Post #288691 by Swanky on Wed, Feb 28, 2007 9:04 AM

On 2007-02-28 08:45, Kilty McTiki wrote:
What a great idea for a website. I just tried it out and apparently my liquor cabinet is woefully lacking... I got no returns. :(

I do have a suggestion, though - some links back to the user's settings/liquor list on each page would be nice, as would a link back to the user's available drink list.

Nice work, Swanky! Must have been a lot of data entry to get all this into a database!

If you get falernum, orgeat, curacao, simple syrup, lime and lemon juice and rum in your bar, you are set. A majority of what is needed to really get started comes down to a few juices and simple mixers. You can get all the specific rums if you want, but I honestly don't quibble over whether it is a light Puerto Rican rum or from some other country. I know I may not have the recipe 100% by making some rum substitutions, but, a Barbencourt 5 Star rum is not going to make the drink so completely different than making it with a different rum that I can't get an idea of what the drink is like. If that all makes sense.

Add a few juices to your bar, click all the rums and make some decisions about substituting. GO back and click orgeat or falernum and see what comes up then. It seems daunting at first, but many recipes hinge on just a few simple ingredients, or a couple of not so simple ones that you can get once and make 10-30 recipes with that bottle.

I suppose I could add links to a few ingredients that take you to an online store to buy them...