#11. Canadian Cocktail

There should be a subsection of this blog listing cocktails named after places that have relationship to the place that they're named after. A Canadian cocktail should have at least one ingredient that's Canadian, like maybe Canadian whiskey. Instead, this one is half a lemon, powdered sugar, curacao, and a tiny bit of rum. No idea what any of these ingredients have to do with Canada. Maybe Canadians liked this cocktail in 1916 because it made them feel like they were somewhere tropical and not Canada.

This is a fine drink, but anything with such a strong citrus taste can't be that bad. It barely tastes like a drink at all. It's more like some new kind of orangey lemonade. That's really my principle complaint about this drink--it's kind of overkill. It would be much easier and more satisfying to just mix something with lemonade, and not go through all the lemon squeezing. (Side note: last night I saw Fleur de Tease at a casino on a boat. A dancer made lemonade on stage. More entertaining than it sounds just from me saying "a dancer made lemonade on stage.")

So, the Canadian Cocktail is pretty good, and next time I'm hanging out with some Canadians, I'll show my hospitality by offering them one, since it's the national drink of Canada, I'm sure. Otherwise, I'll pass as there are easier ways to combine citrus and liquor.