Today I decided to invent a new cocktail. Too much time on my hands, no doubt. I went to what passes for the drinks cupboard and pulled out one or two bottles and set to work. This is what I settled on as ingredients:
1 measure Gin (a decent gin is probably worth it)
1 measure Gancia, a semi-bitter aperitif found in Argentina
1 measure freshly squeezed orange juice
a splash of angostura bitters.
Ice
Serve in a tall glass, or, hey why not make up a jug.
This is what it looked like:
And it tasted pretty good. I called it Ardwyn, as that is the name of my home here in Patagonia where I am currently living. It’s Welsh, and means ‘on a hill within woodland’, which sums up my house pretty well.
Works fine substituting Vodka for gin too, increasing the amount of orange: 1 part vodka, 1 part Gancia and 2 parts orange (freshly squeezed) seemed to work.