These two drinks were somewhat similar. Our tastebuds voted the Lady Killer our favorite between the two, once again proving that any drink with the word “Lady” in it is going to be deeeeelicious!!!
The Amsterdam consists of gin, Cointreau, and Mandarin orange juice (I used fresh, of course). Just shake-it and pour without straining. (This is much like my visit to Amersterdam – shake it without restraint.) Then garnish with some Mandarin orange slices.
The Lady Killer is composed of gin, Cointreau, apricot brandy, passion fruit juice and pineapple juice. It is shaken and strained into a tumbler with ice. My first round of these, I forgot the Cointreau. Still delicious. Hubby was making crazed slurping sounds with his straw trying to get every last drop. I made another round and remembered the Cointreau this time. It tasted maybe a little better, but not much different. Hubby felt it was more balanced. Again he slurped very loudly, so I made another round. This time, I accidentally added twice the amount of gin. We didn’t care, we slurped. The next round was made by hubby. I don’t remember how it tasted, though I can guess it was good. Needless to say, the Lady Killer can produce a killer headache! But that is the risk I accepted when I embarked on this bold mixology experiment.