MB Cocktail Contest: Carie L. Fuller vs. David McCabe

Carie L. Fuller Ingredients: 1/2 oz. Absinthe (Vieux Pontarlier) 1 1/2 oz. Plymouth Dry Gin 3/4 oz. Carpano Antica Sweet Vermouth 1/4 oz. St Germain Elderflower Liqueur Full dash of Orange Bitters Flamed orange peel garnish Rinse cocktail glass with 1/2 oz. Absinthe Chill cocktail glass Pour Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Liqueur, and full dash of orange bitters into mixing glass over ice. Stir for 20 seconds. Cut fresh disk of orange peel with fair amount of pith. Julep strain mixing glass into cocktail glass. Flame orange peel above cocktail to release delicious, fresh, orange oil mist. Place in glass as garnish.

David McCabe Ingredients: 1.5 Oz Dry Gin 0.75 Oz St Germain Eldeflower Liqueur 0.50 Oz Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice Lemon Twist for Garnish This is a very simple cocktail, which gives it great mass appeal. Combine the gin, the St. Germain, and the lemon juice in a shaker. Fill with ice and shake. Now shake some more. And a bit more. When it's too cold to shake, just give it one or two more good shakes. Serve it up in a martini glass and garnish with a lemon twist.

Winner: Carie L. Fuller
Score: 5-0
Game Summary: McCabe's "Southside-with-a-twist" will be mixed in the offices this summer. Fuller's somewhat fussy cocktail is smooth and easy drinking, and tough to stop at just one. The cocktail equivalent of Pringles! (This drink is currently 15-0 through three rounds.)

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