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Title: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Cincydawg on August 21, 2020, 05:40:17 PM
Since we don't have football yet ...
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: MrNubbz on August 21, 2020, 05:49:05 PM
Usually sip Jim Beam straight up.But I do like Bloody Mary's if someone's mixing it up
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on August 21, 2020, 05:50:29 PM
Chocolate Milk. 
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: betarhoalphadelta on August 21, 2020, 05:52:35 PM
I voted G&T. That's my go-to mixed drink.

I couldn't vote Whiskey w/ ice. That's not a mixed drink. That's a whiskey (or bourbon) on the rocks. And Old Fashioned or a Jack&Coke is a mixed drink. A whiskey on ice isn't.

My go-to hard liquor is whiskey/bourbon/scotch. Whiskey/bourbon is usually on the rocks. Scotch typically neat. 
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: MaximumSam on August 21, 2020, 06:02:20 PM
I don't drink a lot of mixed drinks but making mojitos is fun
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Kris60 on August 21, 2020, 06:15:30 PM
At the risk of having my man card taken away I’ll say  Malibu and pineapple.  Great summer drink lounging by a pool or on the beach.  I’ve never been much of a liquor drinker. I tend to stick to beer.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: SFBadger96 on August 21, 2020, 07:58:41 PM
Old fashioned, but not the way those weirdos in Wisconsin and Minnesota make it with brandy. Bizarre.

Bwar, single malt highland (neat), and blended scotch/whiskey/bourbon on the rocks are go-tos for me as well, though there are a handful of blended whiskys that don't need the rocks.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on August 21, 2020, 08:40:47 PM
Long Island Iced Tea
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: longhorn320 on August 21, 2020, 08:57:24 PM
Im a scotch and soda guy
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on August 21, 2020, 09:03:43 PM
why is this not multiple choice at the top?

summer - Gin & tonic - Bombay

winter/fall - scotch on an ice cube - Jonny Walker - black or better

before dinner - Martini - gin, a little dirty - blue cheese stuffed olives

morning before beer - bloody mary

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not go tos, but drink them often,

 mojitos in summer and old fashioned in winter/fall

also, plenty of single malts
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Honestbuckeye on August 21, 2020, 09:33:06 PM
Bourbon.  Mixed with an ice cube. 
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: MarqHusker on August 21, 2020, 10:36:50 PM
Old fashioned, but not the way those weirdos in Wisconsin and Minnesota make it with brandy. Bizarre.

Bwar, single malt highland (neat), and blended scotch/whiskey/bourbon on the rocks are go-tos for me as well, though there are a handful of blended whiskys that don't need the rocks.
Can't we have one thread wo personal insults, lies and outright wrong headed takes?
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Cincydawg on August 22, 2020, 07:24:47 AM
Can't we have one thread wo personal insults, lies and outright wrong headed takes?
No, because your an idiot, and I'm always right.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: bayareabadger on August 22, 2020, 10:06:08 AM
Old fashioned, but not the way those weirdos in Wisconsin and Minnesota make it with brandy. Bizarre.

Bwar, single malt highland (neat), and blended scotch/whiskey/bourbon on the rocks are go-tos for me as well, though there are a handful of blended whiskys that don't need the rocks.
Ahhh, such a weirdly acquired taste. I drank more than a few in college because The Old Fashioned is a great bar, and when in Rome. 

Also, Gin and tonic for me. And whisky being on the list is a silly miscategorization, that is all. 
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 22, 2020, 02:42:15 PM
Old fashioned, but not the way those weirdos in Wisconsin and Minnesota make it with brandy. Bizarre.

Bwar, single malt highland (neat), and blended scotch/whiskey/bourbon on the rocks are go-tos for me as well, though there are a handful of blended whiskys that don't need the rocks.
We have a lot in common.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on December 12, 2022, 11:42:58 PM
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Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on December 13, 2022, 12:04:30 AM
What's the worst mixed drink that you can get? 

/Has to be something that you can order at a bar and that they'd be willing to serve, so no hazardous chemicals or toilet water or anything like that. 
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: bayareabadger on December 13, 2022, 12:25:13 AM
What's the worst mixed drink that you can get?

