Weekly drinking with Reid
Autumnal Equinox
Reid Denis
Issue date: 11/16/09 Section: Features
This week's drink is a sophisticated one, a sample you can take home and share with your family for Thanksgiving. No longer do you have to down cheap beer whilst watching football or pound Wild Turkey for the strength to deal with your family. Impress you hosts, put on a sweater, grab your calabash pipe and start a conversation about violins or better yet, regale them with stories of when the Clarkson hockey team was good, all while swirling your glass of Autumnal Equinox.
Autumnal Equinox
Ingredients: 2 oz port, 1 oz orange liqueur, ½ amaretto almond liqueur.
This drink is a great alternative to fruity drinks. I used a raisin based port which provided an interesting base for the orange flavor and contrasted the almond flavor enough to dial it down balancing out the taste.This drink is best poured in a snifter. The essence of this drink is autumn, the nutty almost oak flavor with the splash of sweet orange lets your mind drift to leaves falling on the path as you walk in the cool air. Since this is Potsdam, you can serve this over ice making closer to what our autumns are like and it makes the drink more favorable. The residual sugars left in port from the fermentation process add that little something extra. What differentiates port from most wines is that it is stopped earlier in the fermentation process, fortifying the sugars into a higher alcohol content. The visual of the drink is not astounding, but its tawny nature and hint of different tones in the light follows along the same theme of fall. Since it is getting later in the fall season, you can trade off a smidgen of the orange liqueur and replace it with an equal part of a mint liqueur, creating a cheerier flavor that is still rich and delicious.
Calling all students of legal drinking age! Have a sweet drink idea you would like to share with the newspaper world? Send it in to integrat@clarkson.edu. Are you a home brewer looking for a review of your brew? Are you just looking to hang out with me and have a drink? Just shoot an email to integrat@clarkson.edu with the subject line reading Drinks for Reid. Know who I am and want to give me free drinks? Well for that you should probably call me so I can get them right away. And as always, drink responsibly.
P.s. Remember to avoid creepy uncles.
Autumnal Equinox
Ingredients: 2 oz port, 1 oz orange liqueur, ½ amaretto almond liqueur.
This drink is a great alternative to fruity drinks. I used a raisin based port which provided an interesting base for the orange flavor and contrasted the almond flavor enough to dial it down balancing out the taste.This drink is best poured in a snifter. The essence of this drink is autumn, the nutty almost oak flavor with the splash of sweet orange lets your mind drift to leaves falling on the path as you walk in the cool air. Since this is Potsdam, you can serve this over ice making closer to what our autumns are like and it makes the drink more favorable. The residual sugars left in port from the fermentation process add that little something extra. What differentiates port from most wines is that it is stopped earlier in the fermentation process, fortifying the sugars into a higher alcohol content. The visual of the drink is not astounding, but its tawny nature and hint of different tones in the light follows along the same theme of fall. Since it is getting later in the fall season, you can trade off a smidgen of the orange liqueur and replace it with an equal part of a mint liqueur, creating a cheerier flavor that is still rich and delicious.
Calling all students of legal drinking age! Have a sweet drink idea you would like to share with the newspaper world? Send it in to integrat@clarkson.edu. Are you a home brewer looking for a review of your brew? Are you just looking to hang out with me and have a drink? Just shoot an email to integrat@clarkson.edu with the subject line reading Drinks for Reid. Know who I am and want to give me free drinks? Well for that you should probably call me so I can get them right away. And as always, drink responsibly.
P.s. Remember to avoid creepy uncles.
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