Yeah if you can't remember the other time you had it, then you definitely had a good time 🙂

@CiaraODoherty

2 жыл бұрын

💁🏻‍♀️💁🏻‍♀️💁🏻‍♀️

Now in my vocabulary: "opalescent milkiness" 😂😂🍸 Thanks Ciara and Hemingway!

Love it “… three sheets to the wind.” Just a Navy guy, been there before.

"Low effort maximum impact" wiser words were never spoken 😆🙌

Add a little elderflower cordial. It's amazing

I always drank the "Death in the Afternoon" with Pastis. But I will try it now with Absinth. Thanks for the tip!

@christianoliver3572

2 жыл бұрын

It was made with Pastis while Absinthe was outlawed.

A few friends and I have our absinthe cocktail that can be drank as long or short drink. The Black Jack (long) One shot of Absinthe, One shot of Blackcurrant liqueur (or cordial if you for weaker or can't source bc liqueur), Top up with lemonade The short version just omits the lemonade. It tastes very much like the chewy sweet of the same name.

Almost an Imperial Jade color

and Hemmingway also wrote the book "The Sun Also Rises" it is also an absinthe based drink. 2 oz Banks 5-Island rum 1/2 oz Luxardo maraschino liqueur 1/4 oz absinthe 3/4 oz lime juice, freshly squeezed 1/2 oz grapefruit juice, freshly squeezed Add all the ingredients to a shaker with ice. Shake until well-chilled, and strain into a chilled coupe glass filled with crushed ice.

Love your channel. The history of these cocktails makes them even better. I don't think Hemingway started out drinking 3-5 of these he probably built up a tolerance over time and it took 3-5 to get him where he wanted to go ;-) Always looking forward to your next video.

@CiaraODoherty

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!xx

I make these with some regularity. You're right that the full jigger can be a bit much and overwhelm the drink. I like to use 1 oz absinthe, 1/4 oz (or less!) simple or demarara or maple syrup, add champagne until the absinthe louches. The touch of sweetness and viscosity from the syrup harmonizes the elements of the beverage nicely.

You should make a last word!! Super interesting, unique, and delicious cocktail!

The Death in the Afternoon is one of my favorite absinthe cocktails. Another is absinthe and tonic, with lime. I like to top up the absinthe with tonic until it's just barely starting to louche, then add a single fair sized ice cube. It's relaxing to watch the milky trails glide down off the ice cube and change the drink to opaque from the bottom up

This woman is my spirit in human form. Look at that counter.

Absolutely going to have to try death in the afternoon. Thank you. From Wisconsin, USA

"low effort, maximum impact" - Adding that, and this cocktail, to my repertoire.

would really love to see you make The Graveyard

One of my favorite absinthe cocktails is the Duchess! You should definitely try it! 😍

Ooh I love this cocktail! And that outfit is so 🔥

Your video, your dress, the drink, it is so Emma Peel!

@johnholcomn8560

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, never thought of that. With all do respect, she is Emma Peel hot.

The "Belle Epoch" in France ran from 1871 to 1914, which was before Hemingway lived in Paris. Hemingway did help make post WWI Paris in the 1920s legendary. Called the "Crazy Years" in France it was also known as the "Roaring Twenties" and the "Jazz Age" in the USA. Hemingway is also closely and forever identified with the term the "Lost Generation", although he did not create the phrase.

@mph7282

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. Belle Époque is the period between the Napoleonic Wars and World War I. Hemingway arrived in Paris after the war, which was a much different place than it was prior. Paris after the Great War was much more influenced by modernism, and Hemingway hung out with people like Ezra Pound, James Joyce, and Pablo Picasso. Still, can you imagine being a part of that scene? Incredible amount of talent and creativity. And booze.

Honestly class.

Growing up, we had a sofa couch that was the same as your dress! I love it! Thanks for the memory and for the suggestion for a new drink.

@jeffstumpf9129

2 жыл бұрын

It's called a hound’s tooth plaid, and it's either a sofa or a couch. Not both. Hemingway is rolling in his grave over your wordiness.

Loved the vid, especially the French 75 reference, the houndstooth, the new lapel mic, and the safety pin earrings. Hoping you'll shoot in 4K soon for the details to really pop.

I went to bartending school for fun during college and a jigger is 1.5oz which is standard in the USA where I live. If you ask for a shot at any bar or restaurant you get a jigger.

If you're interested in another cocktail that's associated with bullfighting, may I suggest the Blood and Sand? It's a reference to the Rudolph Valentino silent film of the same name. I'd also recommend that you deviate from the "classic" recipe and use Maraschino liqueur in place of Cherry Heering, given you're not fond of overly sweet cocktails. Slàinte mhath! As to your observations as your Death In The Afternoon settled, the water in your Prosecco did indeed emulsify with the oils in the absinthe, causing a similar louche... and those same oils were why the effervescence in the Prosecco disappeared so quickly. Lipids (fats and oils) will absolutely kill head retention in beer, so by extension the same thing happens in this cocktail.

