Comments on: The Chingon

By: Tim Kinsella

Tim Kinsella — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 03:39:17 +0000

I had no orange juice on hand so used grapefruit–tasted fine!

By: Sean

Sean — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 01:25:05 +0000

I agree with Rose (big surprise!). Amaretto will work in a pinch too.

By: Dwight

Dwight — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:28:28 +0000

perfect, I will go with that, looking forward to giving it a shot

By: rosemauralorre

rosemauralorre — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:24:44 +0000

Dwight: Good question. My first suggestion would be to rig up your own orgeat-esque syrup simply by adding a few drops of almond extract to simple syrup. That’s basically all orgeat is: sugar, water and almond flavoring.

Your homemade syrup will probably not be of the same color (my Fee Brothers’ orgeat is kind of milky white); obviously a homemade one might take on a brown tinge from the almond extract, but not so much that I think you’d ruin the cocktail’s color.

Let me know if that’s not a possibility and I’ll see what else I can come up with.

And thanks for your question!

By: Dwight

Dwight — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:04:41 +0000

So what happens if I want to make this Chingon but I don’t have Fee Brothers Orgeat Cordial Syrup? Any suggested suppliments that a well stocked pantry and bar would have?

By: Mark Holcomb

Mark Holcomb — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:52:13 +0000

oh hellllllll yeah