/Has to be something that you can order at a bar and that they'd be willing to serve, so no hazardous chemicals or toilet water or anything like that.
The bar I can think of offhand is gin and cranberry juice. I'm sure there's something lower I'm not thinking of, but that popped to mind quickly. 
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: MarqHusker on December 13, 2022, 01:20:23 AM
that has got to be one of the worst drinks if we confine to traditional spirits and mixers.    such a horrid clash.   
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: longhorn320 on December 13, 2022, 03:12:11 AM
What's the worst mixed drink that you can get?

/Has to be something that you can order at a bar and that they'd be willing to serve, so no hazardous chemicals or toilet water or anything like that.
anything mixed with coke

give me scotch and soda any day
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Honestbuckeye on December 13, 2022, 07:19:10 AM
Bourbon.  Mixed with either one large ice cube, or nothing.  Current favorite is Basil Hayden.  
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Cincydawg on December 13, 2022, 07:29:07 AM
Mui Tai is the worst thing I've ever had.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: 847badgerfan on December 13, 2022, 07:40:55 AM
What's the worst mixed drink that you can get?

/Has to be something that you can order at a bar and that they'd be willing to serve, so no hazardous chemicals or toilet water or anything like that.
There are so very many choices.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Cincydawg on December 13, 2022, 07:45:50 AM
That sweetness chart for wine is idiotic.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: 847badgerfan on December 13, 2022, 08:26:57 AM
That sweetness chart for wine is idiotic.
Tell us more. For example, I don't find chianti dry at all - at least the ones I like.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Cincydawg on December 13, 2022, 08:41:34 AM
It would be better labeled a "fruitiness" chart as the wines anywhere other than the bottom three are all completely dry, no residual sugar (I'm talking about the normal kinds).  Cab is just as dry, e.g., low sugar, as zinfandel, though the latter tastes "fruitier" usually.  Malbec is also dry and not very fruity either usually.

It makes no sense.  The bottom three are quite sweet by design.  Port is inherently high in sugar.

It's like claiming riesling is a sweet wine.  It can be, the best ones are bone dry and very bracing.  Wine is a multidimensional thing.  

Most wines are fermented to dryness, meaning they have no/very little residual sugar.  If you see an alcohol level of 8-9%, then it probably does have residual sugar.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on December 13, 2022, 08:50:50 AM
I got the fruitiness chart from FB, so..........

I thought it might be idiotic and stir some discussion

had to go back 65 pages to find this thread

went back through all 164 pages searching for the wine thread to no avail 
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: MarqHusker on December 13, 2022, 09:09:22 AM
If that ain't pot stirring, I don't know what is.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Cincydawg on December 13, 2022, 09:22:24 AM
German Rieslings in Germany are usually very dry, but Americans think they should be sweet, so they ship mostly sweet Rieslings here.  Circular logic.  You can find dry Rieslings in a decent wine store of course, just look at the alcohol level.   Some of the expensive ones are meant to be sweet, ice wines, trockenberenauslese, etc.

Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: utee94 on December 13, 2022, 09:39:28 AM
Wait, I just read back through-- there's a bar that makes an old fashioned with brandy?  That ain't right.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on December 13, 2022, 11:31:30 AM
well, it's obviously NOT an old fashioned
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: 847badgerfan on December 13, 2022, 11:37:43 AM
People in Wisconsin always use brandy to make an old fashioned. They also put beans into a perfectly good pot of chili.

At least they have Culvers and cheese curds.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on December 13, 2022, 11:58:16 AM
and they still have Supper Clubs!
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: 847badgerfan on December 13, 2022, 12:05:17 PM
and they still have Supper Clubs!
... that make and serve brandy old fashions...
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: bayareabadger on December 13, 2022, 12:50:24 PM
Wait, I just read back through-- there's a bar that makes an old fashioned with brandy?  That ain't right.
Oh. Wait til you learn they’re topped off with Sprite. 
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: 847badgerfan on December 13, 2022, 01:00:09 PM
Oh. Wait til you learn they’re topped off with Sprite.
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Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: GopherRock on December 13, 2022, 01:30:36 PM
Wait, I just read back through-- there's a bar that makes an old fashioned with brandy?  That ain't right.
Around here, when ordering an old fashioned, one gets a brandy old fashioned by default. One must specify whiskey.  

