Comments on: The Air Florida

By: Stevi

Stevi — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:10:03 +0000

Doug,
Actually, I do always use fresh lemon and lime juice, and haven’t bought the bottled in ages. But I do usually use canned or bottled grapefruit juice. It is more convenient for the quantities I use, and I haven’t been overwhelmed by the quality of the grapefruit we get this far north. Or maybe it’s just unfair I compare the the grapefruit I used to get off my tree in Florida.

By: Doug Winship

Doug Winship — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:32:31 +0000

Juice? Surely you mean that you were out of fresh lemons and limes! Gabe would try to take away your cocktail geek card away if you did have bottled juice on hand! (I won’t tell him)

And for what it’s worth, I think your geek cred will hold up anyway, considering you DID manage to have both Maraschino Liqueur and Creme de Violette on hand….

By: dfan

dfan — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:46:22 +0000

You have reinvented the Seventh Heaven (with slightly different proportions and the addition of the Creme de Violette)! Very tasty.

I don’t think I’ve ever had a cocktail with grapefruit juice I didn’t like. It is probably partially because it’s a little sweeter than lime and lemon juice, and I usually like my citrus sourness to be balanced with a little sweetness.

By: Vidiot

Vidiot — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:53:15 +0000

I’m glad you made the 14th Street Bridge joke, so I didn’t have to…

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:29:20 +0000

We used to have a cocktail on our menu at work that called for a Canadian dessert wine that we only had in limited quantities – one bottle. It wasn’t a big seller, but when the wine was gone we had to get creative.

The best alternative I managed was to use some Martini Rosso, a touch of Limoncello and a splash of Jagermeister. Worked way better than it sounds!

Great post, too.