Desde Quito Ecuador, te saludó, mi querida Ciara me gustó tú video gracias.

Ciara, This is one that I have decided to try out. Thanks for you fun presentation of this one.

Agreed. Love this cocktail, especially in the warmer months. The opalescence of the "green fairie" makes it a thing of beauty as well as a fine and refreshing drink. But pound five of them? You might be waking up in jail.

Read in one of Hem's bios that he was thoroughly convinced later in life that absinthe had damaged his mind. He, too, would believe it had some ethereal narcotic voodoo. The man could write. The man could drink. American Legend.

Love this drink! So glad you did this one!

I started out watching your videos during lockdown. Before long, the KZread algorithm was suggesting a popular whiskey review channel. At the time, I didn't have a very impressive collection of spirits. Since then, I've started exploring the world of Bourbon, Rye and Irish Whiskey. Right now, my favorites are Redbreast Irish Whiskey and Foursquare Sagacity Rum. Foursquare Distilleries makes some outstanding aged rums.

@johnholcomn8560

2 жыл бұрын

Ciara has certainly influenced my collection of spirits. Redbreast is awesome. So many good bourbon and whiskey choices these days. Around $40, try The Dead Rabbit Irish Whiskey. Popular in New York and awesome for the price.

I'm headed to the Florida Keys in two weeks - now I'll be on a mission to find one of these!

Another easy quick drink is a Rusty Nail. Just two ingredients scotch & drambuie. An alternative is the Rusty Bob, use bourbon.

My favorite absinthe cocktail has to be "Le Taureau Vert", The Green Bull. Mix one ounce of absinthe with a small can of Red Bull. It's quick to make and definitely a head spinner.

Another stellar production. If you like sweet and sour drinks, you should try a Sex with an Alligator: 1/3oz Midori mixed with 1/2oz sweet and sour or pineapple juice over ice and shaken then strained into a martini glass. Then, float 1/3oz Chambourd (it should settle to the bottom) and then float 1/4oz Jagermeister on the top of the drink. You should end up with three distinct layers.

There is a cocktail that I invented called a Dead Man's Glory that I would like some feedback on 1 oz black absinthe 1 1/2 oz cognac 2 1/2 oz vodka It is all shaken over ice and served in a short tumbler with the same ice Thanks

Love your channel! ❤❤

Ciara you like the Sazerac, have you tried The La Louisiane cocktail 2 oz rye whiskey 1 oz sweet vermouth 1 oz Benedictine 1/4 oz absinthe 3 dashes Peychaud’s bitters For the garnish: cherries Add all ingredients to a cocktail mixing glass (or any other type of glass). Fill the mixing glass with 1 handful ice and stir continuously for 30 seconds until very cold. Strain the drink into a cocktail glass. Garnish with cherries.

Lovely color!

That color change was brilliant! The best sort of science class!

Its not a historic cocktail, but I love the Purple Haze by Tilted Kilt, I know there are a few cocktails with that name, so maybe that could be fun doing some comparison.

Had my daughter watch the Try video of you (having had a bit) giving advice about life. She loved everything you said. 😘

LOVE death in the afternoon. I can't go wrong with my two favorite ingredients of all time. Love the French 75 too! So yummy.

Noticed the color change to moments before you decided to stop pouring the champagne. But when you were in the Dr. Evil chair it looked better ...perhaps the lighting.

I finally tried absinthe for the first time for my 47th birthday a week ago. The Try channel piqued my interest, and I must say I was not disappointed! This looks like my next go for absinthe. It'll be a step up in class, as I made a ghetto absinthe cocktail with 7up. Don't judge me, it was all I had for a mixer. I was surprised at how well it worked lol.

Love the Death in the afternoon. I just rarely have both ingredients on hand at the same time. I still need to try Hemingway's 2 other drinks: the Hemingway daiquiri(of course), and his original spec for it, the Papa Dobal. After trying a standard daiquiri, he asked for one with double the rum, and no sweetener. So, 3-4oz of rum with a splash of lime, shaken and strained.

ooma gooma... yay Ms. O Doherty

Hi Ciara Hope your doing well... look amazing. This is a drink to have to forget about a bad day. Thanks for sharing another great video. Have a great week take care 😇

I love your channel and I will be joining in a couple of weeks you are the best

10/10

So. This summer I’ve been enjoying quite a few gin and tonics.... And I think I might have improved on the recipe, by adding one minor ingredient... Let me explain. I found a substitute for my go to gin, Hendricks. It’s called Highclere Castle gin, and the junipers they use to concoct this blessed spirit are grown on the grounds of the estate where they filmed “ Downton Abbey” if my sources are correct. So I’ve been very happy drinking this as you normally would, in a gin and tonic. But a short time ago, I did a little meddling with the cocktail and found a variant that Myself and others are quite happy with. The alteration is very simple. After pouring the gin into whatever glass you chose, you add the tonic as per usual, but stop short of filling the glass and add a splash of Vitamin water XXX, which is mainly pomegranate and acacia juice.... then the lime!?!?

the French 75 is my favorite cocktail. I need to make this if its that similar

Nice!

