ordering a mojito or something like a screwdriver always just feels too old-dad. like, playing it safe
― ∞, Friday, 15 August 2014 23:29 (nine years ago) link
salted caramel mojito
― Ryan, Friday, 15 August 2014 23:30 (nine years ago) link
Mojitos are great, though I understand why bartenders hate you for ordering one if they are swamped. Not that they are hard to make, but they are hard to just whip up. You have to spend all of two minutes, vs. 30 seconds. However, they are one of the few cocktails that adapt well to pitchers.
Nice alternative is the Southside: http://imbibemagazine.com/Southside-Fizz-Recipe
I don't think the caiparinha is totally comparable, because cachaca is so much funkier than standard rum, imo. No fizz, either.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 15 August 2014 23:31 (nine years ago) link
salty caramel blondie mojito
― calstars, Friday, 15 August 2014 23:31 (nine years ago) link
fenugreek mojito
― Peeking at Peak Petty (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 15 August 2014 23:32 (nine years ago) link
You guys are ruining a good thing, like Dunkin Donuts.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 15 August 2014 23:34 (nine years ago) link
I don't think the caiparinha is totally comparable, because cachaca is so much funkier than standard rum, imo. No fizz, either.― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, August 16, 2014 12:31 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, August 16, 2014 12:31 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― ∞, Friday, 15 August 2014 23:35 (nine years ago) link
More exotic, for sure, since not everyone has cachaca.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 15 August 2014 23:36 (nine years ago) link
Or can pronounce it!
kai-pa-reeeee-nyaaaaa
― ∞, Friday, 15 August 2014 23:37 (nine years ago) link
What about cachaca?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 15 August 2014 23:40 (nine years ago) link
What about acai?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 15 August 2014 23:41 (nine years ago) link
I love mojitos and I would not put fenugreek in them probably
― i'm elf-ein lusophonic (imago), Friday, 15 August 2014 23:41 (nine years ago) link
i should try just tryin to make em here. we have a shaker cos my bro used to bartend.
― Neanderthal, Friday, August 15, 2014 6:51 PM (48 minutes ago)
you use a shaker for these?
― flatizza (harbl), Friday, 15 August 2014 23:41 (nine years ago) link
ka-CHA-sa
ah-SA-eee
whoop
― ∞, Friday, 15 August 2014 23:42 (nine years ago) link
not the way i make them! i think you can buy an actual muddler but i just use a spoon.
xp
― horseshoe, Friday, 15 August 2014 23:42 (nine years ago) link
anyway they are good but when i make them i don't put any sugar which i guess is wrong but sugar and alcohol is kinda gross to me
― flatizza (harbl), Friday, 15 August 2014 23:42 (nine years ago) link
you use a shaker for these?― flatizza (harbl), Saturday, August 16, 2014 12:41 AM (27 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― flatizza (harbl), Saturday, August 16, 2014 12:41 AM (27 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah i just rip up the mint and smush it against the glass with my hands or whatever. i kinda killed my mint plant when i went away for a couple weeks :(
― flatizza (harbl), Friday, 15 August 2014 23:43 (nine years ago) link
i mash potatoes in a molcajete
― Peeking at Peak Petty (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 15 August 2014 23:45 (nine years ago) link
i served said mashed potatoes with an ice cream scoop
bubble tape is not for me
i think mint is hardy; i'm sure it will resurface, harbl!
i have never made a sugarless mojito, but i vary the amount of sugar depending on my mood. i think one without sugar would be fine. rum and lime is delicious on its own.
― horseshoe, Friday, 15 August 2014 23:46 (nine years ago) link
it's all about experimenting with different sweeteners, yo
― ∞, Friday, 15 August 2014 23:46 (nine years ago) link
are mojitos a really 1981 thing? because of miami vice? i never even knew that. i mean miami still exists. and cuban people.
