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AAABatteries
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Need to use up my lemons - pick my lemon juice cocktail - Go!
*I have most liquors but only a few liqueurs
*I have most liquors but only a few liqueurs
sho nuff
Footballguy
Nice day, did some running and walking, some yard work....time for a little Vodka, OJ, and Crystal Light Raspberry Lemonade.
Was just going with Vodka and Lemonade (and there is a great joke about that in Patton Oswalts new special)...but the only lemonade we have is Crystal Light Raspberry Lemonade...and it needed some extra tanginess to it...so a splash of OJ did the trick.
Was just going with Vodka and Lemonade (and there is a great joke about that in Patton Oswalts new special)...but the only lemonade we have is Crystal Light Raspberry Lemonade...and it needed some extra tanginess to it...so a splash of OJ did the trick.
Ilov80s
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On what I presume is a sunny late spring evening, I would go Tom Collins. Can't miss with a classic
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/222511/tom-collins-cocktail/
Jules Winnfield
Footballguy
If you want a simple four ingredient cocktail for a warm evening, then The Fitzgerald is your boy
2 oz Beefeater (what I use)
1 oz fresh Lemon Juice
3/4 oz honey simple syrup
Dash of Angostura Bitters
Shake all ingredients over ice until well chilled. Pour over large ice rock and garnish with a nice Lemon Twist
Jules Winnfield
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Jules Winnfield
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Yes. Welcome to the world of cocktails. The bees knees is different proportions
In the cocktail world, many a drink is a riff on something else
Jules Winnfield
Footballguy
Be thankful to New Orleans and the sours for many drinks
Like Boulevardiers? A riff on Negronis
Jules Winnfield
Footballguy
Honey simple syrup is all I use to make simple syrup. The guy who showed me is pretty good at what he doesTrust me, I've been knocking around this world for a very long time. The Fitzgerald uses simple syrup, not honey syrup, in my experience. Honey syrup makes it a Bee's Knees. I don't think adding a dash of bitters makes it an entirely different drink. If it does, I'm going to mix vodka and orange juice and then add a dash of Peychaud's and call it a McKigney.
Ilov80s
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There are only a few major American cities that are still truly cool and have maintained that for decades. New Orleans tops the list.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
My Cocktail Codex book (and im sure many others) does a good job illustrating that
I think it breaks it down to 5 classics and everything else is a variation of some sort
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
I got blackout drunk on these at my wife’s friends wedding in Ann Arbor. Basically we knew hardly anyone there, and my wife was busy talking with the people she knew. So I was left mostly with a table of strangers and for some reason decided Tom Collins were the drink of the night, which I was double fisting for most of the evening...until last call came and I ordered 4...”for the table”. Things got hazy after that but i guess my wife had to essentially carry me out of there. I believe this is the one I passed out on the front lawn in my suit and just missed cracking my head on our landscaping rocks
Jules Winnfield
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I had one of these at the Anvil Bar in Houston back in 2015. If you need to get rid of any banana liqueur in your bar, pair it with a nice bitter because the sweetness of banana liqueur pairs wonderfully with the bitterness of CampariRay McKigney said:
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-jb-
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@Jules Winnfield what to do with Damiana liqueur? I have a bottle for some unknown reason and it just sits there.
Eta looks like it should be subbed for Cointreau in a margarita. To me that says I need to try to pair it with mezcal.
eta2 - going to also try a naked and famous and sub out the chartreuse.
Eta looks like it should be subbed for Cointreau in a margarita. To me that says I need to try to pair it with mezcal.
eta2 - going to also try a naked and famous and sub out the chartreuse.
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Jules Winnfield
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Damiana...wtf? I haven't seen a bottle of that in a long time
Smoky, orange & rhubarb, herbal, tart
Shaken obviously...how was it?
Jules Winnfield
Footballguy
Seeing the Mezcal, lemon juice, and Aperol means with the addition of a liqueur, you can make an Eclipse. This is a great drink from Difford's Guide that I have done as a special cocktail
Like making a Penicillin, where we float a smokey liquor on top, this one uses a Mezcal instead of an Islay Scotch
1 oz Anjeo
.75 oz Aperol
.75 oz Lemon Juice
.75 oz Cherry Heering Liqueur
Bar Spoon of Mezcal
Shake all ingredients over ice until well chilled and double strain over a large ice rock. Float about a bar spoon of Mezcal atop the drink. Great drink before dinner or out on the patio
Like making a Penicillin, where we float a smokey liquor on top, this one uses a Mezcal instead of an Islay Scotch
1 oz Anjeo
.75 oz Aperol
.75 oz Lemon Juice
.75 oz Cherry Heering Liqueur
Bar Spoon of Mezcal
Shake all ingredients over ice until well chilled and double strain over a large ice rock. Float about a bar spoon of Mezcal atop the drink. Great drink before dinner or out on the patio
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-jb-
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Solid cocktail. Need to keep riffing but given its origin, makes sense to pair with tequila or mezcal. I liked it better with mezcal.
