Ingredients:
2 oz Vodka (New Deal Portland Vodka works well)
2 oz New Deal Ginger Liqueur
1 oz fresh lime juice
raw sugar + boiling water (see directions), or 1/2 to 3/4 oz simple syrup (depending on your taste)
Directions:
In a measured shot glass, add raw sugar to the 1/2 oz mark. If it is coarse raw sugar, fill it slightly higher. Fill with water to the 1 oz mark. Microwave for about 20 seconds. Less may be necessary. You just want it to be warm enough to dissolve the sugar. Stir to dissolve. Set aside while making the rest.
In a cocktail shaker, add the lime juice, vodka, and Ginger Liqueur. Add ice. Then add the sugar water.
Shake until the shaker is frosted.
Serve in a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a twist of lime.
Tasting notes.
This is not a sweet cocktail. The New Deal Ginger Liqueur packs a whollop. The sugar mellows it a little. It's a sipping cocktail like I wanted. It's a little puckery because of the lime, and the ginger is real, and pronounced. It passed my wife's "Oh my God, it's good" test.
Enjoy.
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