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have I mentioned I take requests? I do. and they are all the more urgent when someone has a bottle of something different (pastis) they need to make disappear quickly (a week or two). to that effect: let's make a greta garbo
in most circumstances you'd drink pastis chilled, straight up. it is, more or less, a somewhat more civilized cousin of our good friend absinthe. but can can also make cocktails with it--important if you have to drink a bottle in like two weeks
there are many different ways to make a greta garbo, which if we're honest is not a common drink by any stretch of the imagination. the central elements are rum and pastis.
pastis, like absinthe, has a funny quality that makes it turn cloudy when you shake it with ice. fortunately in this drink, there will be other booze colors that will account for this. no one likes a cloudy drink
you're going to want 2 oz of light rum, 1/2 oz of simple syrup, a splash of maraschino liqueur or grenadine (really just enough to make things reddish), 1 oz of lime juice and about 1/4 oz of pastis.
yeah, 1/4 oz. I'm afraid that as far as I know, pastis is not the hero of any cocktails. if you want to taste the pastis, drink it straight! also get off my lawn
shake all of those things with ice and strain them into a martini glass. garnish with a cherry or anise seed pod. or, as usual, whatever makes you happy. this is your drink, let it speak to you

not literally
enjoy your cocktail. it's tasty, right? that's good, because you'll need like 80 more before you kill that bottle. maybe by then covid will be gone

that's today's apocalypse bartending. bottoms up, and I'll see you on the other side.
previous entries in the "drink away the pandemic" series (1/18):

-old fashioned


-negroni


-margarita


-mojito
previous entries in the "drink away the pandemic" series (2/18):

-manhattan


-whiskey sour


-martini


-bloody mary
previous entries in the "drink away the pandemic" series (3/18):

-pimm's cup


-sidecar


-moscow mule


-mudslide
previous entries in the "drink away the pandemic" series (4/18):

-daiquiri


-white lady
…

-cosmopolitan
…

-singapore sling
previous entries in the "drink away the pandemic" series (5/18):

-the last word
…

-the horse's neck


-the hurricane


-the gimlet


-the mai tai
previous entries in the "drink away the pandemic" series (6/18):

-the white russian


-the tom collins


-the mint julep


-the brandy alexander


-pina colada
previous entries in the "drink away the pandemic" series (7/18):

-the zombie


-the blood and sand


-the aviation


-navy grog


-sloe gin fizz
previous entries in the "drink away the pandemic" series (8/18):

-long island iced tea


-gloom chaser


-the whiskey smash


-the pina cocktail


-the sazerac
previous entries in the "drink away the pandemic" series (9/18):

-sangria


-the caipirinha


-the pisco sour


-planter's punch
…

-tequila sunrise
previous entries in the "drink away the pandemic" series (10/18):

-the grasshopper


-la paloma


-the boulevardier
…

-the martinez
…

-the vesper
previous entries in the "drink away the pandemic" series (11/18):

-irish coffee
…

-the suffering bastard


-the fog cutter


-the tuxedo
…

-the corpse reviver
previous entries in the "drink away the pandemic" series (12/18):

-the clover club
…

-the harvey wallbanger
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-the brown derby
…

-the sun also rises
previous entries in the "drink away the pandemic" series (13/18):

-the millionaire
…

-the french connection


-the twelve-mile limit


-the monkey gland
previous entries in the "drink away the pandemic" series (14/18):

-the ward 8


-the mary pickford


-the bees knees


el diablo


-the green dragon
previous entries in the "drink away the pandemic" series (15/18):

-the gin rickey


-the southside
…

-between the sheets
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-michelada
…

-the pink lady
previous entries in the "drink away the pandemic" series (16/18):

-the jungle bird


-the jack rose


-the widow's kiss
…

-penicillin
previous entries in the "drink away the pandemic" series (17/18):

-la lousiane


-amaretto sour


-the screwdriver


-strawberry and black pepper g&t
previous entries in the "drink away the pandemic" series (18/18):

-the brandy daisy


-the bronx cocktail


-the bijou


-the vancouver
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I feel like this week keeps getting darker and darker. so we need an appropriately grim drink. this one is another alleged hangover cure, but we're really doing it today because of its name: the corpse reviver
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I mean, it's right there in the name. if you're feeling like you've died, this will help. but like all zombie potions, the magic will run out at some point.

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when you want strong crisis-related restrictions that you might not notice until you try to push against them, there's one place in the world that can deliver that kind of thing better than anywhere else: singapore.

and so today we will make a singapore sling
warning: this one is going to require some stuff you might not have in your bar. there's a lot in it, all originally designed to--somewhat creepily--disguise the taste of the alcohol so, uh, ladies can drink it.
here's the full list:
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-.25 oz benedictine
-.25 oz cointreau
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-.5 oz lime juice
-.25 oz grenadine
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this one's for new york, which, and I can't believe I'm saying this, is inextricably tied to this cocktail because of a fictional gossip columnist. it has a reputation for being girly, but in the apocalypse we need to be confident no matter who we are. so here's the cosmopolitan
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you'll be serving it in a martini glass, which should be familiar by now. put a few cubes of ice in one and pour in some water to let it chill

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