Monday, November 17, 2025

Willie Smith’s Dark River Stormy Seas

Willie Smith’s of Tasmania makes a wide range of ciders, both pure apple as well as flavored. I bought this thinking it was a cider, but it is a cocktail which is a combination of distilled apple spirits and ginger beer, with added lime zest. 6.0% ABV. My rating - not good - 4/10.

Friday, November 7, 2025

Taipei Lemon

I don’t know the proper name of this drink but it tasted great. I tried it in a tiny bar in Taipei during a nightime food tour in the Guangzhou Street Night Market (near the Longshan Temple). The bartender told me the ingredients but not the proportions: gin, Cointreau, lemon juice and sugar syrup. Tart and very lemony. I’ll try to duplicate at home. On a web search I discovered that it is probably a variation on the White Lady cocktail which contains gin, Cointreau and lemon juice..