I Pin for Happy Hour

Decided to re organize my food broad and I took out all the cocktails and put them in to  "Cocktails to Try" which if you search for pins under cocktails  oh boy trouble with 2646 cocktail pins that pop up. 


So tonight's drink special : The Seductive Swan
inspired by the movie Black Swan
Pin Link: http://pinterest.com/pin/376331361/


I prefer something that's simple that I don't have to take a lot of extra steps such a cooking up a simple syrup  or making a puree. I want a cocktail I want something quick and since I don't have a fully stocked bar or a prep cook to whip those things up bring on simple. And if the drink looks like I paid 12 bucks for it in some fancy martini bar even better. 


The Recipe
The Seductive Swan 


1.5 oz Russian Standard Vodka
5 blackberries 
3 oz Lemon aid 
Muddle four blackberries in the bottom of a tumbler add ice
Vodka and lemon aid 
garnish with remaining blackberry


Ok now the drink would have never looked like the websites picture I had followed those directions. I wanted it to at least look like the picture for my blog picture. So I muddled my blackberries in the glass with the end of my wooden juice reamer which now is stained but I didn't have a cocktail muddle. Then after I muddle the blackberries I added ice then the lemon aid then the vodka. Then the pretty touch the garnish. Well lets face it if I had then drank it with out stirring it would have just been vodka sitting on the top. Yeah no thanks so I mixed it but not before getting the above picture.  

I know your dying to find out how it was... to die for... yeah not so much.  Don't get me wrong it was good-drink able. The lemon aid was really sour and bitter almost. I just got simple minute maid lemon aid in the refrigerated juice section. I figured it you wouldn't want to sweet of lemon aid.  And I don't typically like super sweet cocktails. Also the muddled blackberries at the bottom were the worst to much although the flavor of the berries were good just not all the texture. 
Also the amount of vodka needed to be a bit more. 


So round two.... I did it in the tumbler... muddled then added  the lemon aid and then a little bit more of the vodka than the first round then strained it over ice. Much better all around.... 


Well I never went back for  round 3 and moved on to a beer. 
I'm sure there will be no redo here either