Drinks! (2004–2007)

[percyn]

You are correct...it is a mini-distiller, but I have not had a chance to use it yet...I keep saying..one of these days....

[percyn]

Liebestrauben - A wine from Warner Vineyards in MI. It tastes like a reisling, but with a little more body. I had discovered this wine in college and still enjoy it.

We also enjoyed a spicy Rioja with our July 4th BBQ.

[gethin]

Just tried David Embury's Apricot Rickey. for the first time.

juice of half a large lime

2 oz apricot brandy

ice

stirred in a 8 oz glass, topped up with soda water.

Just the thing for a hot, humid London night in my baking hot top floor flat !

gethin

[percyn]

Woodford reserve bourbon with Valrohna Manjari (dark cholocate with candied orange peel).

[percyn]

2004 Piedra Azul - Bold, peppery, furity.

12yr French Oak Glenlivet on the rock (see that big oval hunk in the glass)

[michaeldauphinais]

As I write, what's hitting the spot for me is a Manhattan, made with Knob Creek, Noilly Prat and Angostura's.

mmm...mmm....Good!

[mbanu]

A Hudson. Equal parts gin and peachtree schnapps shaken with ice and strained.

[KatieLoeb]

A Tutti-Frutti. My latest concoction of green apple vodka, X-rated liqueur and Peach Fresca! Definitely a girlie drink, but a very good use of all of the ingredients.

[mrbigjas]

'fallen leaves' from that american bar book by charles schumann. 1/4 oz dry vermouth to 3/4 oz each vermouth rosso and calvados. dashes of brandy, stirred and strained, lemon twist.

i really thought it would need bitters but for some reason it didn't.

[lancastermike]

Last night we had Corpse Revivers. The recipie from Dr. Cocktails book. Another wonderful old drink. I liked this very much, even more so than the Aviation.

[Rebecca263]

I just got back from lunch with a friend. I had a lovely glass of Mount Gay with raw sugar and a very generous slice of lime... the alternative was a pina colada, NOT my favorite thing!

[percyn]

Before our thanksgiving dinner, we had pomegranate martinis, made by one of our dinner guests.

[eje]

My quest to create a palatable cocktail with Navarro's absolutely delicious Chardonnay verjus continues. Today it was an Aviation variation with verjus standing in for the lemon. The verjus just didn't bring enough sparkle to the drink, and its relatively mild mannered demeanor allowed the Maraschino to bully its way to the front. Maybe if I reduced the Maraschino by half...

Aside from just verjus, soda, and a touch of simple, so far the best has been the Rye, Benedictine, and Verjus. Still, it was nothing to write home about.

Ah, well, back to the drawing board.

[marty mccabe]

A Philadelphia Filly: 1oz. each Bourbon, creme de cacao, and heavy cream. Shake with ice and strain.

[elixirofthetropics]

Cruzan Single Barrel Estate Rum neat

Knappogue Cask 1994 Irish Single Malt neat

Bunratty Poteen iced (in freezer, NOT with ice)

Pineapple Juice with Cruzan Coconut Rum

Limeade with George Dickel Beige Label Whiskey

Dark-n-Stormy (Rum and Ginger Ale.....ideally, Gosling's Black Seal 80 Rum and Barritt's Bermuda Ginger Ale)

Mango-Orange Juice with Appleton Special Gold Rum or Mount Gay Eclipse

Appleton Special Gold on the rock with lime quarter-wedge

Coca-Cola with Bourbon or Tennesse Whiskey

Bajan/Barbadian Rum Punch: "1 of sour, 2 of sweet, 3 of strong, 4 of weak", sour = lime, sweet = sugar or alternative sweetner, strong = Barbados rum, weak = water. I use 8 of water/weak since I find 4 of weak to be too strong for my taste. I sometimes subsitute 1.5 of Cruzan Coconut and 1.5 Mount Gay Eclipse for "3 of strong".

(I didn't try this all to-day. Some of the more recent drinks/spirits I tried recently.)

Edited December 5, 2005 by elixirofthetropics (log)

[mbanu]

A Dunlop (Equal parts rum & sherry with a dash of bitters) and a Depth Charge (equal parts gin and Lillet with a dash of Pernod).

[eje]

Finally tracked down some White Bols Creme de Cacao. Dusty old bottle in a tiny liquor store apparently run by the russian mafia. Odd that the larger liquor stores only seem to carry the American brands. I refuse to buy potter or hiram walker.

Gave the 20th Century from "Vintage Spirits..." a try, and am not sure. I didn't tell my wife what it was before having her taste it, and she said, "Tastes like some sort of odd candy. What is that taste?" It certainly has an intriguing flavor.

I was out of regular lemons, so had to use Meyer, perhaps their less assertive nature contributed to the cacao dominating.

Will try it again with .5 oz cacao and a "regular" lemon.

fix grammar

Edited December 8, 2005 by eje (log)

[JAZ]

I was out of regular lemons, so had to use a Meyer, perhaps its less assertive nature contributed to the cacao dominating.

Will try it again with .5 oz cacao and a "regular" lemon.

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Erik, I had the same reaction when I tried it with Meyer lemon juice -- it really doesn't stand up to the other flavors. The drink is very different with regular lemon juice -- still not one of my favorites, but it's much cleaner tasting.

[eje]

Erik, I had the same reaction when I tried it with Meyer lemon juice -- it really doesn't stand up to the other flavors. The drink is very different with regular lemon juice -- still not one of my favorites, but it's much cleaner tasting.

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Thanks Janet! That's what I thought.

Tried an Income Tax cocktail last night, and that is one I can really get behind. Relatively straight forward, yet complex. Might be my new favorite cocktail. Certainly something which I will make again.

[M.X.Hassett]

Erik that looks like a perfect martini with the addition of oj.

[M.X.Hassett]

mmmm, very tasty just made one.

[eje]

Erik that looks like a perfect martini with the addition of oj.

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In "Vintage Spirits...", Ted Haigh suggests a more film noir way to ask for it at the bar is as a "Bronx with Bitters".

:-)

It got me wondering if there were cocktails named after all 5 boroughs. Manhattan and Brooklyn, of course, but, I couldn't find anything for Staten Island or Queens.

[KatieLoeb]

Erik that looks like a perfect martini with the addition of oj.

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In "Vintage Spirits...", Ted Haigh suggests a more film noir way to ask for it at the bar is as a "Bronx with Bitters".

:-)

It got me wondering if there were cocktails named after all 5 boroughs. Manhattan and Brooklyn, of course, but, I couldn't find anything for Staten Island or Queens.

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Staten Island Cocktail

Queens Cocktail

[M.X.Hassett]

Just whipped one(ITC) up with Rittenhouse and as Larry David would say "pretty good......pretty pretty good" On the Swizzle thread there is some interesting talk about geography and drink names

[eje]

Staten Island Cocktail

Queens Cocktail

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Hmmm...

I'm trying to imagine the flavor combination of coffee vodka, lime juice, and vermouth with a maraschino cherry. I can't quite bring it together in my mind without feeling a little ill. Especially if I imagine the lime juice to be Rose's.