What's Your Favorite Cocktail?

[Bill Poster]

Apologies if thread already exists..

mine is an apple pie martini. Lovely

[slkinsey]

An "Apple Pie Martini," eh? What goes into one of those?

[lancastermike]

An "Apple Pie Martini," eh?  What goes into one of those?

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Sam,

Take one slice of apple pie and one small piece of sharp cheddar cheese. Muddle this together with a little sugar. Or if you prefer smoother texture use a blender. Add a good dose of gin, juniper and apples are a natural, strain into a cocktail glass. Float on top some 151 rum. Light the rum on fire. It will smell just like a fresh baked pie. While waiting for flame to go out, mix yourself a cocktail

[Ktepi]

Old Overholt old-fashioned with both Peychaud's and Angostura, and one or two of the bourbon-soaked Montmorency cherries I put up at the beginning of the summer. No rocks, no soda.

[Bill Poster]

there are so many different versions of this cocktail that it is hard to know which is the definitive one.

I will ask my bartender and get back on this

[Megan Blocker]

Manhattan, on the rocks. I'm open to Bourbon brands, though I have Knob Creek at home right now. Ooooh, now I'm jonesin' for a cocktail, baby.

Edited October 14, 2005 by Megan Blocker (log)

[Brad Ballinger]

Greyhound

[slkinsey]

For me, it's really impossible to say. There are so many that I like. I will say, however, that I haven't been to Pegu Club a single time when I haven't had the Fitty - Fitty Martini (1:1 Tanqueray and Noilly Prat, stirred, strained and garnished with a twist). But whether that's my favorite is hard to say. It's my favorite way to start a long night of imbibing, I'll say that!

[cocktailgeek]

Negroni, 2:2:1 Plymouth gin, Campari, Cinzano. Flamed orange twist. Mmmmmm.

[Megan Blocker]

For me, it's really impossible to say.  There are so many that I like.  I will say, however, that I haven't been to Pegu Club a single time when I haven't had the Fitty - Fitty Martini (1:1 Tanqueray and Noilly Prat, stirred, strained and garnished with a twist).  But whether that's my favorite is hard to say.  It's my favorite way to start a long night of imbibing, I'll say that!

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I'm going tonight, Sam - and I'm going to try that and a Manhattan with rye and bitters (per your recommendation in your expanding-the-cocktail-palate topic). Can't wait, can't wait.

[Jamie B]

Lately I've been loving the Hearst: 2oz Plymouth gin, 1oz Cinzanno, 2 dashes each orange and Angostura bitters.

Mmmmmmmmmmm.....silky

[lancastermike]

A perfect manhatan with a few dashes of orange bitters may be as close to perfection as mankind has ever come.

[Megan Blocker]

A perfect manhatan with a few dashes of orange bitters may be as close to perfection as mankind has ever come.

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Here, here, Mike! As promised, I made myself branch out at Pegu tonight - a Fitty Fitty (yum!) and an Earl Grey Mar-tea-ni. I didn't have the capacity (after four glasses of wine with dinner at Ouest) for a Manhattan with rye - but, next time, I promise.

As for Cosmo drinkers, I find they are quite amenable to anything involving Champgane.

[bergerka]

an Apple Blow Fizz made with Laird's bonded applejack.

[Steven Blaski]

Manhattan: VO, sweet vermouth, bitters, and a skosh of maraschino cherry juice. Mmmm....

[marty mccabe]

In terms of the cocktail I have (and continue to ) consumed the most of, it would have to be a margarita: 2oz El Tesoro Platinum, 1oz fresh-squeezed lime juice, 1oz Citronge, splash of agave nectar. Shaken, on rocks.

I do also hold a lot of fascination for the Aviation, in that it's totally more than the sum of its three ingredients.

Marty

[cdh]

The Jasmine. http://hotwired.lycos.com/cocktail/98/30/index3a.html

A fine bit of alchemy that turns gin, triple sec, campari and lemon juice into magic.

[gethin]

right now, its the cocktail I have in my non typing hand - a berlin station chief - this one with tanqueray, bunnahahven , twist of lemon.

goes damn well with a beef and horseradish sandwich at quarter to one in the morning after a long , hard day !

gethin

[lia]

Margarita up, no salt, splash of Chambord.

[spiritchild]

A bourbon crusta:

Bourbon, maraschino liqueur, Cointreau, lemon juice.

Up in a sugar rimmed cocktail glass.

Perfectly balanced and perfectly autumn.

PS Rye makes a good substitute for the bourbon if you're feeling adventurous!

[Alchemist]

For me, it's really impossible to say.  There are so many that I like.  I will say, however, that I haven't been to Pegu Club a single time when I haven't had the Fitty - Fitty Martini (1:1 Tanqueray and Noilly Prat, stirred, strained and garnished with a twist).  But whether that's my favorite is hard to say.  It's my favorite way to start a long night of imbibing, I'll say that!

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There is a couple of dashes of orange bitters in the Fitty as well I belive.

[birder53]

Tough decision to make! I have lots of favorites. I'll cheat and pick three - Aviations, Bourbon Crustas and Sidecars. Love 'em all!

[sadistick]

I must say, its a tough call...When I go out, I have been ordering a Sidecar lately, love that...but at home, been mixing Campari with OJ and Soda...

PS - Whats in an Aviation?

Cheers

[plattetude]

Gin, maraschino liqueur, and lemon. And much more than the sum of its parts (as is frequently the case with cocktails having maraschino). See here for a full discourse....

Me, I've been completely enamored of the Last Word cocktail for the past few months. Sooooo complex and yummy. And purdy too.

Christopher

[bergerka]

I also love Aviations, though...and manhattans...and Twentieth Century Cocktails...and and HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO CHOOSE!?!?!?!?!?!

Depends on the day, I guess. For example, tonight I just want to go home, pour a stiff one of whatever stripe, down it, and go to bed.

K