I'm sure there's a better name for this than "beer negroni" but: 2oz red vermouth, 2oz Campari, 500ml pilsner. Recommended!
― seandalai, Monday, 6 May 2019 21:06 (four years ago) link
a beerevardier
― deus ex majima (Will M.), Monday, 6 May 2019 21:59 (four years ago) link
or a pilsnericano
― deus ex majima (Will M.), Monday, 6 May 2019 22:00 (four years ago) link
pilsnegroni rolls off the tongue pretty well
― WmC, Monday, 6 May 2019 23:04 (four years ago) link
A farrago.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 6 May 2019 23:12 (four years ago) link
a baloney
― seandalai, Monday, 6 May 2019 23:26 (four years ago) link
I made a creole Manhattan subbing chicory liqueur for sweet vermouth and using Peychaud's bitters. Pretty good, but I was surprised how overpowered the Hoodoo was. The chicory is strong when drunk neat but the rye steamrolled it.
― Manfred Hemming-Hawing (WmC), Sunday, 7 July 2019 20:16 (four years ago) link
finally figured out something good with the Amaro Ciociaro
2 oz Evan Williams 100 proof bond3/4 oz Cocchi Americano1/2 oz Amaro Ciociarolemon peel garnish, stir well w/rocks
― sleeve, Thursday, 8 August 2019 00:16 (four years ago) link
sounds good to me.
i had been on a bit of a cocktail break but midsummer always inspires me to break out the classic rum drinks. my beloved waring pro professional ice crusher mysteriously stopped working so i needed to spring for a replacement from ebay, but since then it's been plenty of navy grogs and planter's punches.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:19 (four years ago) link
sleeve, that sounds like the bourbon version of the Negroni variant I have been interested in recently - which has gin instead of bourbon, with choice of amaro (suze/gran classico/amaro ciociaro), and apertif (kina l'aero d'or/lillet/cocchi americano)
― Dan S, Thursday, 8 August 2019 01:43 (four years ago) link
The store was having a big sale on spirits so I got a bottle of white rum today to make Hemingways. But I don't have Luxardo so me trying out substitutes might be a bad idea.
― Yerac, Saturday, 24 August 2019 18:50 (four years ago) link
tough to find a sub for luxardo. could just make regular daiquris?
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 24 August 2019 19:19 (four years ago) link
ugh, no that would make too much sense.
― Yerac, Saturday, 24 August 2019 19:55 (four years ago) link
I added some blueberry juice and honey.
― Yerac, Saturday, 24 August 2019 20:41 (four years ago) link
https://punchdrink.com/articles/goodbye-fat-washing-hello-switching-spirit-infusion-cocktail-technique/
Brilliant concept, great potential for silliness.
― WmC, Monday, 23 September 2019 20:40 (four years ago) link
whoa
― sleeve, Monday, 23 September 2019 20:50 (four years ago) link
wow, that is really something.
i could totally sneak a chest freezer into the basement, my wife hates it down there.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 23 September 2019 23:22 (four years ago) link
Preview of a new game where you have to out-drink the Devil:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ8qcIVmr1M
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 23 September 2019 23:52 (four years ago) link
This is good. A bunch of vintage cocktail books archived by Exposition Universelle des Vins et Spiritueux, a museum on the island of Bendor (FR) (and most are readable) here:
https://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/
― Yerac, Friday, 11 October 2019 17:10 (four years ago) link
There's so many amazing book covers. I have a poster/print of L'Art de Boire le Vin (from a 1920s book) that I still need to get framed.
― Yerac, Friday, 11 October 2019 17:19 (four years ago) link
I've discovered the Toronto.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 11 October 2019 17:36 (four years ago) link
A long standing favorite
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Friday, 11 October 2019 17:53 (four years ago) link
I got a bottle of genever last month in Atlanta (Boomsma Oude) and erstwhile ILXor Bill/Tep hipped me to the Shaddock -- equal parts genever, Aperol, elderflower liqueur and lemon juice. So many dancing flavors -- I'm sure this will be one of my alltime faves.
― Miami weisse (WmC), Tuesday, 21 January 2020 02:34 (four years ago) link
Nice. I've been curious about genever for a while. I imagine it being somewhat like Old Tom gin?
― jaymc, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 02:42 (four years ago) link
I haven't had Old Tom (only came around to gin recently after a long aversion) but from brief research that seems to be so.
