jparrott Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 A rickey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrXmus Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Finished off my sweet vermouth on our first Negroni of the night, so my next was gin/Aperol/blanco vermouth. I just bought my first bottle of blanco last week. That Negroni was light and fruity, but not quite bitter enough for my taste. It'd be a great introductory Negroni for the novice digestif drinker, though. I also made a gin/Campari/blanco Negroni which was highly bitter, but very good. This one would be great for your experienced Campari drinker. MMmmmmm....Negroni. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choirgirl21 Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Sweet tea vodka in lemonade with a handful of sour cherries that I am pitting muddled in the glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyy Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 The orgy of Vitamix concoctions continues: lime-mint slushy. (A nostalgic drink from my time in Khartoum.) I'm surprised and impressed by the creativity of the recipes in the Vitamix cookbook. So many appliance "cookbooks" are just so dull, and many of the recipes disgusting. Going to try its cherry-mint limeade tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Yesterday was sweet lime, ginger, and seltzer. Today's hydrating concoction is lime, ginger, homemade hibiscus grenadine, and seltzer, and somehow glass #2 ended up with a little Barbancourt blanc instead of seltzer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Bud in a can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaRiv18 Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 A Baguio Skin (Bernbach recipe on Kojo's site) followed by a Sidecar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrXmus Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 A Baguio Skin (Bernbach recipe on Kojo's site) followed by a Sidecar. Thanks for this note. I hadn't heard of this drink (the Skin, not the Sidecar). I can't wait to try it, now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Catoctin Creek Cask Proof Roundhouse Rye. Folks - try this. Yummy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Catoctin Creek Cask Proof Roundhouse Rye. Folks - try this. Yummy. Am I wrong for hating their gin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Am I wrong for hating their gin? Their gin is not for everybody. It's not a London dry. I enjoy it because I like the backbone to it, and how it comes out in a gin and tonic versus more "subtle" gins. That being said, yes you're wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyy Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Lemon/lime/white grape/mint juice (+ gin in about an hour) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 A "Bacardi" cocktail made with Barbancourt blanc and homemade hibiscus grenadine. So not a Bacardi cocktail at all, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Coke Zero, in the dark. DAMN YOU SPIRITS IN BLACK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaRiv18 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 The Getaway, Derek Brown recipe, for Natl Daiquiri Day today. And again followed by a Sidecar. Somewhat fitting duo, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyy Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 What do you do with a crappy bottle of white wine? (Aside from not buy it in the first place?) Pour over ice + St. Germaine + club soda = pretty dern good for a summer night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saf Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Saranac Summer Shandy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrXmus Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Troegs Perpetual IPA. It's a new release. Seasonal? 7.5% abv, but you wouldn't know it from the taste. Great pineapple hoppiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronsinger Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Three Floyd's Robert the Bruce at a (Jewish-Scottish; first and likely the final time I will see a groom in a kilt under a chuppah) wedding this evening in honor of a probably apocryphal story regarding the groom's surname. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Three Floyd's Robert the Bruce at a (Jewish-Scottish; first and likely the final time I will see a groom in a kilt under a chuppah) wedding this evening in honor of a probably apocryphal story regarding the groom's surname. Are you in Indiana? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronsinger Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Are you in Indiana? Illinois. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 RUM! FOR BLACK TOT DAY! Dogfish Head Honey Brown Rum, to be precise. Yummy. (and miller lite) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Radigan Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 After work, I will be siting down with a glass of somthing, most likely red, and jamming out to Jerry Garcia in celebration of what would have been his 70th birthday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Tinto de verano, my new favorite summer beverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Blue point toasted lager on tap, at Ragtime? YAY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyy Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Ice water. But trying mightily to reimagine it as tequila because it's already that kind of day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcandohio Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Just had a Lebanese rosé at Oyamel. Very light for a hot day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistle Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 I picked up some Lipton's green teabags for iced tea (normally, I get Luzianne), I didn't see that it was 'Peach Passion', the artificial peach odor is overwhelming. However, because I am cheap, & I drink a lot of iced tea, I will probably force myself to use it...interspersed w/ classic daiquiris, wheat beer, & water.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronsinger Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 I just bought a bottle of Rhum Barbancourt (the 3 star/4 year). Any cocktail suggestions? Would a light and stormy be any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 I just bought a bottle of Rhum Barbancourt (the 3 star/4 year). Any cocktail suggestions? Would a light and stormy be any good? It's great with Ting, a squeeze of lime, and a dash of bitters. I've never mixed it with ginger beer, but I bet it would be pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrXmus Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 I just bought a bottle of Rhum Barbancourt (the 3 star/4 year). Any cocktail suggestions? Would a light and stormy be any good? It's my go-to for a Rum Manhattan because it's what my grandfather taught me. I was his bartender before I was in high school. Rhum Barbancourt, sweet vermouth, splash of port, bitters. I've never seen the port in other Manhattans, but it can be a nice touch. Also, Barbancourt is great in an Anejo Highball: ice, 1.5 oz rum, 1/2 oz orange curacao, 1/2 oz lime juice, 2 dashes Angustura bitters, 2 oz ginger beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 It's my go-to for a Rum Manhattan because it's what my grandfather taught me. I was his bartender before I was in high school. Rhum Barbancourt, sweet vermouth, splash of port, bitters. I've never seen the port in other Manhattans, but it can be a nice touch. Also, Barbancourt is great in an Anejo Highball: ice, 1.5 oz rum, 1/2 oz orange curacao, 1/2 oz lime juice, 2 dashes Angustura bitters, 2 oz ginger beer. Are you making the Manhattans with the three-star or the five-star? