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What did you buy at the liquor store today? (2013–)

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Rafa

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I like genever in an Ice Pick, a Death in the Gulf Stream, a Barbadian Gin Punch Swizzle, and (self-promotion alert) a Tammany Hall. Plenty more here.

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”In Demerara some of the rum producers have a unique custom of placing chunks of raw meat in the casks to assist in aging, to absorb certain impurities, and to add a certain distinctive character.” -Peter Valaer, "Foreign and Domestic Rum," 1937

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Hassouni

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Rittenhouse 100 and KetelOne Genever. I'll be relying on you lot for some good ideas with the Genever.

Holland Gin Old Fashioned, Improved Gin Cocktail, Holland Razor Blade (this one is my favorite), Death in Gulf Stream, all great with genever

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I like genever in an Ice Pick, a Death in the Gulf Stream, a Barbadian Gin Punch Swizzle, and (self-promotion alert) a Tammany Hall. Plenty more here.

And yeah, those other ones are good too

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Thanks, guys. I did the same search on Kindred and skipped over most for lack of a vital ingredient (or three) and/or too much citrus, which I' m not keen on. But you offer a few suggestions which don't necessarily fall into either rejection category, so I shall persevere. I recommend the Supercool Vieux Carré, though.

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Favorite drinks with genever (a bunch already mentioned by Rafa & Hassouni) - John Collins, Southside, Death in the Gulf Stream, Improved Holland Gin Cocktail, Daniel Eun's Ice Pick, and like Hassouni my favorite one is probably Eric Alperin's Holland Razor Blade (I use piment d'espelette in mine). There are more ideas in the Genever thread.

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From the duty free store at the Narita airport. I tried to find a bottle of Miyagikyo but they did not have any. Their Suntory selection was better than Nikka. So I went with Hibiki 12 (could not pass it up at $30) & 17 years.

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Just curious, how does the Ketel one compare to the Bols genever?

No idea, sorry - the Ketel1 is my conversion from a Genever virgin.

It's nice stuff, but more like the vodka I get from my still than any gin I've had.

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Welcome to eGullet, Melinda. Now you have me craving a Martinez. I haven't had one in ages.

From Trader Joe's, an assortment of beers. La Fin du Monde and Saison Rue are favorites. I've enjoyed the intense pine-hop aroma of the Stone Enjoy By that I've had on tap, so I got a bottle. The Stone Porter is usually good so we will see how this vanilla bean version tastes like (sounds a bit scary to be honest, but the reviews are pretty good). The SheGöat from the Bruery's Preservation Series is completely new to me. It's a German Weizenbock-style beer.

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Also, not from the liquor store, but a gift from a friend...

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Nikka's grain whisky. I was pretty excited when I realized what it was.

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woah, cool! do you know what type of grain they use? For a sec, I thought I read coffee :)

Yeah, me too. After cotton candy-flavored vodka, here comes the coffee-flavored Japanese whisky...

But that did not seem right. Coffey is actually a type of continuous (column) still.

The grain is mainly corn.

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Welcome to eGullet, Melinda. Now you have me craving a Martinez. I haven't had one in ages.

From Trader Joe's, an assortment of beers. La Fin du Monde and Saison Rue are favorites. I've enjoyed the intense pine-hop aroma of the Stone Enjoy By that I've had on tap, so I got a bottle. The Stone Porter is usually good so we will see how this vanilla bean version tastes like (sounds a bit scary to be honest, but the reviews are pretty good). The SheGöat from the Bruery's Preservation Series is completely new to me. It's a German Weizenbock-style beer.

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I just bought a bottle of Enjoy By two days ago. Have not tried it yet. I guess I should be quick. I love Stone IPA's.

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Oh mystery of mysteries. Amazing what lands on one's door step through the postal service.

Because the iPhone camera loves producing photos that have that washed out/Vaseline-on-the-camera quality of old fashioned porn/television's NCIS the St George gin pictured is the dry rye.

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Oh mystery of mysteries. Amazing what lands on one's door step through the postal service.

Because the iPhone camera loves producing photos that have that washed out/Vaseline-on-the-camera quality of old fashioned porn/television's NCIS the St George gin pictured is the dry rye.

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Mysterious indeed! On the very same day an interesting Australian whiskey showed up on my doorstep on the other side of the globe.

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Can't imagine how that happened! But it looks like fun. :biggrin:

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Oh mystery of mysteries. Amazing what lands on one's door step through the postal service.

Because the iPhone camera loves producing photos that have that washed out/Vaseline-on-the-camera quality of old fashioned porn/television's NCIS the St George gin pictured is the dry rye.

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How'd you like the McCarthy the Handy? :smile:

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Aw come on, poor HP12, drink it neat! It's soooo good. I'm still loath to put quality single malts in cocktails, other than dashes/rinses of Laphroaig.

As for the rum....well....at $13 for 151 it might be rather horrible, but for infusions that shouldn't matter too much. Whatcha planning on infusing?

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Aw come on, poor HP12, drink it neat! It's soooo good. I'm still loath to put quality single malts in cocktails, other than dashes/rinses of Laphroaig.

As for the rum....well....at $13 for 151 it might be rather horrible, but for infusions that shouldn't matter too much. Whatcha planning on infusing?

Regarding HP12, you are right of course. It's delicious in cocktails as well as neat, as I already found out this weekend. I am very pleased with my purchase.

I was going to use the 151 for my next batch of falernum, and then who knows what else. Between my underutilized copies of Tony Conigliaro's Drinks & Tristan Stephenson's Curious Bartender, and the 14-page Infusion thread, I am sure I will find inspiration.

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