So there I was at the Ilion Elks Lodge when I remembered I did not make a blog post today. That was OK, though, because I was about to partake in an excellent subject for a blog post: Monday Night Flights. I have attended Monday Night Flights before but thought I would not make tonight’s, because I had to cover the Ilion Village Board Meeting. Imagine my delight when the meeting did not last very long.
I was happy to walk in and see some friends. They were happy to see me, too. I ordered a glass of wine, because there were no flights in sight. Jackie, the bartender, gave me a beautiful glass.
Alas, I did not get the best picture!
You can’t really tell, but there are flamingos on it, and the base has polka dots. Eventually Jackie poured the flights. We sampled three cocktails: Cherry Rose Mudslide, Very Sexy Martini, and Tiffany Mimosa.
I thought they were all pretty good, but my favorite was the Cherry Rose Mudslide. A regular Mudslide is kind of like a chocolate shake with a kick. This one had hints of cherry. I later found out they use Tequila Rose in it. I seem to remember sampling Tequila Rose some years ago but do not remember it very well. I liked the Tiffany Mimosa better than the regular kind. I found out I have been making Mimosas wrong to begin with. Apparently you are only supposed to add enough orange juice to change the color. A fellow flight sampler told me that. I guess I don’t know if it is true.
The Very Sexy Martini was interesting, but I prefer a regular martini, perhaps a dirty martini. However, this martini had champagne in it, which I found interesting. I guess I like to drink straight champagne, but to each their own, as the old lady said when she kissed the cow.
They were selling turkey wrap sandwiches, so I ate one of those, which helped me not get tipsy. The flights were not large: enough to let you taste the cocktail but not enough to get you drunk. I meant to take a picture of the three little glasses but foolishly forgot.
I highly recommend Flight Nights as Ilion Elks Lodge. You can follow their Facebook page to see when the next one will be.
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