I'm not saying it's right, but that's how it is.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Cincydawg on December 13, 2022, 01:33:14 PM
Brandy Old Fashioned Cocktail Recipe (liquor.com) (https://www.liquor.com/recipes/brandy-old-fashioned/)

A cocktail, by definition, includes a spirit, sugar, water and bitters—and those four ingredients are exactly what you’ll find in an Old Fashioned (https://www.liquor.com/recipes/bourbon-old-fashioned/). It’s as classic as drinks get. Most Old Fashioneds are made with whiskey, but considering the Old Fashioned is more of a template than an exact recipe, today you will find the drink made with numerous spirits, from tequila to rum. But one variation is equally notable for its prescribed spirit and its geographical roots.
The Brandy Old Fashioned, aka the Wisconsin Old Fashioned, is practically the state’s official drink. In addition to brandy, it calls for muddled fruit and a topper of lemon-lime soda. So, it’s not your great-great-grandfather’s Old Fashioned. Well, unless he’s from Wisconsin.
Doctoring drinks with muddled fruit was a popular ploy during Prohibition that was used to mask the taste of subpar spirits. Add enough fruit and sugar to a cocktail, and anything is bound to become palatable. In the case of the Old Fashioned, the trick stuck around and remained popular in Wisconsin, even in the 21st century as modern bartenders reclaimed the classic no-fruit recipe. As for the brandy, it’s a product of the many Wisconsinites who emigrated from Europe over the centuries, bringing a taste for brandy with them.

Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: longhorn320 on December 13, 2022, 01:43:47 PM
The only thing I know about old fashioneds is that 7 of them will knock you on your ass
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Cincydawg on December 13, 2022, 01:55:14 PM
So will 12 of them if imbibed in a relatively brief period ...
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: utee94 on December 13, 2022, 02:02:41 PM
Around here, when ordering an old fashioned, one gets a brandy old fashioned by default. One must specify whiskey. 

I'm not saying it's right, but that's how it is.
Thanks for the fair warning.  I'd be pretty pissed off if that happened to me.

Of course, I usually specify rye which is my preferred whiskey in an Old Fashioned, so I suppose it wouldn't happen to me, anyway.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Cincydawg on December 13, 2022, 02:10:56 PM
I figure with that much flavoring added, I probably could tell the difference anyway, especially after 12...
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: GopherRock on December 13, 2022, 02:11:10 PM
My wife and I went to a wedding this spring in which the "signature cocktail" was a very tasty whiskey old-fashioned. In the 100+ degree heat of Palm Springs, said old-fashioneds went down very easily. And yes, they did knock me on my ass.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: utee94 on December 13, 2022, 02:17:20 PM
I figure with that much flavoring added, I probably could tell the difference anyway, especially after 12...

Brandy has a very strong and distinct flavor.  I could easily tell if a cocktail had brandy rather than whiskey.  I can tell when eggnog includes brandy, and I don't actually like the flavor as much as I do with just whiskey and rum.

By itself, I actually do like brandy.  Mostly Cognac.  But I don't like it much in mixed drinks or cocktails.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on December 13, 2022, 02:18:31 PM
some folks just live too close to the artic circle
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: utee94 on December 13, 2022, 02:23:53 PM
crazy yankee winters addle your brains
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: longhorn320 on December 13, 2022, 02:40:46 PM
crazy yankee winters addle your brains
a frozen brain can be a problem
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: utee94 on December 13, 2022, 02:42:46 PM
a frozen brain can be a problem
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Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: 847badgerfan on December 13, 2022, 02:46:33 PM
a frozen brain can be a problem
Wrong thread.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on December 13, 2022, 02:47:03 PM
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Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: ELA on December 13, 2022, 03:00:23 PM
If the whole package is that cheap, I guess enjoy your Burnett's or Popov
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Cincydawg on December 13, 2022, 03:08:13 PM
I mostly enjoy whatever straight up, maybe with an ice cube.  I am competent at mixing gin and tonic however.  I get frisky at times and add some lime when I'm feeling celebratory.  These complex "cocktails" look like some a PhD chemist would contrive in his spare time, to me.  I see them as a way to hide the fact someone is using, um, less potable alcohol.  Of course, I only recognize two basic kind of distilled alcohol, aged, and white.

