Failing Forward Pt. 1: One Bad Apple
It’s usually unflattering to post a drink that you created that you know isn’t good by any means, but sometimes posting a combination of ingredients that just outright sucks can provide some nice schadenfreude. I didn’t have much of a liquor stock on hand, but I wanted to experiment a little, make a decently simple drink.
It started as 2:1 rye and crème de cacao, but the first test was a bit underwhelming. I knew it probably needed a little bit of lemon juice, which would’ve probably made something at least serviceable. For some reason that I can only explain with my sleep-deprived brain, I decided to instead use the bottle of Angry Orchard I had. And thus, we find ourselves at this nightmarish recipe:
* 2 oz rye whiskey (Old Overholt used here)
* 1 oz white crème de cacao (Paramount used here)
* 1 splash hard cider (Angry Orchard used here)
Stir over ice, strain into a champagne flute
This is the only drink that I think I’ve nearly vomited from drinking. The apple cider and crème de cacao are at war with one another to such a degree that they must force the other to leave the drink by any means necessary. At least my good friend Abraham Overholt wouldn’t hurt me.