Today's drink is actually a variation on the Silver Bullet. A traditional Silver Bullet has Kummel, a grain-based spirit flavored with caraway seeds that's popular in Germany and assorted Scandinavian countries (if you couldn't guess that already by the caraway taste). It's also pretty difficult (though not impossible) to find, hence this variation. The taste is....well, tough. This isn't smooth by nature. Mixing gin and Scotch with dry vermouth is best for those who really, really like their drinks strong with the only complexities coming from the hard liquors themselves. So probably just Michael and Alan.
Silver Bullet
- 2 oz gin
- 1/4 oz dry vermouth
- Float 1/4 oz Scotch
Shake in a cocktail shaker with ice and strain. Serve in a cocktail glass. I let it sit a little with the ice to water it down (yeah, I know, but this is not something I could do without a little bit of water to cut it). This will put hair (or ribbons of puke) on your chest.
Now for the debatable part! Some claim a Silver Bullet isn't its own cocktail, but instead another name for a dry martini (so called because it "is clear, potent and never misses its mark"). Another thought is that a Silver Bullet is simply gin on the rocks with no vermouth at all (occasionally with a lemon twist). So what say you in Comment Land: is the Silver Bullet a standout on its own? Is it a dry martini? Is it gin on the rocks?
God loves a cheerful giver.
my initial response to this drink would be, "hey bro, that drink is a little too boozey."
it seems like something you would make if you were at the bottom of all of your bottles and just mixed up what was left. like the time i mixed kahlua with cherry berry pucker and called it beer.
or it would be a good way for some teens to skim from their parent's liquor cabinet without raising suspicion.
Silver Bullet is a 1985 werewolf movie starring Gary Busey and Corey Haim. i only saw it once but it seemed pretty good. on the other hand, i was in jail at the time so anything seemed pretty good.
This drink is, in reality, a disgustingly classy way to hide your alcoholism beneath the veneer of being an "amateur mixologist".
This column might be described like that as well.
Actually Coors Lite is the Silver Bullet
well this puker is still much superior to Orange Flower. Ahem.