After Dinner

AFTER DINNER
1.5 oz. apricot brandy (Rothman and Winter Orchard Apricot)
1.5 oz. curaçao (Ferrand Dry Curaçao)
2 oz. lime juice

Combine with ice; shake. Strain. Add a twist of lime and ice. Drop in the peel.

This week we recorded our tasting notes so we could remember all of the good points.

Eric
It’s not as sour as we anticipated. I like it.
It tastes like a foamy daiquiri. That’s by far the
best drink we’ve had.

Brian
That’s a pretty good drink.

Eric
(to Jason)
Just so you know we’re after lowbrow tasting
notes here. You have to understand that every time
we’ve been doing this we’ve had nothing but horrible drinks.

Jason
That’s drinkable. That’s good.

Eric
If all of our drinks were this good I wouldn’t
be as depressed.

Jason
You drink a lot of these you’re going
to get heartburn.

Brian
Because of all the citrus.

Eric
It really comes on at the end.

Brian
The citrus? I get that right away. Then I get a little apricot
and it ends orangey.

Jason
I don’t pick up the apricot in that drink.

Eric
But if you knew what the apricot liqueur tasted
like you might pick it up. It’s definitely citrusy
but I wouldn’t change anything.

Brian
Right. Who knew?

Jason
Ten point scale? I’ll give it a 7 but because
I have no context. I’m basing it on cocktails
I like, not cocktails in the A section.

Eric
It’s like figure skating where you give it a 7
because you don’t know what’s coming next. But we
are finding that lately were giving a lot of 2s and 3s.

Jason
That’s like everybody doing a triple axel but
everyone has been falling. This is at least on pace.

Eric
It has the least amount of failure. This drink fails the least.

Jason
It’s a good summer drink. The ladies that like
white wine are going to like this one.

SCORES: Brian 8.5, Eric 8, Jason 7