Happy friday one and all! This week I had a special guest come over and review this week’s drink: Our very own Boris!
He’s ventured out of the state of Florida to come and visit friends and family, and we met up for beers and then he came over to try this week’s cocktail. What is it you ask? It is The Bijou from Please Don’t Tell!
Is this yet another cocktail featuring chartreuse? Yes. Yes it is. Now that I have a bottle, I’ve been going through my cocktail backlog and finding ones where the only ingredient I was missing was the chartreuse, and knocking them off the list. One of these weeks I’ll give this liqueur a rest, but this isn’t the week.
Bijou:
1 oz. Tanqueray Gin
1 oz. Dolin Sweet Vermouth
1 oz. Green Chartreuse
1 dash House Orange Bitters
Stir with ice and strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a cherry and a lemon twist
The lemon scent is the most prevalent up front. I can get a little more of the chartreuse the more I smell it. The herb-y lemon scent is a nice combination to start this drink off.
The sip initially is sweet up front, but it doesn’t last that way for long. rather quickly it turns savory and ever so slightly bitter. I’m rather surprised how much this runs the flavor spectrum. I would not have anticipated this broad of a range from this cocktail. The herbal bitterness maintains the main flavor profile the rest of the way through the sip and finishes with an overall bitter note, of which lingers on the palate for a few seconds.
I initially didn’t get much of the gin flavors. But after a few sips I started noticing it more. It isn’t very strong, so you need to look for the flavor in order to find it in there. It does a good job of melting into the flavors the chartreuse brings. Speaking of, I could be talked into backing the chartreuse down a little bit to let the gin shine through more. I think some experimentation is in order.
This is surprisingly strong as well. I wouldn’t necessarily think it would be but it definitely sneaks up on you. I think I would stop after one of these. Lest you quickly find yourself overserved.
(Banner image courtesy Matthew Tetrault Photography)
Will Boris’ burner accounts will get a week too?
Was this Borisnow, Borisbefore, or Borislater?
All 3; the BorisTrinity!
Hallelujah!
Hmm. Per the Oxford, “Bijou” is an adjective meaning “small and elegant”
So the name fits the drink quite nicely…
Fun stuff, Sharkbait!
https://twitter.com/NoEscalators/status/1537620386174623744
Now that’s fucking funny
Yay for Boris! Yay for Sharky! Yay for meeting imaginary friends!
Genius
Two questions:
1- What did Boris think of the drink?
B- How much did he bet on it?
He liked it. He contributed to the overall notes above.
Not enough
As a teatotaler, the only thing I can really add to this thread, is those wonderful Martini girls, when Martini is called for. Least I can do for the cause. That and act as one of the sites designated drivers. Don’t need anybody careening of the information super highway now…
Shamelessly stolen from driftglass…
Outstanding.
Yea. When I saw it is was “… like I was shot with a diamond… a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought, my God… the genius of that!”