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrXmus Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Are you making the Manhattans with the three-star or the five-star? I'm using the 5er. For the highball, I often use the 4 year Flor de Cana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrXmus Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 BTW, who do I have to blow to get rid of the "ventworm" tag? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 BTW, who do I have to blow to get rid of the "ventworm" tag? You can try on Don, but really it's just a measure of how many posts you have. I'm drinking an Empryean Brewing Co. Burning Skye Scottish Style Ale. They're out of Lincoln, NE, and since I'm in Colorado I also got the Colorado Native Lager. I've been drinking the Bristol's Laughing Lab at the BW-3 near my hotel the last two nights (don't judge me, I've been exhausted!) and found it quite tasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronsinger Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 It's great with Ting, a squeeze of lime, and a dash of bitters. I've never mixed it with ginger beer, but I bet it would be pretty good. Can't say I had ever heard of Ting, before looking it up after reading your post. It's my go-to for a Rum Manhattan because it's what my grandfather taught me. I was his bartender before I was in high school. Rhum Barbancourt, sweet vermouth, splash of port, bitters. I've never seen the port in other Manhattans, but it can be a nice touch. Also, Barbancourt is great in an Anejo Highball: ice, 1.5 oz rum, 1/2 oz orange curacao, 1/2 oz lime juice, 2 dashes Angustura bitters, 2 oz ginger beer. Both sound good. I don't have curacao, though I do have triple sec. No bitters, but did buy some limes today (both regular and key, as they were cheap). Also picked up some mint and agave syrup, so will try a mojito with it, and whatever other concoctions I come up with based on the rather limited bar at home. There's also some creme de cassis syrup I could add to something. As I live at the home where my grandparents first moved into in 1960, I did recently find a few unopened bottles of alcohol from the late 70s/early 80s. No idea if they're still drinkable. There's some Seagram's Canadian, some Port, which I may try in some form of that Rum Manhattan (don't have any vermouth, though), I drink I had never heard of before; as a lover of bourbon and Manhattans, I bet I would like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrXmus Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 I just had to have a bottle of Fernet Blanca because I'm enjoying other amari, and let's just say, I'm enjoying the other amari much more than the Fernet. I do like the mint/menthol flavor in Fernet, but I'm not as crazy about the alcohol warmth. I've been thinking of tinkering with what I have on the shelf and making the Fernet more to my liking. In that vein, I'm drinking my first experiment: 3:1 Ramazzotti:Fernet Blanca. I'm a huge fan and this is just my first try! The menthol still comes through, but the alcohol is diluted enough to be almost imperceptible. It's not Averna-sweet and the herbs/bitters are great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Can't say I had ever heard of Ting, before looking it up after reading your post. Ting is an amazing hangover drink, too. Just so refreshing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.A.R. Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 2010 Meulenhof Erdner Treppchen Riesling Kabinett - a simple, yet beautiful Mosel riesling that reminds me I need to drink Riesling a hell of a lot more than I have been lately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 2011 Penner-Ash Oregon Viognier. Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronsinger Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Goose Island Black Mission. Not a big fan of the brewery usually, but this was a delicious, medium-bodied ale brewed with figs. Very yummy and unusual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrXmus Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Cynar. I've been wanting to try it for months, but haven't wanted to spring for a liter of a drink that Jason Wilson says is a "love it or hate it" liqueur. I made an impulse buy at the ABC store today and I'm glad I did. I really like it, although it sits more on the sweet end of the amari spectrum close to Averna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 A daiquiri made with Barbancourt Blanc and homemade demerara simple. There's a jug of freshly-pressed apple cider in the fridge infusing with spices for upcoming hot toddies with the five star, but for the moment I will indulge in the taste of summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plarkins Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 homemade peach schnapps with homegrown peaches. hmm peachy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choirgirl21 Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 A White Rose cocktail, with the recipe from the Savoy cocktail book (used lemon & Beefeater). I have been looking for new ways to use my Luxardo and came across this. It's really good. I liked the Bourbon Crusta better, but I wasn't feeling bourbon tonight so this is hitting the spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choirgirl21 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 And now I'm having the Bourbon Crusta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol_ironstomach Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Phillips Longboat Chocolate Porter, from Victoria BC. Ahhhh, I deserve this pour. Thanks, David! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronsinger Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Phillips Longboat Chocolate Porter, from Victoria BC. Ahhhh, I deserve this pour. Thanks, David! I love the malt-hops and colour-flavour* scales they have. With the scale listed for that beer, sounds like my kind of brew. And as the description says, I have not seen many Chocolate Porters; stouts yes, but not porters. I wonder why that is. Speaking of porters, I had a good one the other night from Revolution Brewery here in Chicago. It had the lightness of a porter (compared to a stout) that I like, but still had plenty of flavo(u)r. *Tee hee... Canadians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choirgirl21 Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Chatoe Rogue Pumpkin Patch Ale - this may be my new favorite pumpkin beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrXmus Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 From Robert Hess's Essential Bartender's Guide: Anejo Manhattan 2 oz Anejo tequila 1/2 oz sweet vermouth 1/4 oz Licor 43 1 dash each of bitters and orange bitters Luxardo cherry garnish This is a super-nice drink. Easy to over-dilute, though, which severely muddles the flavors. When stirred properly, it's fantastic. Gotta buy more tequila today. Between my wife and I, we finished our Gran Centenario last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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