Need some cocktail help, please. Having a party and I'd like to do a special drink.

[cynupstateny]

We have a ton of blueberries and I thought I'd make a blueberry lemon syrup and mix it with thyme infused vodka or gin and maybe a splash of seltzer. Do you think I should cook the syrup down until it's thick or just make a simple syrup?

 

[marilynfl]

Hey Cyn, do you want some of that powdered bark to make quinine syrup? You can

then make a jello out of it and it will glow under a black light.

Hopefully enough of your guests will drink your quinine cocktail that they'll glow too.

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[Marg CDN]

We used to make a white sangria with blueberries.

 

[cynupstateny]

Sounds pretty cool but I posted too late to get some. Should I thicken, ya think?

 

[marilynfl]

Depends on how sweet the blueberries are. If they're really tart, you might just add

the simple syrup to that.

I have a reduced blueberry syrup from Whole Foods that you use to make bluebery juice by adding water. It's way too tart to just add to foods.

I thought it would ramp up the 'blueberriness' of my pie.

It didn't.

By the way, I still have the Peruvian bark, so you're more than welcome to some.

 

[angak1]

oh, that sounds lovely! I have a flat of blueberries coming on the fruit truck tomorrow. yay

 

[marilynfl]

Do many of your friends have veneers? Blueberries can stain, just like red wine.

 

[cynupstateny]

Ha! I can just see me asking to see their teeth before I let them have a drink!

 

[cynupstateny]

I did crush the berries and added the simple syrup and lemon juice. It's really good. Not

too sweet or tart.

Thanks for the offer but I wouldn't get it in time to make the shots! Really nice of you!

 

[cynupstateny]

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