{"id":1818,"date":"2011-05-11T16:57:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-11T23:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=1818"},"modified":"2011-05-11T13:34:19","modified_gmt":"2011-05-11T20:34:19","slug":"lucien-gaudin-cocktail-expectedly-pleasing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/?p=1818","title":{"rendered":"Lucien Gaudin Cocktail – Expectedly Pleasing"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can’t say that the Lucien Gaudin Cocktail really took me by surprise.\u00c2\u00a0 Its recipe shares striking similarities with a Negroni<\/a> and the flavor follows suit.\u00c2\u00a0 All the books I checked had the same recipe and my fellow bloggers have all stuck with the same.\u00c2\u00a0 So, not a lot to go on there.\u00c2\u00a0 And, quite honestly, the recipe doesn’t need changing.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s very good just the way it is.\u00c2\u00a0 The Campari and Cointreau combine to give you a solid punch of orange flavors while the vermouth and gin bring an herbal base layer.\u00c2\u00a0 Finally you get hit with the bitter notes Campari is most known for which round everything out.\u00c2\u00a0 A tasty tipple to be sure.<\/p>\n

\"Lucien<\/a><\/p>\n

So, the recipe is solid, let’s focus on the ingredients.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ll start with the simple choice, Campari.\u00c2\u00a0 Get it, drink it, be well.\u00c2\u00a0 Moving on, let’s talk triple sec.\u00c2\u00a0 The recipe calls for Cointreau, but all Cointreau is is a premium triple sec and, for a drink that only uses a scant 1\/2 oz and lots of bold flavors you should use a good, but less expensive triple sec.\u00c2\u00a0 My go to is Hiram Walker Triple Sec<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s under $10 a bottle and the flavor is great.<\/p>\n

Vemouth is also a minor player, but it’s important.\u00c2\u00a0 Don’t go with crap, get the same dry vermouth you’d use in a Martini<\/a> and you’ll be set.\u00c2\u00a0 Finally, let’s get to my favorite topic, gin.\u00c2\u00a0 This is a drink with super bold Campari, complex, herbal vermouth and bright orange flavors, you need a gin that can stand up.\u00c2\u00a0 Go with something bold and juniper forward.\u00c2\u00a0 Anything citrus forward or light is going to get stomped on.\u00c2\u00a0 I used one of my all time favorites, Junipero<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 The flavor is bold but nuanced.\u00c2\u00a0 Tanqueray or Beefeater would also work great in this recipe.<\/p>\n

If you’re a Negroni fan and you’re looking to change things up a bit, try the Lucien Gaudin.\u00c2\u00a0 The flavors are very similar but switched up enough to make it interesting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I can’t say that the Lucien Gaudin Cocktail really took me by surprise.\u00c2\u00a0 Its recipe shares striking similarities with a Negroni and the flavor follows suit.\u00c2\u00a0 All the books I checked had the same recipe and my fellow bloggers have all stuck with the same.\u00c2\u00a0 So, not a lot to go on there.\u00c2\u00a0 And, quite […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[172,203],"class_list":["post-1818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wrap-up","tag-lucien-gaudin","tag-wrap-up"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1818"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1819,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1818\/revisions\/1819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocktailhacker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}