Post #699491 by Swanky on Fri, Nov 15, 2013 7:00 AM

FYI, I started with the Grog Log many years ago. Back in olden times, ingredients were hard to find. I spent years getting Marischino Liqueur! And then Intoxica came out. And more books. I was working my way through them.

Some drinks I did not make because I did not have the ingredients. Maybe not that night even. I would mark the page with an X if I could not make it, or a grade if I had. This became more and more difficult to manage.

So I created The Grogalizer.

Now I had a tool to help me find the drinks I had never made and I could make based on what was in my bar! By grading a drink, I knew I had made it. It also now adds a new layer to the daunting task of making all the recipes, other people's grades. At some point, you'll find there are an awful lot of losers in those books and you'd like to try something a bit better tonight. Now you can see what others think and decide that way.

My suggestion for this process is to double every recipe if you have a partner to share. Getting it right is easier when the measurements are not so small. Plus two tastes get better consensus. And the Bum is pretty heavy handed with the lime juice. Over and over the recipes were better if I halved the lime juice. Use your judgment. I often cut it and them tasted and decided whether to put it back in by the recipe or not. Pouring drinks down the drain that are to sour to drink sucks.

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[ Edited by: swanky 2013-11-15 07:07 ]