porcupine Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Blacksalt: negroni with Bluecoat gin, Vya sweet vermouth, and Campari; friends had mojitos. Beck: assorted Belgian beers ------------- well, why not? since Rocks started "where did you dine?" Thankfully Mr P has a sense of humor: "is there a bartender in this city you don't have a crush on?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banco Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Blacksalt: negroni with Bluecoat gin, Vya sweet vermouth, and Campari; friends had mojitos.Beck: assorted Belgian beers ------------- well, why not? since Rocks started "where did you dine?" Thankfully Mr P has a sense of humor: "is there a bartender in this city you don't have a crush on?" Sonoma today: Negroni with standard ingredients and a Seghesio Arneis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Last night: My house, front stoop, with an Allagash ale aged in bourbon barrels and some Willett pot still bourbon. Tonight: Over to Chez Marshall... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 My couch, after a craptacular day at work, watching the UEFA Cup final that I TiVoed yesterday, with an oversized tumbler of Macallan Elegancia 12. Whisky was great, the Blues not as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laniloa Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 My couch, after a craptacular day at workMe too! But I had some Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc as part of my drink down my pantry project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithstg Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 Last night at Corduroy - 2002 Cristom Pinot - maybe Marjorie vineyard, but sadly I don't remember... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohstate Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 Last night, walking home from dinner, we stopped in at the Tiffany Tavern (Alexandria) for open mike night. Classic. Had a beer then finished our walk home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jermain84 Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 Last night, walking home from dinner, we stopped in at the Tiffany Tavern (Alexandria) for open mike night. Classic. Had a beer then finished our walk home. Last night at Proof $10 for a 10 oz pour of Oskar Blues Ten Fidy. What's with the prices for good beer in this city? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian Zutant Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 Just wanted to explain why the cost of that particular beer is so high. Oskar Blues released it after 5 years of being in production and was done as a celebratory kinda thing. It's a seasonal stout and is released at most every 8 months or so. The alchohol content is running at 10.5 hence the name. While I realize 10 bucks is a lot for a beer, the 1/6 sized keg which we were allocated is about twice the cost of your average 1/6 keg. One other thing, if the beer you had was served in a pilsner glass then your beer was around 14oz, give or take room for the head. Hope this helps S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 Last night at Corduroy - 2002 Cristom Pinot - maybe Marjorie vineyard, but sadly I don't remember... Say hi next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jermain84 Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 Just wanted to explain why the cost of that particular beer is so high. Oskar Blues released it after 5 years of being in production and was done as a celebratory kinda thing. It's a seasonal stout and is released at most every 8 months or so. The alchohol content is running at 10.5 hence the name. While I realize 10 bucks is a lot for a beer, the 1/6 sized keg which we were allocated is about twice the cost of your average 1/6 keg. One other thing, if the beer you had was served in a pilsner glass then your beer was around 14oz, give or take room for the head. Hope this helpsS. Sorry if it seems like I was pointing out Proof exclusively because that is not what I meant. In D.C. in general prices for beer are much higher than any large city I've been too recently, including New York, Chicago, and LA. Walk a few blocks to Beck's and I don't think they serve any beer for less then $10, except for the miller lite esque Bavik. I paid $5 for the Ten Fidy in Baltimore just last week. Just had to vent a little, I like that good beer is starting to show up in a lot of places around town, I just don't like that is emerging the way of the $20 mini kobe burger slider on 9 grain foccica bread imported from France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted May 25, 2008 Author Share Posted May 25, 2008 Cork: bad luck - Tom's day off - meant no Dawn over Manhattan for me; an Italian rose and something French - Cotes du Languedoc? New Heights: Rogue Spruce with Fever Tree tonic; Damrak with Fever Tree bitter lemon; Aviation; tastes of two others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLK Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Saturday night: * Tattoo - Belvedere and cranberry in a plastic faux glass only slight larger than a shot glass. $10. Craptastic (excellent word) crowd. * The Park - more of the same but for $12 (I think) in a plastic cup. * Saint Ex - a college student (rising senior, he proudly told me) bought me a Bavik. Just so he wouldn't feel too bad about his poor vision and questionable judgement, I subtracted eight years from my age and introduced him to my cute former colleague...who subsequently made up stories about her career as a stripper. It was one of those nights. I finally must accept that my idea of good time has changed these last few years, and that's ok. Must every DJ lean so hard on mash-ups these days?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legant Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 I subtracted eight years from my age and introduced him to my cute former colleague...who subsequently made up stories about her career as a stripper.It was one of those nights. I finally must accept that my idea of good time has changed these last few years, and that's ok. Must every DJ lean so hard on mash-ups these days?? I want to hang out with you. People watching at Hudson. Who puts Orange slices in a Manhattan? Better question: why? Yet another: why do they charge eleven dollars and eighteen cents for a drink? And... where is that drunk posting delete button when you need it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted June 14, 2008 Author Share Posted June 14, 2008 Cork: Dawn over Manhattan Dino: Whispering Manhattan DC is a great place for cocktail lovers to be these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synaesthesia Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Brown Derby at Pilar: Bourbon, grapefruit juice and honey. Never would have thought that would go so well together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted October 22, 2008 Author Share Posted October 22, 2008 Scott is doing some nice work at Dino. Had a Manhattan there last night; can't recall everything that was in it, but it had Amaro Averna. The drink was smooth, slightly sweet, lightly herbal - a really nice take on a classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vickie Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Monday night at Terroir in Manhattan, where the server's uniform was a Terroir t-shirt which read "PedroF---ingXimenez", except they filled in the blanks. I wanted to buy one for my favorite co-worker bartender, but they were sold out. Too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escoffier Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 In the executive lounge on the 18th floor of the Sheraton in Mexico City. A fine Argentine Trapiche merlot followed by a cup of select Honduran freshly ground coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted November 3, 2008 Author Share Posted November 3, 2008 The cocktail art is alive and well in Boston Eastern Standard: a Manhattan variation called Prospect Park, made with Rittenhouse bib, Aperol, Punt e Mes, Luxardo, and Angostura Radius: a maple antique (or was it antique maple?), with Sazerac 6 yo (I think), maple syrup, and a lot of Angostura (the ratio was something like 4 1/2 oz: 1 1/2 oz: 12 dashes) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Riley Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Cork: equal parts of Domaine de Canton Ginger liqueur, Wolfberger Litchi liqueur and Manzanilla sherry. Un-freaking-believeably delicious. Also, a couple of others, whose composition is known only to Tom. Central: Savoy Cocktail (née a Jack Rose), possibly the Savoy Hotel Rickey. Also three other cocktails whose ingredients escape me at the moment. Bar Pilar: Adam made me...something...Saturday night which was crazy delicious but whose component parts elude me right now. Damn me and my faulty short-term memory. I really need to carry a pen with me when I imbibe sensational cocktails. But you should DEFINITELY go to each of these establishments and order the same cocktails! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jparrott Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Damn me and my faulty short-term memory. I really need to carry a pen with me when I imbibe sensational cocktails. Now that's a use for Twitter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Riley Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Now that's a use for Twitter! I put the "twit" in "Twitter", yo. If I do that, I might become all twitter-pated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Now that's a use for Twitter! That's what I use it for a lot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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