Bloody Mary with horseradish , lime, worchestershire sauce, and hot suave. The toppings should include celery stalk Carrot stick and a skewer of pickle, pickled okra, olive, pickled green bean. As I call that a relish tray on the stick

YEAH 620 BABY, alright alright alright👍🍻🥂😊

Even though I usually feel like cameras (film and video) cannot catch subtly... This cocktail looks sooo cooollllll 😁

You certainly get my stamp of approval as a member of the advisory board of the Wormwood Society (largest online resource for absinthe in the world). 💚 Wonderful video and presentation! I absolutely love your videos and love that you give accurate information about absinthe. I’m actually going to be serving Death in the Afternoons at my wedding using a bottle of Jade Nouvelle-Orleans sent to me by Ted Breaux, the owner of Jade Liqueurs (the top absinthe brand in the world, you should TOTALLY get one of the Jades because they’re out of this world delicious and high quality). Needless to say, I’m incredibly excited about it. 💚 The bubbles disappearing in the champagne are due to the essential oils in (properly-made) absinthe killing the carbonation. The first time I showed it to my mom, she was incredibly confused. 🤣 Those same essential oils are brought out of suspension when you add water to it, since those essential oils are soluble in high-proof alcohol, but not soluble in water. That’s why the test of a high quality absinthe is how thick, opaque, and opalescent the louche is when you add water. No louche (or a thin, transparent louche) means no oils, no oils means no (or very little) plants used in the distillation or maceration process during production. Again, love your channel so much that I even love your non-absinthe cocktail videos and I recommend you to my friends all the time!

Don't think it has a name, but: 1 shot of absinth, 1 shot of vodka, fill up with orange Fanta (I use a pint glass, but I'm a bit of a lightweight). Sounds weird, but works surprisingly well :)

Absinthe has such a fascinating, romantic and somewhat psychedelic history. I want to love it but I just can’t. I’ve tried it in a number of cocktails but it just always tastes like toothpaste to me. Fabulous houndstooth dress, btw.

Not a cocktail, but my friend and I discovered that Absinthe and Jager go well together as a shot. A full shot each makes a hard hitting double that we named The Hammer.

Romance and controversy ... my two favourite ingredients. Edit, milky finish like adding water to Ouzo?

Who doesn’t like a strong Death in the afternoon ? Great video of a drink I’ve never heard of.

You’re a doll! Thanks!

Papa Hemingway reputably could hold his liquor. It wouldn't surprise me that his simple unadorned writing style was due to the speed at which he wrote. If Hemingway could ignore embellishing with adjectives in his stories, he could finish quicker and he would have a much longer happy hour each day.

@lchjr

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t call a man famous for bar fights, a man who could “hold his liquor”.

@johnholcomn8560

2 жыл бұрын

@@lchjr He liked to box. Simple as that.

@facubeitches1144

2 жыл бұрын

A drink so good that Hemingway decided to try the real thing.

@safromnc8616

2 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure all day was Happy Hour...

@1thomson

2 жыл бұрын

@@safromnc8616 Nah. Hemingway famously claimed that he was disciplined enough not to drink before noon. So, he wrote only in the morning, for about four hours, each day. He knew he was going to be too drunk after that to write anything intelligible.

"If i can do it you can do it" .... I just discovered Ciara today from the Try channel videos... being unfazed in the drinking videos, and the spicy jelly bean video with everyone else dying... I don't think that statement means much coming from her LOL

The cloudiness is basically fatty acids, esters, proteins and other stuff coming out of solution because you are diluting it below a certain ABV (around 46%, I think). This also happens with whiskey that has not been chill-filtered -- obviously any such whiskey is going to be bottled at higher proof, likely cask strength. You dilute those below 46%, and you'll see the so-called "Scotch Mist"

I think the standard champagne glass of the time was a coupe not a flute, so it probably wasn't as absinthe forward with a larger champagne ratio.

Te amooo!

So I should probably make more content for my channel OOOO! new Ciara video!

You need to try Maltort- the pride of Chicago.

