Transcript: Lemon Drop

Cocktails on the fly
Episode “Lemon Drop”

Alberta Strauss: Greetings, Flighty here, Flighty here! Today we are going to make a lemon drop this is a great drink. Its simple, its straightforward, its tangy, its refreshing, its good and we are going to make it, lemon drop. So we start off with some vodka, I have got square one organic vodka here. This is a very good vodka, its super premium its super tasty. It’s made with rye so it’s got a lot of flavor.
A lot of you guys out there think that vodka should be as the law dictates, flavorless and tasteless. So that’s not exactly true, different vodkas are made with different things. And they do have flavor in them, you have to taste them. You can tell a lot of difference in them, especially with the quality.
I was doing a taste test the other day, I am not going to mention any names, because I don’t want anyone to get mad at me, but we were all doing some blind taste testing. We thought this vodka was one of the lowest vodkas out there and it was actually a super premium, that I get orders for all the time. So I ask you to do some blind test tasting at home to see if you really like the vodka that you think you like. And make sure its not all marketing hype.
This is fantastic vodka it’s all organic and its god. Alright lets try it, so we are going to put in a once and a half of vodka. Here we go an ounce and a half. Ok and then we are going to put three quarters of an ounce of Cointreau, or another orange liqueur if you have another one you like. You want to be3 cheap or whatever you want, a sour or triple sec or something. But should be Cointreau it’s really tasty. Ok, there we go.
There we go and now we need some fresh citrus, we need about an ounce. So always use fresh, fresh, fresh, fresh. It’s good, we need a little bit more. Ok, and then we match it with simple syrup, so it’s just three quarters of an ounce, just a little bit more. Ok perfecto, and then we put some ice in here because we are going to get ready for shaking.

Get some nice big ice cubes; we want yummy beverage and not a lot of dilution. Dilution is important for a drink, but I don’t like a lot. Because this is all fresh and I just like the texture of big ice cubes add to a drink, because you don’t get it all broken up and watery tasting.
Ok seal the drink with your cocktail shaker, hit it ok! And then shake. Alright super yummy, shake until you get some coldness, a little freezing on the outside, and gently. Ok then you got your cocktail glass chilling, right. Got it chilling, chilling. Ok then you got some of your citrus and you edge the glass, alright all around. And then you pour out any water or citrus or extra citrus that’s on there. Then you edge it with bar fine sugar, or baker’s sugar. It’s got to be bar fine, not granulated like regular sugar, it’s really tasty that way.
Ok, there we go. And then you use your Hawthorne strainer. Strain it into a glass, and then its time for your garnish. Alright I like to use a nice little citrus round. There we go cheers, the lemon drop delicious. I want to try it right now to make sure its ok. I like it its got vodka. Cheers.

Lemon drop:
1. 1.5 oz vodka
2. ¾ oz of Cointreau
3. 1 oz of lemon juice
4. Match with simple syrup
5. Add ice
6. Edge with a chilled cocktail glass
7. Shake and strain into the glass
8. Garnish with a lemon wheel
9. Delicious