Looks Like Windex And Tastes Only Slightly Better
I’m going to shoot straight with you. I’ve never tasted actual Windex, but I can’t imagine it tastes much worse than this cocktail.
The Windex Cocktail is made of Vodka, Blue Curacao, and Triple Sec. The ingredients sound good enough and the idea of the bitter orange peel taste of the Blue Curacao combined with the sweet orange taste of the Triple Sec sounds good in concept. In reality the drink tastes mostly like a bitter vodka shot with a slight citrus finish. As a shot it may be tolerable but it is not something that you’d want to sip from a cocktail glass as the recipe suggests.
It tastes horrible but…
You may be wondering why I would review a drink that I clearly find as tasteful as a baboon wearing a G-string. The reason is that a lot of fun can be had with this cocktail. The first time I made a Windex cocktail it was actually a big hit at a Mardi Gras party. I took an empty Windex bottle, washed it out really well and filled it with the Windex drink. It took me a little while to convince people that it wasn’t actually Windex. Once they were convinced, I had people clamoring to get a squirt in their mouth from my Windex bottle. It still tasted about as good as the Salisbury Steak at a lunch lady convention, but people don’t tend to care when they are having so much fun.
Can it be improved
This drink is as pleasant as getting a prostate exam from Shaquille O’Neil. So I found myself wondering if there is anyway to improve it. I found that the drink improved dramatically by filling a glass halfway with Windex drink and then topping it off with sprite. The carbonation from the sprite helped to lighten the alcohol taste and surprisingly the bitterness was all but gone. The lemon/lime taste from the sprite mingled nicely with the tangy orange of the triple sec. While not perfect, it still looked like Windex and it was now something that I might be able to sip on at a party. Although it still wouldn’t be my first choice.
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