Going to make these for my friends this weekend, what could go wrong! :D

I drink Absinthe with coke. It's the "super classy" way to do it LOL (I drink my sambuca the same way)

what about an “Evening Suicide” Absinthe 1/2 jigger, vanilla vodka 1/2 jigger or less, splash of bitters (? was thinking triple sec orig but orange n mint is usually a no go, maybe gin ?) , splash of tonic, Champagne/Prosecco ...that would be something 🥳🤯😍

I see absinthe so this will be good 😉

I may have to try this now that you RAVED about it. Though 50/50 sounds like a better mix to me.

Holy S! a jigger of absinthe...

it is 4:46 AM in central standatd time. it is never to early for alcohol.

I have discovered a large make that huge stack of wormwood. I think it's time to get some absenthe and experiment

for another simple cocktail, The Cowboy is definitely on the list: two parts whiskey, one part half &half/cream

I know that this video is a year old, but I've recently found your channel again. It's really interesting. I had heard of this cocktail back in the late '70s but never tried one. It's called "a slow, comfortable screw against the wall." I'm anxious to see what your thoughts are on this. Thank you.

Nice video

I have only ever done it the Hemingway way. Never have done 5 though.

You should make an absinthe sour with egg white

If you add orange juice and scrap 1/3 of the absinthe can we call it “death at second breakfast?”

As a journalist for the Toronto Star, Hemmingway would have rubbed shoulders and bent elbows with some of the world's most serious drinkers (Canadians).

@johnholcomn8560

2 жыл бұрын

Hem had a love for Irish whisky in his early teens. Shows in the Nick Charles short stories.

A joke from Rodney Dangerfield: When I Get drunk,I need to do two things, I need to find my car, and bring back the car I took!

@robtriton

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂🤣

@johnholcomn8560

2 жыл бұрын

Told the doctor I want to look young again. He gave me a prescription. I woke up with zits.

I haven’t watched in a while (your cocktail videos in the beginning of the pandemic sure helped time go by haha) but are you no longer doing shots of the liquor before making the cocktails??? 😂

Hello there! I'm relatively new to your cocktail channel. I'm wondering if you've ever made a Highball cocktail or tried one? Hope you're staying safe and healthy.

Houndstooth!!!

The only absinthe I use for this is Hapsburg the 72.5%. one

3-4 too much? You've never gone drinking with me. Come to Savannah, GA Ciara!

*wonders if one could substitute Green Chartreuse for a "Dead Monk In the Afternoon?"*

That’s a bit too much absinthe, yeah. I’d try half that measure although the absinthe still has quite the impact even if you just use an absinthe rinse. Three would put anyone except the most professional drinkers into a highly intoxicated state; five would likely land you in the hospital. In spite of how odd this may sound these are VERY drinkable-it’s one of THOSE parties. 💚

You did a Casino Cocktail with Martin and a Death in the Afternoon with CallyAnn

Seems like an interesting simple cocktail, but I would add 30 ml absinthe and lemoncello. To be honest the Hemingway Daiquiri is more appealing to me.

Hey Ciara, in the video for the Sufferin Bastard you mentioned the famous Mai Tai, but I do not see one done on your channel yet. The Mai Tai is a drink that has been bastardized a thousand times, I'd love to see your take on the original..s versus the modern versions. In addition to that since it's been bastardized a thousand times, why not do it once more? Below is my own cocktail based on a local places version which I call "A Krakens Blood" 2oz Kaken Black spiced rum 2oz pineapple/coconut rum or 3/4th oz coconut rum 2oz pineapple juice 1oz Orange juice 1/2 oz Grenadine. All measurements can be adjusted to balance the flavor of the coconut. Ideally it should be present but not overbearing. And I recommend a very simple coconut rum, nothing with any funk to it, or most idea is Calico Jack's pineapple and coconut rum.

@amypaperlady1210

2 жыл бұрын

Ciara made Mai Tais with Clisare :-) kzread.info/dash/bejne/loVmm9JwlMy4ibg.html

@Airbournjack

2 жыл бұрын

@@amypaperlady1210 Oh how did I not see that? so, alright yeah she made one in line with Vic's recipe. id love to see her thoughts on that compared to the modern versions which tend to feature pineapple and OJ

I bet everyone would love to see you and the guys from The Try Channel team up with Shawn Evans from First We Feast for a Hot Ones across the pond. Chicken & spice whats not to like plus you can torture your friends as well. Win Win.

If you like blue martinis, try the “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”.

@lisamelroy2855

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds lovely! What's in it??

Hemingway was a proper drunk. I am not going to be drinking like he did. LoL 😂

@johnholcomn8560

2 жыл бұрын

Having survived the Spanish-Civil War driving an ambulance and seeing the ugly side of life drinking would have been the prescription.