Welcome back to Booze On The Rocks, where we make cocktails for everyone.
My name's David Edwards, and it's great to have every single one of you back
here today, we are going to make a Dead Man's Handle, and that is the best name
for a cocktail I've heard in a long time.
Except for maybe Satan's Whiskers anyways, but dead man's handle
well is actually emergency shutoff function that was invented for trains.
So when the conductor raised his hand off this switch, it would automatically
undepressed and shut down the train.
So that way, if the conductor was ill or dead, the train would stop safely.
However, this cocktail first came to mind notice by Steve, the bartender's
video, and I will put a link down below in the description for you.
And also an invited magazine where they dedicate all of three lines
in a fancy little picture to it.
But before we get into making the cocktail, let's
talk about the ingredients.
The first thing we're going to use is our Aperolthis orangy goodness.
That's full of herbal notes and our sweet bitterness is perfect for this cocktail.
The next thing we're going to use is a little bit of Blanco Tequila.
AKA Silver Tequila or White Tequila.
In this case, I am using Altos Olmeca.
Now we are going to use a homemade Orgeat syrup, and this
is an almond and orange syrup.
And I will put the ingredients in the description down below.
We also need lime juice.
Now, if I have enough time left over, we'll use that as a garnish
as well, but the proper garnish.
Is Tajin a Mexican spice.
That's just awesome.
Let's get into it.
All right.
This is a shaken cocktail.
So the first thing you need is your shaking glass, but you're
going to put that off too.
Next you're going to grab a lime and then you're going to grab a knife,
cut your life in half, and then cut a small wedge so that you have a
garnish ready to go grab your squeezer depending on whatever you want to use.
And for this, we need half an ounce or 15 milliliters.
Very nice.
We'll put this off to the side.
But that right there.
Now, the next thing you're going to do is grab your, orgeat o orgeat depending
on how you want to pronounce it.
And this is an almond and orange syrup.
It's handmade.
Again, the description is down below on how to make this and we need a half.
Or 15 milliliters of this as well.
Okay.
Now my origin is slightly darker because I do not blanche the elements first.
Unlike a lot of people you want to grab your Aperol next.
And we're going to use three quarters of an ounce or two and
a two and a half milliliters
almost there.
Next we need tequila.
So this we're going to use.
And I was going to half or 45 milliliters.
Look at that color.
Now I did say this was a shaken cocktail, but I am going to use a
little bit of crushed ice rather than just, uh, using some regular.
And that way I can dump directly into my cocktail classic, give it
a flip and just shake it, gently,
pop that off.
Like, so grab your glass of choice.
I'm using a small stemless goblet or a tulip glass.
And what I'm going to do is I'm just going to dump right now.
And then I'm going to fill the rest of the glass with some crushed ice.
Look at that.
Absolutely gorgeous.
Next, you want to take your, a little bit of a lime wedge, throw it there, and then
you want to grab your talking and you just want to sprinkle it gently on top.
Like, so.
Then you want to grab a straw and look at that.
Absolutely fantastic looking.
Let's give it a sip.
Oh, that is so good.
The tequila comes through it, but it's not, overpoweringly strong.
The Aperol and the Allmand or shot beautifully blend together with the lime.
It is such a good drink.
Oh.
I don't need a straw.
What I'm going to do is I'm going to put the ingredients in a method of how to make
this down in the description down below.
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We are making a dead man handle AKA, a dead man, switch ostentatiously
or ostensibly, a big fancy works.
Who cares?