I still really do not understand azeotropes, and I've tried.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on December 13, 2022, 03:20:09 PM
I mostly enjoy whatever straight up, maybe with an ice cube.  I am competent at mixing gin and tonic however.  I get frisky at times and add some lime when I'm feeling celebratory.  These complex "cocktails" look like some a PhD chemist would contrive in his spare time, to me.  I see them as a way to hide the fact someone is using, um, less potable alcohol.  Of course, I only recognize two basic kind of distilled alcohol, aged, and white.

I still really do not understand azeotropes, and I've tried.
right in your wheelhouse
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on December 13, 2022, 03:20:22 PM
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Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Cincydawg on December 13, 2022, 03:35:16 PM
Basically, we have vodka, and aged vodka (in wood barrels), and that's it.  Gin is flavored vodka.

I notice if I get started on Woodford, the bottle empties out pretty fast.

Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: ELA on December 13, 2022, 03:56:32 PM
I mostly enjoy whatever straight up, maybe with an ice cube.  I am competent at mixing gin and tonic however.  I get frisky at times and add some lime when I'm feeling celebratory.  These complex "cocktails" look like some a PhD chemist would contrive in his spare time, to me.  I see them as a way to hide the fact someone is using, um, less potable alcohol.  Of course, I only recognize two basic kind of distilled alcohol, aged, and white.

I still really do not understand azeotropes, and I've tried.
Same.  My FIL makes a decent Manhatthan, so I'll do that on holidays.  But otherwise, it's just things I can sip neat, unless I'm at a tailgate, doing shots.

I will say the worst night of mixed drinks was going out for the NCAA tournament, with one of my co-workers (who was a San Diego State alum) and his law school friends (who all hated Pitt) for the NCAA tournament.  I think it was the 2nd round.  Pitt lost to Butler on a crazy game, and SDSU won.  I didn't care, but most of the bar except for us, was angry and cleared out.  They were in a celebratory mood, so I said I'd get a round of shots.  We were at least 8 beers deep at that point, so I figured I'd order a round of "Aztecs" in honor of SDSU.  The bartender didn't blink.  Made the drinks, I carried them over.  They went down easy, again already 8+ beers deep.  So the rest of the night we kept ordering Aztecs.  I asked the bartender after the 4th or 5th round, what was in them, and she said, she was just making up drinks, and doing something different every time.  I did not get out of bed the next day
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Cincydawg on December 13, 2022, 04:18:44 PM
My buddy in Cincinnati makes a thing called a "Joerita", because his name is Joe.  They are deadly because they taste like really tasty limeaid.  We'd routinely see someone new to them who normally didn't drink much get hammered, even though we'd warned them.  My wife is still mad at me about that.  I too overdid them once and had work the next day and was driving and had to pull over, open the car door, and vomit.  I was still drunk I think.  A local restaurant there added them to the menu.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on December 13, 2022, 04:25:08 PM
https://youtu.be/CuALWGBW-DA
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on December 13, 2022, 04:28:06 PM
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Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: utee94 on December 13, 2022, 05:16:55 PM
When it gets cold, especially when we're doing winter camping outside, I like coffee with Irish cream and Irish whiskey.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on December 17, 2022, 03:56:49 PM
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Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Cincydawg on December 17, 2022, 04:02:26 PM
Champagne is a liquor?
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on December 17, 2022, 05:26:06 PM
they threw France a bone

I would have suggested Cognac 

is grappa a liquor?  Port??

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Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on December 17, 2022, 09:11:37 PM
What's it called if you mix Tequila with Jagermeister? 

That would be horrible. 
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: bayareabadger on December 17, 2022, 11:07:39 PM
Anything go well with Malort?
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on December 17, 2022, 11:30:45 PM
Old Style tall boy + a shot of Malört = the immortal Chicago Handshake, a boilermaker capable of withstanding the lake effect.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: 847badgerfan on December 18, 2022, 07:27:41 AM
That stuff is horrible.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: bayareabadger on December 18, 2022, 08:27:03 AM
That stuff is horrible.
https://www.thrillist.com/drink/chicago/chicago-sommeliers-do-a-malort-tasting
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on December 18, 2022, 09:36:05 AM
That stuff is horrible.
well, it's wormwood so.........
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: MrNubbz on December 18, 2022, 09:53:39 AM
What's it called if you mix Tequila with Jagermeister?

