New drink invented, thanks tohobbitblue's Forest

[xiphias]

desperance, your idea works. My Blue Blazer recipe works with absinthe, or, at least, with Absente, which is an absinthe substitute sans wormwood. Haven't tried it with the real stuff yet, 'cause I don't have the real stuff yet, but as it's now legal and available in the US, I soon will.

Yes, the flame is blue, not green, and, oddly, the final product isn't cloudy-white, but pale green and clear. With some of the alcohol burned off, it's smoother than a usual absinthe, but the fire caramelizes the sugar, so it's really quite nice.

I think I'll call it the "Blue Fairy."

ETA: hobbitblue reminds me that her Forest was the one who came up with the idea. desperance was the one who asked if it would burn green, which was why I was thinking of him.

Sorry.

Comments

[copperpoint.livejournal.com]

I was under the impression that the harsh bitterness in absinthe came from the wormwood itself. Could explain the mellowness if the absinthe you used wasn't the "real stuff".

[batwrangler.livejournal.com]

I'd love to try that! (I was sadly disappointed by how vile absinthe tasted.)

[patgreene.livejournal.com]

Did you do the whole sugar-cube-and-ice-water thing? A friend gave me some St. George absinthe, and the sugar and water smoothed out the roughness quite a bit. My husband, who thought it tasted like Nyquil at first, thought it tasted okay after I treated it.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Do you know britgeekgrrl? She's quite the Absinthe fan.

[fibro-witch.livejournal.com]

Oh man, where did you get absinthe up here. I have been checking every where.
There is an absinthe bar in New York city already, I can't wait for the first one to show up here.

SO when is the taste testing???

[jadasc.livejournal.com]

I think I'll call it the "Blue Fairy."

Some drinks will make a man out of you. This one will turn you into a real live boy.

[britgeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

If there's a Beverages and More in your neck of the woods, they carry Absente, Kubler absinthe and Lucid absinthe.

If you don't mind buying mail order, drinkupny.com has all of the US-legal absinthes, including the hard-to-find St. George Absinthe Verte (new release tomorrow, yay!) and offers free shipping on orders over $50, I think it is.

[hobbitblue.livejournal.com]

*pouts* wasn't that Forest's idea? Blue Fairy sounds a cool name though :)

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Dang! You're right. Desperance was the the one who asked if it would burn green.

[hobbitblue.livejournal.com]

Its just an international conspiracy for coloured drinks on fire *nods*

[rosamund.livejournal.com]

It only goes louche when water is added.

::tries to remember whether that affected it when the nice barman in No Sign Wine Bar set it alight and realises she was far too drunk that night and cannot::

I did end it running backwards up one of the steep hills in Swansea—they kind of built up a cliff—in heels. Yes, I was plainly blotto but, from all accounts, it was amusing to watch. .

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Sure, but the recipe for a blue blazer is alcohol, sugar, and boiling water. So there IS water added -- but the water is boiling.

[cheshyre]

We got a bottle of Absente ages ago.
None of the newer ones... yet...

[rosamund.livejournal.com]

Perhaps it's the fact that it's boiling at addition.

Does that particular variety go cloudy when water is added normally? Some don't, as disappointing as that is.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Is true.

*conspires*

[hobbitblue.livejournal.com]

*dons fedora and snazzy raincoat and conspires back*