Quarante-Quatre

Using a recipe recommended by the Bride of COG, we made a Pacific Northwest batch of Quarante-Quatre. The COG Household bottling was harvested a few days ago; ours came due today.

It has a lovely orange color and scent; you don't taste the coffee as coffee, but as a sweet, dark undertone to a slightly bitter orange. I love it, and have drunk the glass shown in the photo, aside from tiny sips from the rest of the household. The FT (Former Texan) likes it, but I think I'm going to be able to enjoy most of the bottle on my own.

The Sweet Nell

Equal parts Canadian Whiskey and Boylan's Black Cherry Soda. Squeeze half a lemon into the glass. Stir with ice and garnish with a lemon peel.

Sweet Nell's are very very tasty -- it has a nice fizz that for some reason you don't get with dark rum. Andrew had three and I had two (I had drunk most of this one before thinking to put this project on the blog. We really needed these after dealing with the steps today.

Will also invented the Will's R&R: random parts Black Cherry Soda, Jones Root Beer, Jones Cream Soda, Orange Juice, Apple Juice and water, with several green grapes squeezed in by hand. It tastes pretty good -- a nice drink for Fall.