Drinks! 2014 (Part 2)

[EvergreenDan]

1 1/2 tequila

1/2 oz Mezcal

3/4 oz Ancho Reyes

1/2 oz Angostura amaro (sub a few dashes bitters)

3/4 oz lemon

1/4 oz simple

 

Next time I'd back off to 1/2 oz Ancho Reys and lemon and skip the simple. Refreshing with a slow burn. Complex. Interesting.

[KD1191]

A Red Hook with Leopold Bros Rye & Maraschino. The baking chocolate note in the rye combined with Punt e Mes is just spectacular.

[Czequershuus]

The Bronx cocktail has always been one of those classics I could never get behind, but I figured the more spirit forward a lemon juice balanced Bronx Bomber would suit me more

 

Bronx Bomber (Link)

1.5 Oz Plymouth Gin (Only have Beefeater at the moment)

0.25 Oz Sweet Vermouth (Punt e Mes)

0.25 Oz Dry Vermouth (Noilly Prat)

0.5 Oz Orange Juice (Si, which is preferable to the quality of oranges in grocery stores at this time of year)

0.25 Oz Lemon Juice

0.25 Oz Simple Syrup

Shake, strain, up, orange twist.

 

Much better than its more famous cousin. If I were to try again I may up the lemon to half an ounce, but even in this balance these flavors came together quite well.

[lesliec]

We're getting ever more addicted to certain Manhattan variants.  Last night, an extremely tasty Greenpoint with Sazerac rye, Punt e Mes, home-made bay liqueur (subs well for yellow Chartreuse) and Angostura.

[Hassouni]

Made about 200 of these Friday night:

 

 

on the world's least ergonomic bar:

 

[EvergreenDan]

Just acquired my first bottle of Cherry Heering. Inaugurated it with a Gilroy.

...This was terrific. ...This old Savoy recipe didn't look like anything special when browsing, but I'm very glad I made it. It's a keeper for sure.

Yeah. Much nicer than it has a right to be. Just tried it as you did with Tanqueray Old Tom

[bostonapothecary]

1.5 oz. tanqueray old tom

.5 oz. chestnut flower mead

1 oz. punt y mes

bar spoon algharvinha Portuguese almond liqueur

 

this was particularly wonderful and is an elaboration of a drink from last week with a different mead. the almond liqueur here, just makes the aromas glow electrically. the Portuguese color their almond liqueurs differently and its very pale relative to the dark coloring of Italian amarettoes and in the drink, positively influences the perception of the aromas. this usage of mead is a little ahead of its time, but soon enough you will read all sorts of really fluffy articles about it citing drinks from restaurants with high paid well connected PR departments. don't be dissuaded, mead, when applied correctly to cocktails can be extraordinary. as a carrier of flavour, mead is a mechanism by which one can cement memories.

[JoNorvelleWalker]

After (what seems like) a long time without a zombie, I searched through my dwindling grapefruit supply.  I found three more grapefruit clearly rotten.  Of the rest one looked pretty good, and indeed the juice smelled nice and fresh.

 

I've made my best zombie in a while.  Usual formula, blue straw, lots of mint.  The rums were my current zombie standard:

 

1 1/2 oz S&C

1 1/2 oz Neisson Reserve Speciale

1 oz Lemon Hart 151

1/2 oz Taylor's Falernum

3/4 oz fresh lime juice

1 teaspoon grenadine

10 ml fresh (more or less, but who's asking questions) white grapefruit juice

5 ml tincture of cinnamon

1 dash Angostura

8 drops Jade 1901

[Adam George]

 

Made about 200 of these Friday night:

 

 

 

on the world's least ergonomic bar:

 

 

 

 

 

Very impressive, but did you know that Dead Parrot Consultancy is cheaper than you think?

Make more drinks, have more time for Flappy Birds and score more telephone numbers with help from Butt-Fun Nowhere's premier wanky cocktail bar!

[Adam George]

In an effort to find more ways to consume bitters, we found that Mini Milk [ice lollies] are lovely with Cynar.

[Hassouni]

Very impressive, but did you know that Dead Parrot Consultancy is cheaper than you think?

Make more drinks, have more time for Flappy Birds and score more telephone numbers with help from Butt-Fun Nowhere's premier wanky cocktail bar!

 

Sadly I have no control over that setup

[Vuko Laosic]

Made about 200 of these Friday night:

on the world's least ergonomic bar:

Really nice selection.

Can you share with us, how much is your cost per cocktail?

[lesliec]

Wifey was later home than usual last night, so I started construction of a Dante's Requiem for myself - Rittenhouse 100, Punt e Mes, green Chartreuse, bit of Fernet.  That is a magnificent drink - huge, oily, bitter (all of these are good things, in my view).

 

Of course, she arrived before I'd even started mixing the ingredients, but having had a taste and allowing that she could cope with it, she decided a Red Hook was more what she fancied.  So that was all right, then ...

[JoNorvelleWalker]

The mule train with my orgeat made it across the rockies.  Enjoying a white mai tai as we speak.

[Hassouni]

Highland Park 18 and Ardbeg Uigedail in celebration of the preservation of the United Kingdom!

[Adam George]

Highland Park 18 and Ardbeg Uigedail in celebration of the preservation of the United Kingdom!

Better Together

Cutty sark

beefeater

Scotch heather honey

Lavender bitters

[Adam George]

Really nice selection.

Can you share with us, how much is your cost per cocktail?

And whilst you're at it, can you let me know your staffing costs and yoy turnover.

[ChrisTaylor]

Better Together

Cutty sark

beefeater

Scotch heather honey

Lavender bitters

 

Do you have quantities on this beast?

[Adam George]

Do you have quantities on this beast?

It's an old fashioned. I winged it. We had it for breakfast before we opened the doors - the manager is Scottish.

[JoNorvelleWalker]

While eagerly awaiting my Neisson L'Esprit to arrive tomorrow -- for me -- another white mai tai...after all this is International Drink Like a Pirate Day.  Or something like that.

[FrogPrincesse]

Last night's Manhattan, after a bunch of crazy experimentation for this month's MxMo: The Unknown (due tonight).

 

Elijah Craig bourbon, Cocchi barolo chinato, Miracle Mile toasted pecan bitters, brandied cherry.

 

 

 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

Computer problems, took two white mai tais.

[FrogPrincesse]

From Tuesday night, another safe Manhattan, this time with Blanton's bourbon, Cocchi barolo chinato, Miracle Mile forbidden bitters.

 

 

Jo - has l'Esprit arrived yet?
 

[Hassouni]

Developing recipes for the next Green Zone event. Today we have the brand new:

 

Fuck ISIS! Punch

 

 

Vimto, WNOP, Lemon, and some other goodies.

[FrogPrincesse]

Vimto? Not familiar.