Things have gotten to the point at the casa de Bouche where whenever we have friends over we ask “What would you like to drink? Literally we have everything.” Now, most folks just ask for a standard manhattan, negroni, or whiskey on the rocks but one of our friends, who will remain nameless (Clare…), decided to get all crazy and make some shit up.
I should probably preface this with the fact that Whit and I had just bought a bunch of kumquats from the store to make candied kumquats. For those of you who have never had a kumquat, they are a citrus fruit that is about the size of a large grape and tastes like a mix between a lime and an orange. They are much too small to juice and add to a beverage so Whit decided to just make them all sweet like as a citrusy addition to any cocktail.
Ok, back to the made up shit.
This person requested that I create a cocktail using the kumquat simple syrup and our freshly procured Leopold’s Gin. With this I thought, “Ok, add some bitters and some St. Germain and its kinda like a floral gin Manhattan.” Let me tell you that this cocktail was sweet. Very sweet. So, my lovely wife, the palate architect that she is, suggested that I add just a splash of soda water on top to give a bit of fizz and cut the sweetness. God love her, it made that sweet concoction actually quite nice and our guest thoroughly enjoyed it.
Now, without further ado. I present the first cocktail that I straight pulled out of nowhere.
The Candied Kumquat Gin Fizz
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