That would be horrible.
I've had -Rumple Minze 100 proof Schnapps mixed with  Jagermeister at a nite Club back in the day,they called them Screaming Nazi's
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on December 18, 2022, 09:55:47 AM
the proper nomenclature is "Dead Nazis"

ice fishing staple
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: MrNubbz on December 18, 2022, 09:58:07 AM
https://www.thrillist.com/drink/chicago/chicago-sommeliers-do-a-malort-tasting
HA!Pine-sol and embalming fluid 
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on December 18, 2022, 10:06:34 AM
Love it or hate it, eggnog is most popular during this time of the year. According to a YouGov survey, 25% of Americans say it's their favorite holiday drink. Eggnog is typically some mix of milk, cream, sugar, spices, and yes — egg yolks — that you can also add some spirits to.

We don’t know its exact origins, but culinary historians say it probably goes back to a medieval British drink called "posset," which was a mixture of curdled hot milk with an ale or wine.

Eventually, it’s believed monks added eggs and figs to the concoction. The drink was most common with the upper class because ingredients like milk and eggs were pricey — and because of that, it was used to toast to success and health. The drink eventually made its way to the U.S.

Because of its seasonal spices, eggnog became associated with the holiday season, and today, folks mostly consume it in November and December. Over the years, people have tried different variations of eggnog. 

Records show George Washington liked a particularly strong version with brandy, whiskey, rum and sherry all mixed in. But today, many prefer to drink theirs in the holiday spirit — without the spirits. And while the egg yolk might turn some off, it isn't much cause for concern.


The FDA says official eggnog needs to contain just 1% of egg yolk solids. That leaves a lot of room for creativity.

Happy holiday drinking!
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on December 18, 2022, 02:13:19 PM
This guy was pretty gnarly...

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Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on December 18, 2022, 02:38:21 PM
nope, no everclear for me, thanks

causes brain damage

as far as I know
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on December 18, 2022, 06:36:23 PM
(https://cdn.tasteatlas.com//images/ingredients/8c89c4da62d9492fb72d80c87abab202.jpg?w=905&h=510)
Caesar is a Canadian cocktail made with a combination of vodka, clam-infused tomato juice :o, hot sauce, and Worcestershire sauce. The cocktail is typically served with ice in a large glass with a celery salt rim, garnished with a lime wedge and a celery stalk.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on December 18, 2022, 06:39:55 PM
called a bloody here in the upper midwest
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: MrNubbz on December 18, 2022, 07:11:05 PM
nope, no everclear for me, thanks

causes brain damage

as far as I know
Nothing like the massively vitamin infused shark water
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on December 18, 2022, 07:21:57 PM
Tito's has vitamins??

who knew?!?
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on December 18, 2022, 07:27:46 PM
called a bloody here in the upper midwest


The bloody Mary mix is quite different. 

For starters, it doesn't call for the tomato juice to be clam infused. 
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on December 18, 2022, 07:29:01 PM

How exactly does something become clam infused, anyway? 

I need to know, so that it doesn't happen to me. 
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on December 18, 2022, 07:30:39 PM
well, many folks here ask for clamato when ordering a Bloody

perhaps they're misinformed and actually ordering a Caesar
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on December 18, 2022, 07:31:08 PM
How exactly does something become clam infused, anyway?

I need to know, so that it doesn't happen to me.
I've infused a few clams
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on December 19, 2022, 10:40:45 AM
Holiday advice for home bartenders, plus 4 festive cocktails

https://apnews.com/article/food-drinks-cocktails-holidays-bartending-recipes-b2d7260410a2bfed077b9c51566e2917 (https://apnews.com/article/food-drinks-cocktails-holidays-bartending-recipes-b2d7260410a2bfed077b9c51566e2917)

Currently at the cocktail bar Velvet, at London’s five-star Corinthia hotel, Calabrese goes by the nickname “The Maestro.”

