Lynchberg Lemonade with Sriracha

We're getting close to BBQ season, and yes you can and should use booze in making BBQ Sauce?  But what do you do if you have some leftover Beam or Heaven Hill?   Well, we've got a solution for you.

Pinky Mixology Quickie:

Sriracha Lynchburg Lemonade.

This is a Pinkie Mixology Quickie.  Not as super in-depth as our normal stuff and not on our official schedule, but here for you to check out anyway.  Why is this a quickie?  Well we've already done a Sriracha Lemonade before, and so making it into a Lynchburg Lemonade is basically just adding bourbon style whiskey.  So this is more like just some extra add-on content.  Enjoy. 








This is made in a mason jar with lemons, sugar, sriracha, and whiskey. 

Use a strainer when juicing lemons, because you don't want seeds to get in there.  Or you can juice them into another container and strain it from there.   Just make sure you use actual juice from actual  lemons... none of that bottled crap.









Sriracha will dissolve in there if you shake it well.  A few squirts is enough to get that taste to infuse into this.





This is one of those things where you can use just about any whiskey which has been aged in charred barrels either old or new, rye or corn, it won't really matter since there are so many variants on this recipe. 





The cheap Triple Sec you see at the store is artificially flavored with the same crap they put in orange soda, and might be sweetened with High Fructose Corn Syrup.  It's just nasty stuff.  Cointreau and Grand Marnier are out there, but they're expensive and they make this taste too much like a Sidecar.  So we make our own orange stuff our of orange peels and vodka.





Do NOT use some orange flavored vodka, they are also artificially flavored.

Sriracha Lemonade (with Sriracha lemon cocktail).

So you'd expect the internet to be full of Sriracha Lemonade recipes and other things like it, since it's all popular and such.  But the vacuum of such a thing within the interwebs seems to stand like a monument to the laziness of hipsterism, which is passively waiting for someone to come up with something original so that they can instagram it to people they've never actually been in the same zip code with.  Seriously, there seems to be bupkis out there on the subject of making sriracha lemonade.

So to you, the public, we bring the step by step process of coming up with said Sriracha Lemonade.  Like many beverages we bring you here at Pinky Mixology, there is an optional booze component.  I'm sure you know which option we're going to be choosing.
Check out our BONUS MINI EPISODE:  Sriracha Lynchburg Lemonade. Up on our Tumblr.







Again, the vodka is optional, and it's not necessary to use a high priced one, since we're just using it to extract flavors from the basil leaves.



We recommend using any brand of sriracha that is a complete puree, and not chunky with seeds in it.  This should be obvious, but you don't want little chunks of stuff floating around in there.

And yes, the rooster is white not red.  Seriously look at the thing.  Take an empty bottle and fill it with diet coke or pickle relish and that rooster is still gonna be white. 



We're going to make a bunch of this but it's much easier to make about 800-900ml and then split it up into smaller portions rather than try to make tiny amounts individually at once.  As always, amounts of sugar and other things will always be subject to individual tastes.




Vodka really works best for this, but some people just don't want it in there, so feel free to be experimental.  Ya know like... with imitation coconut extract or whatever.




It really should go without saying that it's best to strain out the basil leaves and lemon seeds and what-have-you out of this.  But here we are saying it anyway.




If you're a big fan of sriracha, we recommend adding a bit less than you think you will need.  This is because we're trying to make something that has a sriracha component which plays off the other components in this, and doesn't take center stage leaving no room for anything else.  You can always add more later, but once it's in there it doesn't come out.



It's very important to note that the shaking is necessarry and should always be done before you add anything carbonated to this (obviously).  That's why a mason jar is a great vessel to use, since it's its own shaker (when you have a lid).




There you have it.  Sriracha Lemonade, which can be made with or without alcohol.  Additionally we have wondered what it would be like using limes and cilantro instead of lemons and basil, so if anyone does that let us know.  

Adding iced tea to make a spicy version of an Arlold Palmer is really nice also! 

But what about if you're sitting at the adults table...?  Well we can't be drinking out of mason jars with silly straws now can we?  So:




Using that lemon-basil sriracha as a base, you can get very creative and use just about any spirits or combination thereof, to make great variations on your favorite drinks, or try something totally new. Sky's the limit (Kahlua or Jagermeister would probably be gross though).




While it's true that alcohol can sometimes negate the potency of the Capsaicin in hot sauce/spicy things, you'll still feel the warmth and bite of that oh so familiar sriracha that even us non-hipster mundanes have come to enjoy. 












Check out our BONUS MINI EPISODE:  Sriracha Lynchburg Lemonade. Up on our Tumblr. 




Next Time: HOT LEMON


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Cave Johnson's Combustible Lemonade

OK people. After some technical issues, a thing in Vegas, and a brief stint in the ER (knife fight ...no really), we're back on track.

