Cocktails Please

[slwrnu]

a driving cocktail if you are off on a long drive. really cold water. chop some cucumber. mix. put it in your dashboard holder. refreshing.

[johnmdesigner]

Ciao!

[deano]

With summer on the wane, we're likely done mixing drinks, back to contemplating the Platonic forms and undistilled essences. Just picked up a bunch of Montepulciano d'Abruzzio and a little bit of tawny port to have with our daily waltz - they play a drivetime waltz on the classical station every day. Nice routine during COVID with no sports or church or anything. We dance with the kids in the living room. WFH/Back to school is demanding especially at this time of year, so we need to celebrate every victory. Little port goes a long way!

Regarding port, someone told me if you want value, always buy tawny, as by definition is must have more age on it than ruby.

[thollandpe]

Then 2 easy steps:
1. Add the bourbon whiskey, lemon juice, and syrup to a cocktail shaker. Fill with a handful of ice and shake until very cold.
2. Strain the drink into a glass. Serve with ice.

Dig it. I was introduced to these using crushed ice. More than half the fun of making these is whacking ice cubes with a big metal spoon to crush the ice. Even more fun of you have dogs that chase and eat the ice bits that fly around the kitchen.

Also digging the Toronto (a.k.a "Tronno") whiskey cocktail, my mods in parentheses:

2 oz Canadian rye (George Dickel 'murican rye)
1/4 oz. Fernet-Branca
1/4 oz. simple syrup (1/8 oz maple syrup)
2 dashes Angostura bitters (Bitter Housewife cardamom bitters)
Garnish: Orange peel (orange slice)

Original recipe calls for mixing on ice, stirring, straining, and serving in a coupe glass.

I make mine in a 6-oz. double-wall insulated glass (Bodum Assam or Canteen) and use one big whiskey ice cube.

[ArthurHolo]

Dig it. I was introduced to these using crushed ice. More than half the fun of making these is whacking ice cubes with a big metal spoon to crush the ice. Even more fun of you have dogs that chase and eat the ice bits that fly around the kitchen.

Also digging the Toronto (a.k.a "Tronno") whiskey cocktail, my mods in parentheses:

2 oz Canadian rye (George Dickel 'murican rye)
1/4 oz. Fernet-Branca
1/4 oz. simple syrup (1/8 oz maple syrup)
2 dashes Angostura bitters (Bitter Housewife cardamom bitters)
Garnish: Orange peel (orange slice)

Original recipe calls for mixing on ice, stirring, straining, and serving in a coupe glass.

I make mine in a 6-oz. double-wall insulated glass (Bodum Assam or Canteen) and use one big whiskey ice cube.

Happy dogs and clean floors: profit!

Need to try you recipe, looks good. And I will try it this weekend :D

[Too Tall]

The charming re-emergence of '''little wine holes''' in Florence - CNN Style

The wine hole. Who knew?

Neat. I read that a few days ago. TRADITION!

[Too Tall]

We just purchased a portable ice maker for glamping. Doomed.

[donk]

Before having kids, my wife and I planned our vacations around cocktail bars and have visited many of the bars on the Top 50 list.

My favourite cocktails are:

El diablo - tequila/mezcal mix, cassis, ginger beer and habanero bitters

Smokey negroni - using tequila / mezcal instead of gin.

A modified last word which I call the last f'in word. Recipe below makes a batch of 2 drinks

3/4 oz of tequila - the rarer and more interesting the better - to go with the vep
3/4 oz of mezcal - the rarer and more interesting the better - to go with the vep
3/4 oz of VEP Yellow Chartreuse
3/4 oz of VEP Green Chartreuse
3/4oz lemon juice
3/4 oz lime juice

[Chris Chesebro]

Never had the VEP yellow - that sounds like quite the drink!

[donk]

Here is the last picture of the bar cart, before it go packed up and went to basement due to kids, it has grown significantly since then - with more tequila/mezcal and sotol being the focus of new purchases. We are also focusing less on complex cocktails vs high quality spirits that carry their own.

You'll see the VEP boxes in the background. It has an interesting deep flavor as compared to regular. Kind of mellow, but punchy at the same time.