― horseshoe, Friday, 15 August 2014 23:47 (nine years ago) link
lebron left it's over
― Peeking at Peak Petty (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 15 August 2014 23:48 (nine years ago) link
― flatizza (harbl), Friday, 15 August 2014 19:41 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
think this illustrates my lack of drink mixing expertise
― Neanderthal, Friday, 15 August 2014 23:49 (nine years ago) link
coconut ginger and guava mojitos:
― Peeking at Peak Petty (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 15 August 2014 23:50 (nine years ago) link
mojito with foraged lavender and a simple syrup made from crushed freeze dried marshmallows and organic olive oil spray accelerant
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Friday, 15 August 2014 23:50 (nine years ago) link
freezer burned eggo mojito
― Peeking at Peak Petty (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 15 August 2014 23:51 (nine years ago) link
more mojitos but really wtf @
Pisco Sour(A Chilean or arguably Peruvian classic) Pisco, fresh lime, cane syrup, fresh lemon, & egg whites, served up
(A Chilean or arguably Peruvian classic) Pisco, fresh lime, cane syrup, fresh lemon, & egg whites, served up
― Peeking at Peak Petty (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 15 August 2014 23:52 (nine years ago) link
I'm kind of enjoying the Guy Fieri-of-drinks mojito perversions going on itt.
Bloody Mojitos
― Neanderthal, Friday, 15 August 2014 23:52 (nine years ago) link
it is definitely a Peruvian classic
― Peeking at Peak Petty (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 15 August 2014 23:53 (nine years ago) link
it is both. you don't need to take sides on your menu
― Peeking at Peak Petty (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 15 August 2014 23:54 (nine years ago) link
Frozen Mudjito
― Neanderthal, Friday, 15 August 2014 23:54 (nine years ago) link
Love a good Pisco Sour. Pisco is like cachaca, a relatively exotic rum alternative with afaik one real drink use.
Usually lemon or lime juice means shake, but there's really no need to shake a mojito, since you pour over ice and top with fizzy water later anyway. Then you give it a nice stir to distribute the sweet. But then, I use simple syrup rather than sugar - as I might in a caiparinha - so it mixes pretty easily. Straight sugar might require a shake.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 15 August 2014 23:57 (nine years ago) link
Johnny Garlic's mo' jito
that same 'jito you love, just more of it. an entire pitcher of our house mojito but for one person.
― Peeking at Peak Petty (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 15 August 2014 23:59 (nine years ago) link
*served with a side of breadsticks
― Peeking at Peak Petty (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 16 August 2014 00:00 (nine years ago) link
double fudge wasabi cheesecake mojito w/ bacon infused liquer
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 16 August 2014 00:02 (nine years ago) link
served atop a discarded and assembled Mouse Trap board game
Donkey Sauce Mo' To'.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 16 August 2014 00:03 (nine years ago) link
fucking lol at mouse trap board game
― Peeking at Peak Petty (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 16 August 2014 00:03 (nine years ago) link
the mo' heat, oh!
a mojito with hotsauce cuz fuck you
― Peeking at Peak Petty (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 16 August 2014 00:04 (nine years ago) link
ay
― Hogan's Bluff (wins), Saturday, 16 August 2014 00:04 (nine years ago) link
Where is the "I'm a fiend for mojitos" option.
― This Is Not An ILX Username (LaMonte), Saturday, 16 August 2014 00:10 (nine years ago) link
Mojitos: totally classic and fun to make. Does take some effort, but worth it. I only order them at bars that seem like they know what they're doing, because they're easy to screw up. (Also true not a good drink to order when the bar's slammed.)
Only downside is trying to make them last more than 5 minutes.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 16 August 2014 00:10 (nine years ago) link
I've been seeing basil cocktails lately
― Peeking at Peak Petty (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 16 August 2014 00:21 (nine years ago) link
on the streets, i mean
pesto sour
― Hogan's Bluff (wins), Saturday, 16 August 2014 00:22 (nine years ago) link
lol
― Peeking at Peak Petty (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 16 August 2014 00:24 (nine years ago) link
i had some at that restaurant Wish in Miami
― Neanderthal, Monday, 18 August 2014 00:30 (nine years ago) link
at my brother's (middle of summer hottest day of the year) wedding they had cocktail waiters hand out mojitos to everyone immediately after the ceremony - best mojito ever, not to sweet so your lips pucker a little from the lime
ugh so good
ysi one now please
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 18 August 2014 02:03 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 21 August 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 22 August 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
it is summer!!
― marcos, Sunday, 19 July 2015 18:30 (eight years ago) link
Mojitos are so good
Just made one with a little less sugar and I definitely prefer it that way
― marcos, Sunday, 19 July 2015 20:24 (eight years ago) link
I've been experimenting with making them with slightly darker rums, and it definitely changes the character. Like a lot of more tropical drinks, unfortunately, the sugar really adds up. Between the syrup and the alcohol, you may as well be drinking soda.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 19 July 2015 21:24 (eight years ago) link