in the 2k10 i am learning to make cocktails. this is my mixology thread

I am very excited that I have gathered all the ingredients to duplicate local foodie bar cocktail "THE BRAIN", the bartender kindly gave me the recipe

1 oz dry gin
1 oz Angostura Amaro
1/4 oz cocchi di torino
1/4 oz Cruzan Black Strap rum

stir w/ice in glass

add orange AND lemon peel, float with clear overproof rum (Wray & Sons)

only one mention of the boulevardier itt. for shame

― cozen, Monday, 18 November 2013 03:55 (ten years ago) bookmarkflaglink

Bumping those numbers rn. Currently trying everything Negroni adjacent after having a cocktail awakening. Never been a straight spirits guy, never been down for all the fruity nonsense most of those around me drink (just give me beer!). But the Negroni, Manhattan, Old Fashioned, Brooklyn and now the Boulevardier have been an awakening. Please recommend more in this category to a mixology novice

little italian:

2 oz rye
1/2 oz red vermouth
1/2 oz cynar (cynar 70 is best but regular will do)

stire w/ice, orange peel garnish

not campari-related, but delicious

sazerac? vieux carre? martinez?

there’s such a deep well of drinks in the space you’re in, possibly only limited by the amount of amari you can acquire.

Made a martinez, had a little italian at a pizzeria around the corner but, the other two haven't heard of, cheers!

vieux carre is def a go-to of mine

One great sub is to mister-potatohead Laird's Straight Apple Brandy (BIB, 100 proof) into any whiskey recipe.
Also, every new aged rum I get I try out in a rum Old Fashioned.

I'm looking at two clairins (Haitian rhum agricole) on the shelf and wondering why I haven't subbed those into Negroni versions before. A job for tomorrow or Saturday.

oh man I never even considered a rum old fashioned

btw WmC, if you really need that Cruzan Black Strap there is tons here and it's like $15 a bottle, you know how to reach me ;)

One of my liquor stops* in Memphis has it and I'm going up early next month so I'll grab a bottle then. Thank you though!

*Buster's is legit one of the top 20 liquor stores in the country imo, and they just opened a 2nd, even bigger, location today.

Love a good stirred rum drink.

A few I like are the 100 Year Old Cigar, Ash Tray Heart, Black Prince, Bye Bye Batista, Desk Job, Drunken Dodo, and Rum River Mystic.

There's also the Kingston Negroni (subbing Smith & Cross for gin), which seems to have become somewhat popular, though it's not one of my favorites.

Oops, messed up one of those links; try Black Prince.

Rebennack variant
1.5 oz Rye
.75 oz Averna
.25 oz Cointreau
2 dashes Peychaud's Bitters
orange peel for garnish

Oooh -- Averna and Cointreau!

It's got a really nice orange/chocolate/whiskey thing going on.

ooh gonna get some Averna and try that one

xps Love the 100 Year Old Cigar. Gonna have to try an Ash Tray Heart.