And The Maestro’s advice?

First, choose the right glassware.

“The glass is the star. It’s the canvas of the drink,” he says. So if it looks elegant, things already feel festive.

Next, think about the quality of the ice and how it dilutes the drink.

“Remember, ice is like the heat for the chef when he is cooking,” Calabrese says.


Jake Burger, co-owner of The Distillery, a 19th century pub and gin distillery in London’s Notting Hill neighborhood, says that knowing when to shake and when to stir is something a lot of home mixologists get wrong.

“It’s fun using a cocktail shaker, so people think we should shake everything,” he jokes. But it’s only really needed when using fruit juices, egg whites or cream, he says. Otherwise, stirring is best.

“As a general rule, if all the ingredients are alcoholic, you probably don’t need to shake it,” says Burger. “So as an Englishman, it pains me to say it, but James Bond got it wrong. A martini should definitely be stirred, not shaken.”


Four cocktail recipes:

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WINTERTIME NEGRONI, from The Distillery

1 ounce London Dry Gin

1 ounce Campari

0.5 ounces sweet vermouth

0.5 ounces sloe gin

Mix ingredients together over ice and stir. Serve over fresh ice and garnish with an orange wedge studded with cloves.

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SCROOGE SOUR, from Common Decency, at The NoMad Hotel London

1 egg white

0.75 ounces simple syrup

0.75 ounces lemon juice

2 ounces Irish whiskey

Pour the egg white into the larger tin of your shaker, and the simple syrup and lemon juice into the smaller tin. Dry shake together in the shaker to emulsify the egg and the alcohol.

Then hard shake with ice and pour over a strainer into your glass.

Add 0.75 ounces mulled wine slowly into the corner of the glass, and then sprinkle edible gold dust over the half of the surface to cover and garnish.

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TRUFFLE SAZERAC, from Velvet, at Corinthia London

0.8 ounces Bourbon

1 ounce Cognac

Homemade truffle syrup (you can make your own by heating a few drops of truffle oil with a teaspoon of sugar)

A few drops of orange bitters

Mix ingredients together over ice and stir. Serve over fresh ice and garnish with a slice of fresh truffle.

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MASON’S CHOCOLATE ORANGE MARTINI

2 ounces chocolate vodka

1 ounce triple sec

Mix ingredients together over ice and stir. Serve in a martini glass and garnish with a chocolate-dipped, candied orange segment.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Cincydawg on December 19, 2022, 10:44:00 AM
1. What is moutai (or maotai)?

In China, maotai (or maotai) is known as ‘the national liquor’. It is made from a grain called red sorghum at Kweichow Moutai Co, Ltd (https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/enticing-flavours-kweichow-moutai-online/lots/3204), the country’s most famous baijiu (Chinese spirits) distillery. Moutai is served at all Chinese state banquets and often presented as diplomatic gifts.

The one time I had this, I gagged, and I drink almost anything.  It is REALLY bad.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on December 19, 2022, 11:03:03 AM
In 1974, Henry Kissinger told Deng Xiaoping, "I think if we drink enough Maotai we can solve anything."

According to Chinese media, baijiu is the best-selling liquor in the world, and Maotai is the most famous brand of baiju--and one of the few available in the United States. Maotai is pricey: Only finer Chinese restaurants in the States carry it, and the first time I tried it the bottle--stout, ceramic, and red, like a can of Chinese Barbasol--set us back $115 (fortunately, we split it 10 ways). It is normally served at room temperature, but like soju or sake it can be warmed on a burner.

Maotai reached world fame during Nixon's 1972 trip to China, when Zhou Enlai served it to his unsuspecting guests. In 1974, Henry Kissinger told Deng Xiaoping, "I think if we drink enough Maotai we can solve anything."

Maotai is distilled from a blend of sorghum, wheat, and peas. Its taste is tough to describe. Imagine rotten cabbage, ethyl alcohol, and paint thinner, blended and strained. It smells like ammonia; the Wikipedia page for Maotai notes its "solvent and barnyard aromas." The taste lingers long after swallowing, shadowing the rest of the meal like a culinary revenant.