-jb-
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Jules Winnfield
Footballguy
No
Luxardo is a maraschino liqueur with a touch of bitterness and herbaceousness
Heering is a much sweeter flavor as it is a cherry flavored brandy
Don Quixote
Footballguy
Debating making some honey simple syrup. I have some good local honey that I bought when I was in NM last year that I could use.
What are the suggested cocktails for it? I do like a Bee’s Knees. I use plain simple syrup for stuff like old fashioneds and Sazeracs. Honey syrup work just as well/better?
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Don Quixote
Footballguy
That sounds good. But I guess will need some grapefruit juice.
I’ve got lemon juice on hand, so may do the Bee’s Knees or a Gold Rush tonight unless something else strikes me.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
I do fresh squeezed usually but I’m sure a carton of pulp free juice would work fine
AAABatteries
Footballguy
I ended up going with a Del Monte
1.5 oz Light Rum
.75 oz Lemon Juice
.25 oz Grenadine
I enjoyed it but a little too lemony for me. I would probably do .5 oz next time.
Jules Winnfield
Footballguy
Housemade grenadine?AAABatteries said:
bryhamm
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Bossman
Footballguy
.... psychic much? Just did that Saturday night. Was actually Van Gogh Dutch Chocolate and was def better than the Cream de Cacao ... but I actually preferred the Screwball PB whisky straight up.
Don Quixote
Footballguy
Manhattan tonight with High West Double Rye.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Might mess around with it tomorrow, I did end up doing a cocktail with Rye, muddled sage, simple, Cointreau and orange bitters
-jb-
Footballguy
@Jules Winnfield and I have been PMing about this. I couldn’t get fresh sage until yesterday, and made this tonight. Delicious. I’m still waiting to hear the story behind the name, but here is where it landed:
2 oz gin (he recommended Hendricks, but I went with St George Botanivore)
1 oz St Germain
0.75 oz fresh lemon juice
0.5 oz honey syrup
4 sage leaves, +1 for garnish
Add all ingredients except garnish leaf to cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously and double strain into cocktail glass. Slap remaining leaf between hands to release oils then float on top of cocktail.
Served mine in coupe glass, but anything up works (Jules recommended Nick and Nora, which I’m getting for Father’s Day)
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Jules Winnfield
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Years back, I was standing in my chef's walk-in cooler looking at all his fresh herbs wondering what new cocktail I could make with something I hadn't used. I had used dill, thyme, basil, rosemary, tarragon...then I saw sage and realized I had never used it. After a number of attempts to come up with something. I finally created something I liked but now had to have a name for it
Sage Advice? Nope, already taken
Sagebrush? Nope, already taken
While going through a list of things associated with sage, coyote was one of them and that night I was behind the bar with a bartender whose last name was Wylie
Jules Winnfield
Footballguy
Now, I want to start in the process of fat-washing liquor to make cocktails. I've never done it but from what I have read, it looks like a lot of fun and flavor
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AAABatteries
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Jules Winnfield
Footballguy
Fat-washed Dewar's cocktail...called the AAA Battery
Help me out here, folks. Let's make it happen!
Don Quixote
Footballguy
Sitting outside sipping a Tom Collins while reading. Been awhile since I’ve made one — forgot how refreshing it can be.
Leeroy Jenkins
Footballguy
Was just thinking I need to get some campari and vermouth. Will use vodka instead of gin though.
Jules Winnfield
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Jules Winnfield
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Finished clarifying my Walnut Nut Butter fat washed Old Forester Bourbon
Leeroy Jenkins
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Jules Winnfield
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AAABatteries
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Jules Winnfield
Footballguy
You aren’t limited to Campari
Tattersall Bitter Orange (my favorite)
Luxardo Bitter
Ibisco Bitter
Cappelletti Aperitivo Americano
Contrato Bitter
Peychaud’s Aperitivo
Forthave Red
There are a number of Campari Alternatives and too many to list on here
-jb-
Footballguy
I stumbled upon these drinking vinegar concentrates at the local market this weekend. A great way to quickly whip up something different in a flash. They recommend 0.5-1 oz per drink, depending on how forward you would like it to be. I paid $11 per 8 oz bottle, so not terribly economical, but a nIce diversion.
Example recipe:
1-1.5 oz spirit
0.5-1 oz drinking vinegar
.25 oz lemon juice
4 oz seltzer or CS
obviously tons of room to riff, but this is what’s on one of the labels
Example recipe:
1-1.5 oz spirit
0.5-1 oz drinking vinegar
.25 oz lemon juice
4 oz seltzer or CS
obviously tons of room to riff, but this is what’s on one of the labels
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