Those of you who don't know who Cave Johnson is, might want to take a listen to a short motivational speech of his:   http://youtu.be/Dt6iTwVIiMM  


Aperture Science is proud to bring you Cave Johnson's Combustible Lemonade. A true cocktail concept of Combustible Lemonade, not some sad idea of what it should be... from a math nerd who can only compute "combustible" + "lemonade" = "lemonade on fire." We've officially thrown down the gauntlet in front of The Insatiable Geek's version of this over on Drunken Moogle which does absolutely no justice to this awesome concept. No friends, a cocktail is more than a visualization of a math formula. It must invoke a flowering mixture of sensory interplay, bringing them all through a linear spectrum which at its end becomes a singular idea. This is truly a Combustible Lemonade, born of anger and frustration at the lemons of life.



...Science.

That's a real objays-d'arts, drawn and signed by the artist Yoshitaka Amano himself. The guy who basically created the Moogle has created an imbibing one here. It was in storage for a long time and did get a bit messed up. But it's mine.

Now, Goldschlager is a type of cinnamon schnapps. Quality stuff. It's also the only one you should use for this. AfterShock is terrible and artificially flavored/colored. You don't want the visual aspects of this drinkable art coming out looking like moldy orange juice and tasting half of trashcan punch. No, unless you're a teenager (or a woman in their 30's who thinks Sex and the City is a documentary) stay away from the day-glow juvenile ingredients.

Why this additive? Because we're making a true cocktail and it's called "Combustible Lemonade." We do not just pander to the visual. This is about all senses culminating with taste (smell actually shares this and one other mechanism, the one for sound).

Chariots Chariots.

Lemoncello made the traditional way is usually transparent. If you are buying anything that's opaque, it's because it was made quick and dirty like the above. ...still tastes good.

There you have it. A true cocktail, addressing all five senses:

Gaze and see; The inviting yet concealing nature of this creation, with its opaque nature which begs for exploration to discover what lurks just beneath the surface. Staring directly at you from a strong serious shape, coupled with a pile of flaming lemons, this looks you in the eye explicitly says "you must be this tall, to ride." But what's that sound?; The gentle puffing of your flaming lemon reminds you that time is of the essence and as you grab and drop your this citrous mini-molotov through the gaping opening of the glass and into the swirling concealing abyss of you-know-not-what. It falls within its grasp, and the hisssss from the extinguishing flame and its rising vapor give you... That Smell; All is now tinged with the watercolor of lemon, but that lemon foundation permeating all thins casts shadows on something... more. This is more than just some hooched-up lemon... something where danger lurks beneath the flame kissed surface. And so now the enigma widens as you pick up the glass and your fingers Touch its cold cold surface. Fire and Ice now juxtapose themselves within the still gestating full image which has yet to appear but now is desperately anticipated. Tasting this creation opens a floodgate of lemon clad deliciousness quickly filling every space with esurient sweetness. At that very instant bursting forth from the friendly-faced lemon smiles, cobra fangs leap out and spit their fiery venom of hot sweet cinnamon. The rage of Cave Johnson lives on, in his Combustible Lemonade.

The wife called that "ultra gay" after she read that. ...yeah.

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I tried to take an artsy-fartsy picture but it came out bad and all that stuff.
Then I stopped caring because I had already put away 2 of these in 12 minutes.

This is not some Mike's Hard w/o the bubbles, or something made with Ciroc vodka and Country Time lemonade in a fancy shmancy glass to sell to Lehman Brothers PYT rejects in size zero dresses at $14 a pop. (yeah sure lady... I'm sure you got that job because you're sooooo smaaaarrt and not because of those giant tits). But it will knock you on your ass if you think this is some light sippy wine cooler. It's a serious cocktail.


Next Time:

Girl Scout Cookie Thin Mint Milkshakes!

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Arnold Palmer

So how to make an Arnold Palmer from scratch? Well in order to give the non-drinkers of booze some equal time, we bring you a tasty beverage that has been made famous because of an old white guy (because so few things are famous because of old white guys, so here's another one).

The Arnold Palmer, has been minimalizededdded to just a cup with lemonade and iced tea in it, but if you actually make those 2 things from scratch, it's a much more awesome experience. Here, the Pinky Streets pull it off to the shame of the commercial beverage industry.



Lulz Santorum. ...That guy is such a horrible individual.








Cave Johnson Lemonade... coming soon.



Here's a link to the Swiss Lemonade episode, which uses limes, but just swap them out for lemons and you're fine. It comes out really nice.











Video of Arnold Palmer making an Arnold Palmer.










Next up, in honor of the upcoming Derby, The Mint Julep .



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