Actually, Maotai's taste is easy to describe; what's hard is to explain why people would drink it. As Tim Clissold noted in his memoir, Mr. China,

I've never met anybody, even at the heights of alcoholic derangement, prepared to admit that they actually liked the taste ... After drinking it, most people screw up their faces in an involuntary expression of pain and some even yell out.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Cincydawg on December 19, 2022, 11:05:30 AM
It's the worst "potable" liquid I've ever tasted, by far.  

It's almost worth trying.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on February 06, 2024, 09:24:39 PM
I Used to Be a Single Malt Snob. This Affordable Blended Scotch Is My New Go-To Whisky - Men's Journal

https://www.mensjournal.com/food-drink/favorite-cheap-scotch-johnnie-walker-black (https://www.mensjournal.com/food-drink/favorite-cheap-scotch-johnnie-walker-black)
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: longhorn320 on February 06, 2024, 09:49:52 PM
scotch and soda does it for me
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on February 06, 2024, 10:50:07 PM
Black on the rocks for me
or better yet - on one rock
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: utee94 on February 06, 2024, 11:52:01 PM
I Used to Be a Single Malt Snob. This Affordable Blended Scotch Is My New Go-To Whisky - Men's Journal

https://www.mensjournal.com/food-drink/favorite-cheap-scotch-johnnie-walker-black (https://www.mensjournal.com/food-drink/favorite-cheap-scotch-johnnie-walker-black)

I think the "Single Malt Snob" came about because there were so many bad blends being sold on the market.  The truth is that a good blend takes into account the best traits of multiple single malts and combines them to smooth out the rough edges.

The counterpoint to that, is that with some of the single malts I love most, it's BECAUSE of the rough edges.  Islays aren't ever going to win any smoothness awards but that's precisely why I love them.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Cincydawg on February 07, 2024, 11:29:30 AM
Drank some Remy Martin VSOP here that was good.   
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: MrNubbz on February 23, 2024, 02:11:16 PM
🍺  Couldn't find a Beer Thread - picked up a sixer of Fireside Chat a 7.9 abv Winter Ale with spices and cocoa nibs from 21st Amendment Brewery somewhere in CALI. It's a melodic jacked fermentation. The with degrees of aromas that include notes of baking spices,roasted cocoa and smoke...... no,not really ;D  it's pretty darn good though.I know someone mentioned Garage Beer a month back so i picked some of that up. Supposedly a craft but tastes like Ultra Light Beer Seltzer. :(

Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: utee94 on February 23, 2024, 02:14:17 PM
🍺  Couldn't find a Beer Thread - picked up a sixer of Fireside Chat a 7.9 abv Winter Ale with spices and cocoa nibs from 21st Amendment Brewery somewhere in CALI. It's a melodic jacked fermentation. The with degrees of aromas that include notes of baking spices,roasted cocoa and smoke...... no,not really ;D  it's pretty darn good though.I know someone mentioned Garage Beer a month back so i picked some of that up. Supposedly a craft but tastes like Ultra Light Beer Seltzer. :(


Beer Thread is on the B12 Backporch, where it's always been.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: MrNubbz on February 23, 2024, 02:19:18 PM
We need one here but Ill pop in for the hell of it maybe the BPers have slept off the early bird special.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: utee94 on February 23, 2024, 02:21:04 PM
We need one here 

Why?  Beer Thread is on the B12 board.  Is the one extra click to get over there really all that taxing?
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on February 23, 2024, 02:39:46 PM
I've been there
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Cincydawg on February 23, 2024, 03:26:24 PM
My wife loves a drink called a caipiroska.

