5.30.2010
Lemonade, with vodka, fizzy not flat
Yesterday, I got taken in by the $2 Full Flight. A nifty weekend marketing shtick at Weiland's Gourmet Market. In sync with the lovely warm weather, they featured 4 sips of summer libations. It began with a couple wheat beers and proceeded into a couple Smirnoff products. The Tuscan Lemonade depicted here was 3rd on the agenda followed by some kind of Mojito knock off.
I don't like wheat beers much, I was just whetting my appetite and talking to the locals. But, when I got to the Lemonade, I was ready. Not quite the umbrella drink I imagined, this thing had a refreshing taste and a kick. Yes, sign me up. Hook, line, etc. A little stronger than wine and $16 for 2L, move over asparagus.
I couldn't leave it alone though. I wanted a fizz, it needed a fizz. I poured some into a spare fizzy water bottle, attached my nifty Carbonator Cap and pumped about 40 psi into it from my 20 pounder in the basement brewing facility, chilled and ...
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ReplyDeletehow can you leave us with that cliffhanger?
Ha, indeed! Zoe loves "fizzy drinks"...it is very English to her.
ReplyDeletemmmmm, ahhh. Slight fizz, next time a bit more, but refreshing indeed.
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