Well praise the lord, the mouse in my apartment is DEAD! He could not resist the lure of a peanut butter laden trap and when I came home today, lo and behold, his little head was crushed flat.

Time to celebrate!

I had this cocktail about a month ago from a new lounge here in town called “Chill Winston”. It caught my eye because it’s almost entirely made of booze – the only juice comes from four lime slices. After my third I was away to the races and well on track to a fantastic evening. I’m a sucker for cocktails that can use Soho PROPERLY; it’s an amazingly powerful spirit that can easily de-rail a cocktail if you’re not careful. The Spooning Jesus dials in the Soho wonderfully.

I actually met the creator of the cocktail at a poker game a couple weeks ago – much to my surprise, the “Spooning Jesus” is being taken off the menu soon because it’s “too powerful” and people complained it was “all booze”. What is this world coming to when bar patrons reject a cocktail that’s based on BOOZE? God save us. Or rather, Jesus spoon us.

I’m going to immortalize this cocktail here – it’s too good to let die.

The Spooning Jesus

1 1/2 ounces of amber rum
1/4 ounce of Soho
1/2 ounce of Cointreau
4 lime wedges, juiced into shaker

Shake all ingredients over ice, pour into rocks glass loaded with fresh ice, snap on a lime slice for garnish.

Heavenly.

Ok. First, I’m going to come right out in the open and get this over with.

I DID NOT MAKE THESE DRINKS.

Stop it with the mail. Seriously. Point the blame toward the guy with the white lab coat. HE DID IT. I wasn’t around when we shot this episode, so the good Doctor just started randomly pulling bottles out of whatever shelf he found himself around and created these… things. Grenadine and CHAMBORD? Good grief.

And the measurements? They don’t add up to a shot, or even two. I guess they just added some sort of “units” in a shaker?

For posterity, I’ll post these recipes here, but don’t come crying to me if you wake up in the morning with a sugar loaded hangover and no memory of the previous evening. Please see the man in the WHITE LAB COAT. Just down the hall, first door on your left.

The Red Orchid

1 “unit” of dark rum
1 “unit” of Chambord
dash of grenadine
dash of cranberry juice

The Banana Slam

1 “unit” of gold rum
1 “unit” of banana liquer
1/2 a “unit” of orange juice
1/4 a “unit” of sour mix

Get yourself one of these, round up a friend, and get to work. Please, by all means, feel free to modify the above recipes!

Cheers,
JJ.