We frequently discuss our taste buds here at TBIAW. It is because taste is an important part of any cocktail and when one talks about taste, one will occasionally mention the body part responsible for delivering its sensual experience. It is not because the blog is in any way repetitive or bereft of new ideas. We do not want to be repetitive. While repetition is good for learning a new skill or an idea, it isn’t great for a blog. We are firmly in the anti-repetition camp. We feel the same why about repetition that we do about redundancy. I don’t know about you, but when something gets repetitive I start to tune out and I might miss out on something interesting. No danger of that happening here!
Oh yeah, I forgot the point I was trying to make about taste buds. For many years, so-called “scientists” told us that the four basic tastes were sweet, sour, bitter, and salty and that different regions of the tongue had receptors for detecting each taste (ed. note: the taste-map thing is one of many lies perpetrated by “science”). Then along came a Japanese scientist who discovered a fifth taste called umami. He then dedicated the rest of his life trying to become the next Ninja Warrior. Umami roughly translates to a “pleasant savory taste”. I am a fan of umami. You would know this if you ever saw how much soy sauce I put on white rice.
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| For example, we used this picture once before. We wouldn't use it again because that would be repetitive |
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| We agreed to never try this drink again. We are calling this agreement the "Warsaw Pact" |
Alert readers may have noticed that we haven’t yet brought up today’s drink, the Warsaw Cocktail. They may also wonder what a drink made from vodka, blackberry-flavored brandy, dry vermouth, and lemon juice has to do with umami. Everything, my friends. Everything. My first reaction when I tried the Warsaw Cocktail was that it tasted like soy sauce. The umami was strong in this one. That is not generally considered a positive quality for a cocktail.
I don’t enjoy drinking straight soy sauce, (unless it is Kikkoman, that stuff is delicious!), but I thought the Warsaw Cocktail was safe for consumption if there were no alternatives. Mrs. Bottle really hated the drink, though, and called it many things unfit for a family blog. She thought it was so bad that maybe our blackberry-flavored brandy had gone bad. It is definitely at least 8 years old as it was purchased when we were caught up in the great Rum Runner craze of the early 2000s. I’m not sure how wide-spread this craze was, but it certainly engulfed the previous Bottle Wonderland Estate. You can be sure that there will never be a Warsaw Cocktail craze and if there is one, we will abstain.
Overall Rating for the Warsaw
Taste: 2 – Mrs. Bottle fought hard for a 1, but she got pwnd again
Presentation: 1
Ease of Preparation: 4
Drinks Until Blackout: 4 – 32% Alcohol
Ingredients
1.5 oz Vodka
0.5 oz Blackberry-flavored Brandy
0.5 oz Dry Vermouth
1 tsp Lemon Juice
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