I never really knew my godfather as he was one of my aunt's first husbands, and since she has been married a few times he was long gone before I was old enough to care about his memory. My godmother was much the same, but for different reasons. She was a good friend to my dad's family and the only reason we didn't see her often was because we moved around a bit - jumping state to state. Now where does this fit in with the cocktails at hand? No clue, but maybe they just provided for me an opportunity to reflect.
The Godmother (right) and the Godfather
These are interesting cocktails in that they each have only two ingredients. If your godparents are alcoholics, these just might be the drinks . . .
for them - quick and sweet. The Godmother is a blend of vodka and amaretto, and since vodka has basically no flavor to speak of, it's primarily just an over-proofed amaretto over ice. I even tried two different vodkas, 42 Below and Titos, just to be sure of the flavor issue - as though I need to!
The Godfather is a blend of scotch and amaretto, the scotch offering more balance to the amaretto. In the interest of science I tried one with Dewar's White Label and another Highland Park. Sufficed to say, the two are not equals. The blended scotch creates a fine drink, however, the single malt produced a complex melange of flavors - smoldering wood, bananas, vanilla. This is a Highland Park bottled for Austin, TX, and is 58.7% ABV, aged in oak for 14 years and bottled out of cask number 107 in 2007. I suppose it's terrible to utilize a beautiful whiskey for this, but it is a unique way to appreciate it. I'll sip on the well-heeled Godfather over the pauper any day. Cheers - enjoy!!
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DOH!! Unbeknownst to me, the Highland Park was a special edition no longer available. Now it's open and now we have to enjoy it.
Posted by Tipsy | September 3, 2008 9:29 AM
Posted on September 3, 2008 09:29