This was a long week. I mean, a REALLY LONG WEEK. I was happy to see the end of the work day and begin my weekend in STYLE.
Earlier this week, I caught Not Martha’s posts on making a grapefruit-infused vodka. If you’ll recall, I’ve done alcohol infusions before. Several times. And I loooove grapefruit. It is my favorite citrus. A CHALLENGE HAS BEEN MADE! Another infused vodka to make!
And also, I decided to take the night off spinning, since when I picked up the bottle of vodka for the infusion I also picked up a bottle of Kraken rum, which I mixed with lemonade to make some very addictive drinky drinks and was pretty much feeling no pain for a few hours tonight. Spinning after drinking that much…probably not a good idea.
Making booze infusions while drunk? AWESOME IDEA.
I started out with the peels of 6 pink grapefruits, carefully avoiding as much as the pith as possible. This is the first place I differed from Not Martha version – she used grapefruit slices, but I was worried that much pith would make the resulting drink too bitter.
Into the big glass jar with you!
Not Marth added tarragon to hers. I’m not a big fan of tarragon in anything other than chicken. If this were something I was making for the holidays, I might go with a spice, like clove. But I wanted a refreshing summer drink. And I happened to have a pot full of spearmint on my balcony. WIN! Perfect combination.
MINTY!
I added a little bit of sugar and muddled the grapefruit peel and mint a bit to bring the oils out. Then I added the juice from two of the grapefruits and poured in one large bottle of vodka.
Gorgeous!
And now we wait. A few weeks should be enough time to give this a good flavor. Then I will pour some over ice with a splash of soda water to make it fizzy…mmmm….refreshing summer beverage! I will, of course, provide a full report on its tastiness.
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