What AreYou Drinking- Right Now?

I'll just make a scotch tiki drink:

Smokin Tiki -

1 oz scotch - I used Glendronach cause that's what I had
1/2 oz lemon
1/2 oz orgeat - I used small hand foods
1/2 oz white grapefruit

Garnish with 2 dashes of orange bitters

Happy National Scotch day!

a Tampa Tarpon... (basically a whiskey sour variation, adding o.j.)

Planter's Punch, Puka Punch.

Keith, good for you, it's never too early for rum!

"Drinking rum before 10am doesn't make you an alcoholic -- it makes you a pirate!"

AdOrAdam - actually Stone brewing company just opened a brewery in Brazil or they are working to open it now. You might get to try it in a few months. Stone is a real west coast company, so they make really hoppy IPAs.

On 2014-07-28 14:42, lunavideogames wrote:
AdOrAdam - actually Stone brewing company just opened a brewery in Brazil or they are working to open it now. You might get to try it in a few months. Stone is a real west coast company, so they make really hoppy IPAs.

I'm not aware about a Stone brewery for Brazil but they are making plans to open one in Berlin! This would make Stone the first craft brewer from the U.S. to open a brewery in Europe.

They currently have a fund raiser on indiegogo:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/stone-groundbreaking-collaborations-the-campaign-for-cross-planetary-brewing

Spread the word!

[ Edited by: Hakalugi 2014-07-28 14:59 ]

I'll keep an eye out for the beers, cheers guys :)

Although, brown spirits rule in my house:

Rye is hard to come by in bars in the UK (but available online) so you rarely get to 'try before you buy' - any suggestions for reasonably priced ones beyond Rittenhouse & Pikesville?

Good old Old Overholt is an unpretentious rye but clearly a rye, and for a long time it was the only game in town. Sazarac 6 is usually not too expensive if you can find it. On the pricier end, I think Masterson's 10 year rye is excellent with it's 100% rye grain bill.

Oops I meant Berlin. Sorry... Thanks Haka!

On 2014-07-28 15:55, AdOrAdam wrote:
any suggestions for reasonably priced ones beyond Rittenhouse & Pikesville?

I'm not a big whiskey or rye fan, but if I get either than its Bulleit. Classy and not too expensive.

Drinking a 1950 Zombie while listening to some Monsters.

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Tortuga, Remixed version.

This one is a strange bird with non-Tiki ingredients like cream de cacao and sweet vermouth alongside the more Tiki-traditional rums and juices. Once a year or so I shake one of these up and I always reach the same conclusion: doesn't quite come together to do it for me and probably not worth the ounce of Lemon Hart 151 it calls for.

Packs a punch though!

Aku Aku Lapu. "Serves two" my butt, make your own! :)

Tampa Tea.

and it's gooooooooood.......

Old Overholt, Baby Saz & Bulleit Rye are all already on & have now move up my wish list - thanks all :)

Perhaps my favourite neat sipping bourbon is being challenged by Rittenhouse 100 (I had some after the Sazerac the other day) so I'm revisiting it:

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I don't think I could pick between the two!

I'm saving the Earthquake Luna recommends for the weekend :wink:

One of my all time favorites: "The Reverb Crash". I skip the white rum and use 2 oz. of Appleton VX. Sometimes, I use 1 oz of Appleton VX and 1 oz of Kohala Bay. It is just a most refreshing drink after a hard day's work.

Love the Reverb Crash!

Drinking a Steve Crane Molokai Mule (Remixed version), which is basically a scaled-down Vic Scorpion Bowl with Demerara rum, lime instead of lemon, and the ingredient proportions slightly tweaked. Actually, this is a much more balanced drink than the TV Scorpion. Hitting the spot just now for sure.

Big Bamboo made with all fresh juices, Coruba dark, and Bacardi 8
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And homemade guacamole and salsa
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Finishing up with Lips of Faith Kriek and Plantation 1997 Reserve
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Party Time Steve! That New Belgium kreik looks interesting, how is it?

Enjoying a Q.B. Cooler (Remixed version) now. I liked the Grog Log version but this version is better. Homemade falernum and Jamaican ginger beer syrup working well in this.

Before I was a Tiki guy, I was a beer guy, and I made it a point to never drink the same beer twice. New Belgium's Lips of Faith series has consistently produced an interesting brew, and I have tried each one that I have come across. This one is a Kriek, which is a Lambic brewed with cherries. It is a little sweet and a little sour, and it drinks like a thick soda. I do believe that the base is a little too much like a Geuze, and is a little too bitter/sour when compared to the leading Lambics. All that being said, if you are trying all sorts of different cocktails, then you should add the more interesting beers to your list, as well. Especially when you can find a deep red beer with a pink foam head.
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DO you make your own Ginger Syrup? Which recipe do you use?

Much like you, I started out as a serious beer geek who expanded into Tiki and then into classic and craft cocktails. Guezue is one if my favorite beer styles and I like the fruit lambics that skew toward the sour/lactic side. We just started getting New Belgium products in Flirida this past year so hopefully we will see some of the limited release stuff soon.

Ginger syrup. . . Have done homemade in the past with basically a demerara simple syrup with a couple of inches of juliened ginger root steeped in the pot. Now I usually use a commercial Jamaican ginger beer syrup concentrate called "Sir Henry of Morgan's Valley" where ginger syrup is called for. I get it at a Caribbean grocer. It makes a very good ginger beer at 1 part syrup to 5 parts soda.

Now enjoying a Mai-Kai Barrel 'O Rum mixed up old-style courtesy of Swanky with half the juice allotment as the version currently served at Mai-Kai. Much more of a rum barrel and less of a juice barrel done this way.

