Transcript: The Macdaddy

Cocktails on the Fly
Episode: “The Mac daddy”

Alberta Straub: Hi, Welcome to Cocktail’s on the Fly. I am your flighty hostess, Alberta Straub. And I am going to tell you about a super yummy girly drink, yes it’s a girly drink. Yes sometimes even I drink girly drinks, because you know what there’s a time and a place for them.
People come to my bar all the time and they say, I want an Appletini. Well I’m telling you right now there’s no such thing as an Appletini. There’s no lemon drop martini, there’s one martini and one martini only and that is made with gin.
This is a drink that I call the Mac daddy. You want an apple drink why use some sort of liqueur, why not use fresh apples? Super yummy, here we go fresh apples, tangy tasty.
I am going to teach you how to make a yummy drink that you will forget you’re going to forget all about that Appletini thing. But anyway if you would like a drink with fresh apples, here is my Mac daddy.
So Macintosh apples or any sort of tangy Fuji apple, throw them in your mixing glass. And then you squeeze in half a lemon. There we go yummy. I think that lemon was a little dry so I am going to put a little more in. Or you can use fresh organic lemon juice, such as what we have here.
You can buy it at any fine food store. So I a going to put a little bit more, you want about a ounce or so of fresh lemon juice. And then you want to match those equal parts, approximately an ounce of simple syrup. There we go.
And then I want about an ounce and a half of vanilla vodka. I have sky vanilla here; you can use any kind of vanilla vodka. And then I am going to put in a splash of Pimms #1. I am just going to put it in here, just see you need a little splash.
And then half an ounce of Luxardo Maraschino liqueur, not cherry brandy, but maraschino liqueur, oh I said it wrong. Maraschino liqueur, because apparently this is the proper pronunciation I wouldn’t know I am from Petaluma. You know where we totally have French fries with our meal.
Here we go Maraschino liqueur, good to go, and then some fresh ginger. Woo, try not to knock anything over, try not to create chaos in your kitchen.
And then you want to prepare your cocktail glass. It’s not a martini glass, it’s a cocktail glass. You can call it whatever you want, I guess in your house. You want to prepare it, get it chilled get it ready to go. And then you’re going to edge it with sugar.
Its really nice, you don’t have to but it’s really nice if you have some baker’s sugar or a really nice bar fine sugar. It’s a little bit finer, more finely ground than the regular granulated sugar you see in the stores. But it’s more so than powdered sugar. It makes a really nice edge on the cocktail glass.
Try not to pour it all over your sugar, there you go, were edging, edging. This sugar really makes a difference so; you want to get a nice edge on there. Ok, now your glass is ready to have some liquor isn’t it?
So you want to fill it with ice. I’m getting a spoon to throw this ice in there, here we go. You just really want to pack your mixing glass with ice, because the goal is that when you’re shaking, the ice is supposed to break up the apple.
So you bring out the juices and the flavor of the apple, then I put a little bit of fresh ginger in there to give it a nice gingery feel. And then here we go, create a seal; hit it firmly with the heel of your hand.
And then you’re going to turn it over, and shake like crazy! Shake like you have never shaken before, shake, shake, shake. Shake your rear end to, you can’t see mine but it’s shaking. Shake this drink. And none of this half, I am not going to say the word but half you know what I am going to say.
No that’s not shaking a drink you wan to shake it break up the apples. Ok I think it’s ready now. So hit gently on the edge of your little counter top or whatever. And then pour through the glass; you may not be able to pour like this so get a strainer or something that works well.
Oh look at that it’s so delicious, I can tell, oh there we go come on. And of course, miss flighty perfect pour. Good job! No I’m kidding. And then garnish with a peel of apple. A little splash of these orange bitters I got, quite tasty. Oh so good, there you go.
And I like to put on a little round star on this because it looks pretty if you have guests. Look at that, delicious, the Mac daddy, the alternative to the Appletini, fresh apples, tangy delicious. Cheers! I love my job.
In Flighty announcements;
Mac Daddy:
1. Add wafer thin slices of crisp apple
2. Juice half a lemon
3. Match with simple syrup
4. 1.5 oz of vanilla vodka
5. A splash of Pimms #1 and ½ oz Maraschino Liqueur
6. Slice of fresh ginger
7. Fill mixing glass with ice
8. Shake vigorously for 1 minute
9. Strain into Sugar edged glass
10. Add slice of apple for garnish
11. Add a splash of bitters and savor! Slowly.