The Buildout · Episode 123 · February 22, 2024 · 1 hr 0 min

The Fog Cutter (Live from Sunken Harbor Club)

Live from Brooklyn’s Sunken Harbor Club, we proudly present: The Fog Cutter… and so much more! That’s right, it’s an episode of firsts and threes: the first Cocktail College recorded in front of a (sell-out) crowd; our first time featuring three guests (and audience questions); not one, not two, but three cocktails (at least one of which contains three base spirits, and a sherry float for good measure). Get ready for Garret Richard on the Fog Cutter, Scarlet Fog, and advanced cocktail techniques; Carlos Perez on his very own Brain Fog riff; and St. John Frizell on that drink’s newly launched, eponymous mug — a Sunken Harbor Club first!    Garret Richard’s Fog Cutter Recipe    Ingredients  - 1 discarded orange wedge (orange wedge with juice removed) - 1 ounce Denizen White rum  - ¾ ounce Capurro Pisco - ¼ ounce Ford’s Gin  - 1 teaspoon Beachbum Berry’s Latitude 29 Orgeat - ½ ounce fresh lemon juice  - ⅜ ounce Lemon punch syrup (mix of oleo saccharum, fresh lemon juice, sugar, and citric acid)  - 3 drops almond extract  - 5 drops saline solution  - Float: ⅜ ounce Harvey’s Bristol Cream sherry    Directions  1. Place a discarded orange wedge at the bottom of a small Pilsner glass (10 oz). 2. Add rum, pisco, gin, lemon juice, orgeat, lemon punch, almond extract, and saline solution to a mixing tin.  3. Flash blend with 8 ounces crushed ice.  4. Add to Pilsner glass with orange wedge.  5. Fill with 4 ounces crushed ice and top with Bristol Cream sherry float.  6. Garnish with generous mint sprig, orchid, and an orange slice, and serve with a straw.      **Trader Vic’s Fog Cutter Recipe**    Ingredients  - 2 ounces Puerto Rican rum  - 1 ounce brandy  - ½ ounce gin  - 1 ounce orange juice  - 2 ounces lemon juice  - Float: sherry    Directions  1. Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with cracked ice.  2. Shake until well chilled.  3. Pour into a tall glass with ice.  4. Top with sherry float and serve with a straw.    (For Don the Beachcomber’s version, replace brandy with pisco.) Order Here:    Tropical Standard: Cocktail Techniques & Reinvented Recipes (SIGNED COPY)     Brain Fog Mug (Limited Edition)     Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.