Transcript: PSAde

Cocktails on the Fly
Episode: “PS Ade”

Alberta Straub: Hi, Welcome to Cocktail’s on the Fly. I am your flighty hostess, Alberta Straub. And I am going to tell you how to make one of my super favorite drinks, the PS Ade. This is a tangy, citrusy, yummy refreshing beverage.
It’s made with Vodka, and Aperol, which is a little bit bitter but mostly citrusy and sweet goodness. And it’s got some fresh citrus, so you can use tangelos, you can use tangerines. I have some blood oranges today and some cumquats. Which are pretty fabulous if you ask me, I will have a little bit right now.
Mmm, yummy. Ok, so first of all you squeeze some fresh lime into a glass that’s… You want a thick strong glass, tempered glass so you don’t have ice busting out all over you. And you squeeze. You want about an ounce of lime juice, that lime didn’t seem too juicy so I am going to do just a little bit more. There we go a little bit more of a squeeze, ok cool.
You can also use some organic lime juice that you can find at any fine food store, that’s squeezed for you already if you dot want to build up your hands. Like I need to, that’s the only exercise I get so that’s why I like doing it that way.
Then you match the fresh lime with some simple syrup, there we go, delicious. And then, add an ounce and a half or two ounces of some fine vodka, citrus vodka or orange vodka also works very nicely with this drink, and then like a half an ounce of Aperol.
So lovely, you’re going to love it. Then throw in some cucumbers. Then some of my delicious spa mix. About an ounce, there we go of the spa mix liquid. Try to use your bar spoon and get some of those yummy spa cucumbers in there, a little coriander, a little bit of good stuff.
It’s all goodness, its all goodness in there. There we go ok good, yummy, and then its time for the citrus. I am going to through in a couple of wheels. Now wheels are important. You don’t want to just squeeze it in there, because then it’s the peels and everything that add flavor to the drink. You may think at first you’re a little reluctant to try it this way, just trust me.
You put this all in the drink and it adds a dynamic. You want the drinks to have this dynamic flavor. It’s going to be sweet. It’s going to be a little bit bitter. It’s going to go through the gamut. And that’s why we like to do it this way, trust me. I have tried it, I have tasted this cocktail every which way.
You know long boring afternoons at work with no one to make drinks for but myself. Its called R&D, I am sure you guys are familiar with that in the office.
And then cumquats are a great addition to it. It’s kind of a pain to slice up a lot, but at least you know you’re not making it for like a hundred people or something. Like sometimes I am at work, so let’s get a couple of cumquats, put them in slices. And guess what?
Guess what time it is? Now you’re ready for the muddle. You’re ready for the muddle, ok, so where going to be doing some muddling. We go muddle, muddle. Sometimes you can think about your boss, or think about your boyfriend and you go, AH! I am going to muddle! I am going to muddle. But you know you don’t want to pulverize, even if you might want to pulverize your boss or your boyfriend.
Whatever, you just want to muddle. Just kind of get the flavors out, get the flavors out, muddle a little bit. And then next step you add some ice. A little bit of ice, starting getting cold. A cold drink is the best kind of drink. Cold girls, cold drink. Here you go just a little bit more muddling. Muddle, muddle, muddle.
Ok, that’s looking good isn’t it? Isn’t that looking good? Oh my goodness, ok it’s almost done. Put a little bit more ice. Ok I think I overfilled it a little bit, but never fear, don’t worry. What you want to do is just stick your bar spoon in there, and you throw the ice away. You just toss it out like the dirty laundry. To sit out, there we go its goodbye. Goodbye, goodbye ice, alright.
Then you top your drink with some seltzer, or soda water. Or you can add seven up or something if you don’t have soda water at home. It makes it a little bit sweeter but, sees I prefer the seltzer water, but delicious either way.
You give it a final little stir, and then it’s a nice touch, to top it off with some Jamaica or some pomegranate or even cranberry juice just to add a little bit of that, it adds like a little drama. If you had some guests you want to serve them. See look at the way it trickles down. Oh that’s going to be delicious.
And then put your mint sprig garnish on there. That adds a nice bright tasting fresh aroma to your beverage. Very tasty! And then you got to have a straw to suck this thing down with. Ok now a little round of your blood orange, a little cumquat on there. Cumquat, whoops there we go.
Ah, doesn’t that look great? The PS ADE, delicious! And there sonly one of these, and there’s only one of me, so guess whose going to drink it? Yum! Oh know I spilled some, emergency. Ok, PS Ade, delicious, citrusy, good. Cheers!
In flighty announcements;
The PS Ade:
1. Juice half a lime
2. Match with simple syrup
3. Add 1.5 oz vodka
4. Add 1/2oz Aperol
5. Add sliced cucumber
6. Add rounds of Tangerine or Kumquat
7. Pour in 1oz Spa mix
8. Muddle with attitude!
9. Add crushed ice and stir
10. Top with Seltzer and Jamaica
Garnish with a mint sprig and an orange slice and you are ready to enjoy.