To celebrate the passing of that crappy and character-building year we had, and to hope for a future with more prosperity!
Named for Busby Berkeley’s number, “We’re in the Money.”
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We served this drink at Will's birthday brunch last May, and it quickly topped my list of favorites.
We started the evening off with a French 75, which may be one of my favorite drinks of 2010.
Start with a teaspoon of sugar in a champagne or Collins glass.
Douse the sugar with a half ounce of lemon juice, add an ounce and a half of gin, and top it off with champagne.
Give it a quick stir and BOOM! delicious.
Please note: this is not a drink for the faint at heart, as the gin and champagne combine to produce a very strong drink.
We accompanied the French 75 with a rousing game of Cheez-it Scrabble in three different languages.
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ReadyMade blog suggests that we make this cocktail:
Hoitoi
* 2 oz. dry gin
* 3/4 oz. grapefruit juice
* 1/4 oz. Campari
* 2 oz. champange
* Angostura bitters
Gin and grapefruit juice? And Campari? In the winter? And bitters to boot? And champagne?!
We may just have to try this, before 2010 has expired.
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1 1/2 oz. cognac
1/2 oz. Maraschino liqueur
1/2 oz. yellow Chartreuse
1 dash pre-ban Absinthe
1 dash Amer Picon
Stir on ice, serve straight up with shredded $100 bill on the rim. Top off with a quick pour of French champagne.
This is a drink to have in public, so people will know that you have enough money to throw it away on dumb crap like shredded $100 bills, and to ruin good cognac by mixing it with other ingredients. Even if you don’t actually have that kind of money, people will think that you do. And if they think you have money to throw around, they’ll want to get their share, so they will suck up to you a bit. And isn’t that what you want?
Note: Substitute Armagnac to make a De La Souche.
Postscript: This post may be a joke. It would behoove you not to try making a Conspicuous Consumption cocktail. If you have $100 bills to shred, I’d encourage you to send them to me. I’ll shred them for you.
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