― Miami weisse (WmC), Tuesday, 21 January 2020 02:52 (four years ago) link
it's considerably more malty than old tom....very different animal. more like an unaged whiskey with a hint of gin's botanicals.
here's an absolutely killer cocktail from the first death & co. book:
1 oz. appleton estate signature rum (fka v/x)1 oz. bols genever1 tsp galliano ristrettoo1/2 tsp absinthe.25 oz. simple syrup1 dash aromatic bittersorange twist
stir and strain over 1 large ice cube, garnish with orange twist
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 03:10 (four years ago) link
Okay, the Ristretto in that recipe reminds me: Does anyone have a favorite coffee liqueur? It seems like it would be a nice thing to add to the collection. I'm leaning toward the St. George NOLA.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 03:23 (four years ago) link
i haven't had the st george but dude the ristretto is amazing
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 03:27 (four years ago) link
Yeah? Maybe I'll try it.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 21 January 2020 03:44 (four years ago) link
Interestingly we've sold $5,600 worth of Margarita kits from Alinea. We've been doing this all wrong for years...— nick kokonas (@nickkokonas) March 19, 2020
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 19 March 2020 13:22 (four years ago) link
i forget if i've ever talked about it in this thread but one of the products i've been spending a lot of time trying to figure out is italicus, the bergamot liqueur. it tastes amazing but i've been having a hard time finding things that work well with it. having tried about a million variations on gin/vermouth/italicus, it hit me today that the botanicals in most gins are just going to clash and that i should go in a different direction--a mild rye or even an irish whiskey.
so tonight i tried 2 oz. old overholt, half an ounce each of dry vermouth and italicus, and a couple dashes of orange bitters. i think this is the aperitif i've been looking for.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 29 March 2020 23:45 (four years ago) link
didn't alfred buy a bottle of that recently (last year)? I remember because I thought the bottle was beautiful.
― Yerac, Monday, 30 March 2020 00:20 (four years ago) link
yeah i think you're right! it's a nice bottle, very art deco.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 30 March 2020 00:40 (four years ago) link
Yup, I have it, too -- and have barely used it! I will try that concoction.
― jaymc, Monday, 30 March 2020 02:16 (four years ago) link
drinking a Little Italy, thankful for this thread
― sleeve, Monday, 30 March 2020 02:23 (four years ago) link
Made a Campari Americano yesterday, and an Old Fashioned today
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 30 March 2020 02:38 (four years ago) link
Made my wife a Martinez tonight (I've been cycling through recipes).
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 30 March 2020 03:14 (four years ago) link
The great Chicago tiki bar Lost Lake is doing a twice-weekly newsletter for donors to its (COVID-related) GoFundMe, and each installment has a couple of cocktail recipes. Tonight I made the bar's Something from Nothing, a delightful mix of bourbon, aged rum, lemon juice, coffee *and* coffee syrup, cinnamon syrup, and coconut cream.
― jaymc, Monday, 30 March 2020 03:17 (four years ago) link
re Italicus, I just mix it with Prosecco and squeeze half a lemon into it. 3:1 Prosecco, not 1:1 as the recipe on the bottle suggests.
― Josefa, Monday, 30 March 2020 05:05 (four years ago) link
Great warm weather drink:
Take 32 oz Cynar3⁄4 oz Elderflower liqueur, St. Germain3⁄4 oz Lemon juice2 oz Seltzer water1 wdg Orange (as garnish)InstructionsShake all but seltzer and orange wedge, strain over fresh ice into a highball, top with seltzer, garnish with orange wedge.
It ends up tasting like the coldest, most refreshing Coca Cola on the hottest day of the year (and I don't really like Coke).
― Fetch the Bolt Thrower (PBKR), Friday, 1 May 2020 13:18 (three years ago) link
would tonic water work as a seltzer substitute?
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 May 2020 13:27 (three years ago) link
ooh I love Cynar-based drinks, I'd probably cut the lemon to 1/2 like I usually do
― epicenter of the fieri universe (sleeve), Friday, 1 May 2020 14:15 (three years ago) link
Just got some Cynar last week. No elderflower liqueur though, which is a shame as that sounds good.
― brain (krakow), Friday, 1 May 2020 14:21 (three years ago) link
I often put a drop or two of St. Germain in my martinis.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 May 2020 14:29 (three years ago) link
Gonna try this now! It's Friday, last day of the semestser, 72 degrees, etc.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 1 May 2020 15:48 (three years ago) link
How was it Alfred? Tonic is not a direct sub for seltzer (club soda better sub), but in this drink might not matter much.
What I like so much about this cocktail is that it doesn't really taste like any of its constituent parts; they combine into a distinctive blend.
― Fetch the Bolt Thrower (PBKR), Saturday, 2 May 2020 14:37 (three years ago) link
yo PBKR I made a Paper Plane (two actually) last night, eternal thanks again!
― epicenter of the fieri universe (sleeve), Saturday, 2 May 2020 14:58 (three years ago) link
I got a sack of lemons the other day. Going to juice a bunch of them for paper planes and shaddocks (genever, aperol, elderflower, lemon) later today.
― herds of unmasked cletuses (WmC), Saturday, 2 May 2020 15:23 (three years ago) link
― Fetch the Bolt Thrower (PBKR),
Fine! I used club soda. I wouldn't mix one late afternoon before dinner, but as a light lunch cocktail it was tasty.
From the taste it looks like I can substitute Fernet-Branca.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 2 May 2020 15:25 (three years ago) link
Made an equal parts Old Pal with Irish whiskey (which probably means it's called something else), definitely one I'll have again: 1oz dry vermouth, 1oz Campari, 1oz whiskey; stir.
― coptic feels (seandalai), Friday, 8 May 2020 23:29 (three years ago) link