Post #328537 by The Gnomon on Mon, Aug 27, 2007 1:32 PM

On 2007-08-27 10:44, Chip and Andy wrote:
And, if you don't use it as an ingredient in your drink, you can use it as a base for home-brew recipes.

Exactically. I use W&N WO in some drinks, but mainly I use it in my homeade orgeat and other syrups, and in various homebrewed potable botanical extracts. I also use it for soaking fruit (garnishes, fruit "cocktail," etc.) and for flame effects.

As for the flame effects, W&N WO does not burn brightly on its own. The flame is so subdued, on its own, that you might not think it's lit when it really is, so you don't want to turn your back on it prematurely. There are things you can do with it to make it flame up, but don't expect anything spectacular by itself.

There's a jungle drink I invented in 1971 that I call Amazon Limeade, which I've only ever made with Ron Viejo de Caldas, but it would have been better with W&N WO had that been available to me at the time. I probably made a grand total of 20 or so, all in 1971, the only time I could put my hands on any Amazon limes. Outside of the Upper Amazon Basin, in place of an Amazon lime I use a grapefruit; in place of granulated sugar I use rock candy syrup; and in place of RonViejo de Caldas I use W&N WO. The grapefruit version is wimpy in comparisson, but tastes better. You'd think that would be the point, but Amazon Limeade is part drink and part jungle elixir, plus it's served at air temperature (very warm in those parts), not chilled. The wimpy grapefruit version is chilled.

If you're hankerin' for the taste of kerosene but don't want the harmful side effects, this hechicero prescribes a straight shot of W&N WO.

[ Edited by: The Gnomon 2007-08-30 07:12 ]