 1/2 ounce Ciroc vodka
2 ounces Fresca
Pour grape juice into a tall glass. Stir Ciroc into it. Float Fresca on top. Stir lightly.
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1 day ago
Lilo - That sounds weird but so awesome. I have a feeling it would probably taste like this beverage my dad has talked about called Cold Duck.
ReplyDeleteI haven't had Cold Duck in years, but yeah, it's probably similar. Very dark, sweet, cheap wine, right? (I tend to like my wine cheap and sweet anyway.)
ReplyDeleteThis won't be something I go to every day--I drank the Lucky 13 all winter, am liking the Stupid Shutout with blueberries now, and love Crosby Sucks year-round--but I thought it was worth holding on to this recipe. Plus Leopold's effort was definitely worth mentioning even though the Pens lost.