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
Mojito ices
― Mark G, Saturday, 16 August 2014 00:24 (nine years ago) link
MONjito - mojito with Montreal seasoning
― Peeking at Peak Petty (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 16 August 2014 00:25 (nine years ago) link
MANjito - mojito with man seasoning
― Peeking at Peak Petty (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 16 August 2014 00:26 (nine years ago) link
idg what kind of disgusting trendphobic savage you wd have to be to not love the taste of mint + lime, together as 1
― DERE is no DERE DERE (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 16 August 2014 00:48 (nine years ago) link
otm
― Peeking at Peak Petty (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 16 August 2014 00:53 (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, August 15, 2014 7:31 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is an excellent post
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 16 August 2014 00:57 (nine years ago) link
also you don't need a shaker to make a mojito, you just need to pass it back and forth between two glasses. just make sure your seltzer is in the fridge, not room temp.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 16 August 2014 00:58 (nine years ago) link
A good mojito is defo my favourite standard cocktail - a good one is fairly hard to come by though.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Saturday, 16 August 2014 01:00 (nine years ago) link
why do you need to pass it back and forth? i am genuinely confused about this mojito agitation
― flatizza (harbl), Saturday, 16 August 2014 01:10 (nine years ago) link
well if i build the drink in a glass, my sequence would be like syrup/mint, lime, rum, seltzer. so all my syrup is on the bottom of the glass and all my seltzer is on the top. if i add my ice and then pass it back and forth with another glass i've fixed that sitch.
i guess i could stir it but with the mint and spent limes floating around in there the passing just seems easier.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 16 August 2014 01:36 (nine years ago) link
guys sometimes when i make one too many mojitos at home, the next morning i experience...mojitWOE
― horseshoe, Saturday, 16 August 2014 02:44 (nine years ago) link
i'm sorry
― horseshoe, Saturday, 16 August 2014 02:45 (nine years ago) link
I don't share my projito recipe sorry
― rip van wanko, Saturday, 16 August 2014 02:56 (nine years ago) link
wait it's pronounced MO-JITE-OH, right?
― Peeking at Peak Petty (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 16 August 2014 03:05 (nine years ago) link
summer of 2007 I would make mojitos and drink them on my front porch and get kind of drunk and then go make noise music in my bedroom, I was 19 and it was my very first time living outside of my parents house or a dorm, god that was such a fucking great summer
mojitos rule and so does life.
― DERE is no DERE DERE (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 16 August 2014 03:06 (nine years ago) link
when i was in france two years ago mojitos were all the rage. i went to a really scummy student bar in grenoble and ordered one for the hell of it, and it was actually made really well with havana club, fresh mint, nice and cold. that's a good memory.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 16 August 2014 03:17 (nine years ago) link
I'll post recipe tomorrow (hint: no BBQ sauce)!
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 16 August 2014 03:17 (nine years ago) link
where you been Soto
― horseshoe, Saturday, 16 August 2014 03:25 (nine years ago) link
if there's basil in this recipe
― Peeking at Peak Petty (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 16 August 2014 04:27 (nine years ago) link
even a whisper of basil
best in Cuba
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 16 August 2014 05:24 (nine years ago) link
(have not had any there since '04)
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 16 August 2014 05:25 (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