Post #803283 by jokeiii on Sat, Apr 30, 2022 6:15 AM

I posted this in another thread¹ but, upon reflection, figured it could/should get its own thread-y spotlight.

The clip is from Alton Brown (from his video on Margaritas) on making your own, has been for me a bit of a game changer.

https://youtu.be/a85P5SBeYDs?t=39

I like that you can adjust the sugar up or down, tinker with the base spirit(s), and/or play with the orange varietals, etc., etc. For example, he suggests using vodka (2c.) with a bit of brandy (½ c.) as the spirituous base...but this might be an ideal opportunity to make use of some of the more, ahem, mass market-ish rum you may have loitering around searching for its purpose in life. I used the remains of a certain Puerto Rican white rum handle that materialized in my bar around New Year's, and a 375ml of its gold sibling.

You do whatever.

Anyway, I very strongly encourage you to give this a try.

P.S. If you don't have a sous vide rig, a slow cooker set on warm should do the trick. (You can double check the water temperature with an instant read thermometer, and then toggle between off and warm to keep it in the 150F-165F range and you'll be fine.)

¹ It was an offshoot to a discussion of how Senior Curacao has unfortunately devolved to an alarming degree.

[ Edited by jokeiii on 2022-04-30 06:18:06 ]