Blood and Sand

PDT Interview
Personal Preferences: Something to sip while watching the game
Style of Drink: Collins, punch, fizz
Spirit of Choice: bourbon, whiskey, rye
Last Drink: Improved Whiskey Cocktail

Mmmm...prune juice in a coupe

We’ll ignore the personal preferences in the PDT Interview.  I was really looking for something tall and icy that The Partner and I could sip multiples of while we watched the Giants kick the Packers’ collective ass.  But nothing was blowing my skirt up.  So how did we end up with something that looks like prune juice?

“Wow, I notice you’re going with sweet ones of late,” was The Partner’s response to the Blood & Sand.  And sweet it is.  Not bad.  Not great either.  A definite aperitif, this one was named for the 1922 Rudolph Valentino movie of the same name.  As he said, “I feel like I need a charcuterie plate or something.  It's good, but you couldn’t drink these one after the other.”

‘Nuf said.

Blood & Sand
1 ½ oz. blended scotch whisky
¾ oz. OJ
½ oz. Cherry Heering
½ oz. sweet vermouth

Shake with ice and strain into a chilled coup.  No garnish.