Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Squid Mixes: Army & Navy


The Army & Navy combines gin, lemon juice, orgeat syrup and bitters.  I got my recipe from the Cocktail Party app, which offers a choice of aromatic, peach, lemon, chocolate or cherry bitters.  I went with lemon, my Bitters of the Month for January.  It is a gin sour variant dating back to at least 1948.  Connection with either service branch or even the football game is unclear.

It's a tasty little drink.  The bitters enhances the lemon flavor and the always pleasing combination of that flavor with almond (though I still prefer lime).  It might be interesting to try some day with other bitters.

And following up on last week's post, it is cold season, therefore a great opportunity to play around with hot toddies.  As with the Army & Navy, the bitters enhanced the lemon very nicely.


6 comments:

  1. I've often wondered about the names of drinks and sad to learn we don't know about this name... It's been cold lately and I have been avoiding my usual bourbon or scotch on the rocks for hot butter rums.

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    1. A football game seems to be the reigning theory of the name origin but no one's really sure...

      Keep warm, Rev!

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  2. I could almost make that. I'm really low on gin. Maybe I have enough for one.

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