June 23-Sloe Comfortable Screw Against The Wall

The cocktail with the longest name this summer is also one of my lesser liked cocktails we will talk about. I understand it is a classic highball that many people love, but to me this cocktail is a cluster of too many ingredients to really be cohesive. The fact that the main spirit is technically vodka doesn’t help its case. I’ve gone on a tangent in a recent post about my opinion on vodka in cocktails so I’ll keep it brief.

Vodka is an ingredient with a more neutral taste making it easy to get lost in the mess of other ingredients in a cocktail. The only thing you really taste is the ethanol, and even that isn’t a taste as much as a feel. I like vodka on its own but I would much rather use gin in a cocktail as it will do the same thing as vodka but with added botanicals. And look at me again I typed the same rant after saying I’d keep it short.

Full judging here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1428DJRrOmrYF4MNPwC5Xym9yQ5ezZIkIRIlV2y9V9_Y/edit?tab=t.0