Lime Acid Water, Acidified Orange Juice, and Cocktails in Which to Use Them from McClellan's Retreat
07 April 2020
Brain Nixon of McClellan's Retreat in Washington, DC shared his recipe for Lime Acid Water, a lime juice replacement, and Acidified ("Corrected") Orange Juice, a way to make orange juice last longer and be more useful in drinks.
Below the recipes for these ingredients are cocktail recipes that use them.
| Lime Acid Water | |
| Ingredients | Amount |
| Water | 1 qt |
| Citric Acid | 16 grams |
| Malic Acid | 10 grams |
| Ascorbic Acid | 9 grams |
| Cucumber | 0.5 |
| Preparation Method | |
| Cut half a cucumber into slices | |
| Soak in water for an hour | |
| Strain out Cucmber | |
| Combine water with remaining ingredients in blender and blend until acids have dissolved | |
| Corrected Orange Juice | |
| Ingredients | Amount |
| Orange Juice | 1 Quart |
| Citric Acid | 16 grams |
| Malic Acid | 10 grams |
| Preparation Method | |
| Combine all ingredients in pitcher and stir until combined | |
We've used the lime acid water in place of fresh lime in certain specialty drinks we've placed on cocktail menus. Here are a couple that've been popular enough to reoccur:
| Never Trust the Living | |
| Ingredients | Amount |
| St George Chili | 1.5 oz |
| Giffard Orange Curacao | .25 oz |
| Cucumber Lime Acid H2O | 1oz |
| Simple | .25 oz |
| Preparation Method | |
| Add all ingredients to mixing glass with ice | |
| Stir and strain into Coupe | |
| Garnish | |
| N/A | |
| Tropical Wraith | |
| Ingredients | Amount |
| Don Q Pina | 1.5 oz |
| Kalani Coconut Liqueur | .5 oz |
| Cucumber Lime Acid H2O | 1oz |
| Preparation Method | |
| Add all ingredients to mixing glass with ice | |
| Stir and strain into Coupe | |
We use the corrected orange juice exclusively, be it for a Bronx, Monkey Gland, or our riff on a Harvey Walbanger, recipe:
| Charlie Wallbanger | |
| Ingredients | Amount |
| Linie Aquavit | 1.5oz |
| Corrected OJ | 3oz |
| Galliano | 1oz |
| Cardamom Bitters | 2 Dashes |
| Preparation Method | |
| In a collins glass build Aquavit, Corrected OJ, and Cardamom Bitters | |
| Add Ice | |
| Stir | |
| Float Galliano on top | |
| Garnish | |
| Orange halfmoon |