Dessert wine. White grape juice. Vodka. Garnished with frozen grapes. Maybe something to add a little sparkle like soda or champagne. I could call it, I dunno, the Window Pane or the Looking Glass or something.
And then that little niggling feeling. That, "wow, this is so real to me I can practically taste it. . . " and then I remembered. I had. It's called the Icebreaker from Luna Park in SF's Mission District. Riiiiight.
In any case, here's the recipe so you too, can try it out and then a year later think you came up with it.
ICEBREAKER (aka Window Pane or something)
Fermented grape juice is shaken vigorously with Ciroc Vodka and served over ice in a frosted drink known as the Icebreaker at Luna Park in San Francisco. Owner A.J. Gilbert shares, "We've wanted to do something with frozen grapes for a long time and that's how this drink started. We went for Ciroc Vodka because it's made from cold fermented grapes, and the Bonny Doon Muscat Vin de Glaciere, a dessert wine made from frozen grapes, naturally complemented."
But see now, if I add white grape juice and soda or champagne to it, it really could be my own drink right? But you know, intensely based on this one?
2 oz. Ciroc Vodka
2 oz. Bonny Doon Muscat Vin de Glaciere
Shake vigorously over ice, strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a frozen
Flame Red grape and Thompson Seedless grape.
Yes, that WAS my creative spark sputtering and going out, thanks for asking.
1 comment:
Every new drink recipe is derivative now, so don't stop yourself. Yours sounds more interesting anyhow.
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