TGIF: Warren Bobrow’s cocktail hour – Rhuby Friday Martini
Warren Bobrow, Mixology Guru extraordinaire, tells us that he is on a serious Gin kick. Apparently, it’s got him working in all sorts of ways. Yesterday he received a bottle of a new and unique spirit from his friends at Art in the Age located in Philadelphia. They are the inventors of USDA Certified Root-Snap-Hendrick’s Gin, Sailor Jerry Rum and now Rhuby.
What is Rhuby? It is a unique USDA Certified Organic Liquor distributed by William Grant. It’s a combination of neutral spirits with Rhubarb, beets, carrots, lemons, petigrain, cardamom, and pure cane sugar. It’s 80 proof so it is no slouch when it comes to heat in the glass.
And this, good people, is Warren’s Friday cocktail using Hendrick’s Gin (available almost everywhere) and Rhuby.
Rhuby Friday Martini
First you will need to purchase a bottle of Rhuby. If you live in Pennsylvania this is easy, just go to the high end State Store. Outside of the northeast part of the country, you’ll need to point your Internet browser here. Trust me. This is a gorgeous product. Drinking it is like stepping through a Colonial vegetable garden, completely twisted.
Ingredients:
- 2 Shots Hendrick’s Gin or other good botanical gin
- ½ Shot Rhuby (USDA Certified Organic Rhubarb “tea”)
- 3 Tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 2 shakes Angostura Bitters
- Dry Vermouth
- Rhubarb stalk for garnish
Preparation:
- Fill a plant misting tool with dry vermouth
- Mist the inside of a pre-chilled Martini glass with the dry vermouth
- Keep cool
- Fill a cocktail mixing glass ½ with ice
- Add the Hendrick’s Gin and Rhuby (USDA Certified Organic)
- Add a few shakes of the Angostura Bitters
- Add the lemon juice (fresh squeezed is essential!)
- Stir, don’t shake!
- Strain into your misted Martini glass and sip through to a successful conclusion to your week. Stir with Rhubarb stalk.
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