Caipiroska Recipe | Bon Appétit (bonappetit.com) (https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/caipiroska)
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: MrNubbz on February 24, 2024, 06:32:42 PM
OK so I broke into some more suds a local IPA that I approve of 2nd one I've liked actually. Market Garden Citramax 6.7 abv. A west coast style IPA with citras hops.Reviewed as aggresive and boldy bright - ya go with that. The next frothy grog in the lineup Southern Tier Brewing(NY) Frosted Sugar Cookie Imperial Ale,soft,airy vanilla,sweetness to sprinkle your winter days with joy.That was 8.6 abv

Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on February 26, 2024, 10:37:37 PM
my buddy Bob from LeMars, IA is the Bald guy on the right in the vest..........

runs the best steakhouse I've been to - and he cooks the dry-aged steaks almost every night

(https://i.imgur.com/WO97h5f.jpeg)
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: FearlessF on February 26, 2024, 10:38:52 PM
Bob successfully purchased the 2022 Brandlin Estate lot at Premiere Napa Valley auction this past weekend! Named after the Brandlin family, the vineyard was originally planted in 1926 and still grows near the top of Mount Veeder. He is also thrilled about the other new labels coming soon to Archie's wine list!
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: LetsGoPeay on February 28, 2024, 09:13:12 AM
I've kind of been turned on to Old Fashioneds by my fiance. She can handle her liquor. I enjoy sipping a well-built Old Fashioned every now and then and can definitely distinguish between well built and turrible now. 
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Cincydawg on February 28, 2024, 09:21:25 AM
The OF's I've had are too sweet, for me.  But I like bourbon straight anyway.

On the cruise ship, Woodford was $19 a shot, which is over the $15 limit you get with the beverage package (which we no long get).  But an OF with Woodford was only $14, so "free".  The barman said he didn't understand it either.  Then Bulleit was $14 straight, but a Bulleit OF was $16.

Goofiness.

(The beverage package sounds cool, and they "give" it to you for "free", but if you cancel it you save about $80 a day per person.)  TANSTAAFL.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: 847badgerfan on February 28, 2024, 10:12:32 AM
Azamara's package is $15/day, and it includes Tito's and JW Red.

They lose their ass on me.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Cincydawg on February 28, 2024, 10:21:53 AM
Yup, it's the same limit at NCL.  But the cost of the package is way more than we drink, so we don't do it.  I use the cruise to cut down on my drinking anyway.

My wife likes them in part because she doesn't have to cook or clean or anything, just unpack once, and repack at the end.  She does do a bit of light laundry in the sink, but we get one back of laundry "free".
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Temp430 on February 28, 2024, 11:42:03 AM
Bourbon and a 2" diameter ball of ice.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Cincydawg on February 28, 2024, 12:47:38 PM
I am trying to drop anything hard and stay with wine.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: MrNubbz on February 28, 2024, 01:33:59 PM
The OF's I've had are too sweet, for me.  But I like bourbon straight anyway.
On the rocks,I have some Eagle Rare,Weller Reserve and some Reverend Jim. Prolly good until 2025 somtime
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Cincydawg on February 28, 2024, 01:42:41 PM
I've tried most of them, and prefer Woodford.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: 847badgerfan on February 28, 2024, 03:13:44 PM
I am trying to drop anything hard and stay with wine.
I need to do that. My liver hates me.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: 847badgerfan on February 28, 2024, 03:16:20 PM
Yup, it's the same limit at NCL.  But the cost of the package is way more than we drink, so we don't do it.  I use the cruise to cut down on my drinking anyway.

My wife likes them in part because she doesn't have to cook or clean or anything, just unpack once, and repack at the end.  She does do a bit of light laundry in the sink, but we get one back of laundry "free".
I pay $15/day on Azamara and drink as much as I want. They serve from 9AM until 2 AM at the pool bar. I don't start until 3PM or so.

NCL does that?

Not from what I've heard.
Title: Re: Your go to mixed drink
Post by: Cincydawg on February 28, 2024, 07:56:18 PM
Nope, they have their "unlimited beverage package", which costs about $80 per day, which allows you any drink $15 and under.  They give it to you "free", except when you decline it, the price comes down by quite a bit.

Their bars are open any time I'm around though.  I don't know the hours.

I view NCL as a "slightly upscale cruise line".  They are large and have a ton of cruises.  And we have some status with them now.  When they denied us boarding because my wife tested positive, there was no issue getting all the money refunded, I appreciated that.  I made the mistake of reserving a "club balcony suite" once as a treat, and my wife likes it a lot.  It's larger than a regular balcony suite, and pricier, duh.  

I was running a rough tally when we were in France and it costs about as much per day, albeit we were staying at some nicer hotels.