In case my previous post didn’t make it amazingly obvious, I was in Adelaide last weekend for AVCon.

As with all my interstate trips, I try to find something interesting while I’m away. Failing that, a cheaper version of something I could get locally… hooray! Savings of an economic variety!

I got Tequila, and I got Poire William, which is a pear flavoured liqueur that is meant to be a neutral grain base, but is usually evaporated brandy. You may have seen the extra fancy bottles that actually have a real pear inside! They make those by tying the bottles to tree branches where the pears are budding, and pop the bud of the pear inside the bottle neck. Eventually, you’ve got a pear growing inside a bottle, and then it’s just a matter of pouring booze in there and letting it sit after harvest season. Weird site seeing all those trees with bottles tied to them, I’m told… Not that I can find Poire william of that calibre Anyway, the particular brand I got screams to go with a bit of vanilla, but still works quite well with tequila, and a few other juices.

Glass: Highball

Ingredients:

• 30ml Poire William
• 15ml Tequila
• 30ml Vanilla Vodka
• 100ml Apple & Peach juice (unfortunately, you’ll have to settle for a carton as I can’t find it bottled anywhere)

Method: Shake & Strain. This one is seriously easy. Just pop it all in your shaker, and then strain it out so you don’t get the ice in there watering it down, as the apple juice goes kinda weird if you do.

Garnish: Well, I didn’t have any, but I suppose a sliver of peach, or some pear slices might do.

Anyway, I’ll be taking photos of this one, as well as a few of the missing drinks, this weekend.

Sorry about the lack of photos folks. I’ve been making the drinks, but taking the photos is time consuming work, and I put a lot of effort intro trying to make good ones. It ends up taking like 90 minutes out of my night by the time I’ve mixed, shot, remixed, shot again, etc., and with all the other things on my plate at the moment, I don’t really have the energy… just the inclination to drink.

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