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Seed to Sip: Crafting Cocktails with Fresh Ingredients from Your Backyard
Being able to grow your own food is a wonderful thing. I start selecting my varieties and mapping out my beds in January just to be ready for the narrow window of planting the Northeast provides. Creating spreadsheets and doing research on what type of vegetable and flowers will grow the best and look the best in my small suburban backyard. This is all to be able to create a few dishes using my own ingredients and say “yeah, it was me from seed to plate.” Also, since I am a guy who loves craft cocktails, being able to have a pantry just outside my door opens up new drink possibilities I can’t find anywhere else.
Here are a few mixes that I thought really represent the taste of summer to me.
Spicy Mar“Garden”rita
On the margarita I used the G4 Blanco Tequila because of the green and spice notes. This was able to hold up to the sage which can overpower other ingredients very easily. I found that the jalapeno and sage added a great level of complexity to the traditional margarita build without taking away from the refreshing sip a margarita can provide.
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The Buzzing Gin Fizz
A gin fizz is a great summer time cocktail on the hottest of days. The addition of the thyme and bee balm adds a pleasant floral and citrus aroma. The Tanglin Orchid gin I used added some pepper notes on the palate and a soft green bitterness to balance the honey. This is a great cocktail that I should be able to swap other herbs in and experiment with other floral gin bottlings.
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Having a wide variety of plants growing all around my house that not only provide beauty to my property but can also be used in a variety of ways is so much fun for me. Since all the plants come to maturity at different times I will be able to have a continuously changing menu over the next few months. I can’t wait to dig into some more unique cocktails.
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Tanglin Gin Orchid 750ml
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G4 Tequila Blanco 80@ 750ml
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