"If you keep on drinking rum, the world will soon be quit of a very dirty scoundrel."
Robert Louis Stevenson

[ Edited by: Sunny&Rummy 2014-07-29 20:47 ]

[ Edited by: Sunny&Rummy 2014-07-30 05:52 ]

my fav mai tai is a trader vics 1944. had a couple of “hawaiian style” m t’s at our local elephant bar. tasty if you ask em to omit the grenadine.
Cheers

The Missus has been on a Royal Hawaiian Mai Tai kick lately. I have also had to dial back the grenadine to give them some sort of balance.

Old Overholt Rye Manhattan to wind down with. Tasty.

JJ Grey's Nare Sugar Brown ale.

It receives.. my highest recommendation.

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a big-aiss Planters Punch.

used 2 oz Plantation dark; 1/2 oz ED3; 1/2 oz Cruzan blackstrap...

tastes juicy, spicy, and piratey...

Anyone else celebrating / commiserating Black Tot Day?

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Done like Planters Punch - 1 of sour, 2 sweet, 3 of strong, whatever of weak - still quite strong! :)

I will be when I get off of work.

"Up Spirits!"

I've drank plenty of rum but one things for certain - a half gill of Pussers (traditional daily Navy tot measure) is plenty for a Navy man who could handling heavy machinery & guns!

I've just got room for a bit of Pussers 15 before bed :)

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ok, i'll go w/the Black Tot theme- aint got no Pussers- but, mixed up a Remsburg Planter's Punch (used Plantation dark).

Had a perfect painkiller followed by an ounce of Kaniche XO inna snifter.
Cheers

I used the rest of my Pussers as well the other weekend on Painkillers.

Last night I went to Bali Hai to start my thirsty Thursday.

Had a Navy Grog and a Zombie.

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Sorry my Instagram info is on this photo...

Then we went to Alchemy which I had a Clement rum drink, Pisco Sour and a bacon infused Old Fashioned. Ran to Hamiltons for a Sculpin and then made our way to the Turf Club and got a Manhattan and a Sneaky Tiki as pictured below.
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Today I had a Mai Tai at Raglan. Tasty!

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Here is that Earthquake I had last weekend for AdOrAdam to check out!
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Out of a can and not a glass...like a poor?!

I like the aluminum flavor.

Treg- you were right, not bad at all

Jon

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Negroni

I had never drank one of these before and they seem popular. I used this recipe but subbed out the Campari with Aperol (seemed like sometimes it has been subbed in some recipes)
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Is this how they are supposed to taste or did I mess up? Thanks for your thoughts on the matter

[ Edited by: lunavideogames 2014-08-01 21:57 ]

Hi, I've lurked here a bit but finally joined to report that I just had a mai tai (of sorts) with 30-year-old Appleton Punch tonight! I was worried that the rum would be off, but it was delicious! Guess I should have taken a picture.

I've been working on a house and hit it off with the owners. She took me to the garage and opened a dusty homemade plywood box liquor cabinet and told me to take whatever I wanted, except for the Fireball lol. Her father collected some liquor but she's much more into wine. I got 2 bottles of Appleton (special and punch) that I'm estimating are 30-years old based on the tax stamp and "4/5 quart" mark. I also got an old bottle of Cointreau, all unopened (until tonight)!

Still celebrating Black Tot Day with an Atomic Painkiller ...
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Featuring not only Pusser’s British Navy Rum, but also some Smith & Cross and Kohala Bay for good measure. I also added some lime juice and Don’s Spices #2 for balance. The full recipe is posted along with this comprehensive look back at the history of Naval Rum thanks to Paul McFadyen's excellent seminar at the 2013 Miami Rum Festival ...
http://www.slammie.com/atomicgrog/blog/2014/07/31/rum-and-the-british-navy-when-men-were-men-and-sailors-drank-daiquiris/

On 2014-08-01 21:57, lunavideogames wrote:

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Negroni

I had never drank one of these before and they seem popular. I used this recipe but subbed out the Campari with Aperol (seemed like sometimes it has been subbed in some recipes)
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Is this how they are supposed to taste or did I mess up? Thanks for your thoughts on the matter

[ Edited by: lunavideogames 2014-08-01 21:57 ]

A Negroni made with Campari is going to taste entirely different, and much much better. Aperol is a "starter amaro" and is much more orange-accented than it is bitter. There are decent cocktails to be made with Aperol but they will all be dominated by the orange-sweet flavors of that liqueur.

Also, disregard that cocktail app's instructions to shake a Negroni. Definitely want to stir this one as it really suffers from the tiny air bubbles shaking introduces. I usually do not send lousy drinks back when dining out (mostly I consider it a lesson to stick with beer at most places), but if I order a Negroni and specify "stirr don't shake!" and they still screw it up by shaking I will send it back.

[ Edited by: Sunny&Rummy 2014-08-02 07:40 ]

Thanks S&R! I need to grab some Campari. I thought the flavor was a bit off.

Yeah, you must have the bitter or it won't work since you have the sweet vermouth.

and pick up some cruzan blackstrap to go with the campari in a Jungle Bird- well worth it...

Luna - glad to see you experimenting with Aperol - it lives next to Campari in most stores & I wondered what it's uses might be. What are your thoughts?

Campari is a breed a apart, the Negroni is a 'hard' drink - the Campari is sure bitter! But if you go to the effort of trying buying some & like it, you'll love the Jungle Bird :) It's definitely in regular rotation at my house with 50:50 Cockspur / Myers in place of the 1 1/2 parts dark Jamaican.

Drink 1: Captains Grog
Drink 2: Mai Tai
Drink 3: ...Earthquake!!!

Re the Earthquake:
I used Absent Absinthe, 50:50 Macieira / Remy Martin. I stirred it over ice to chill it, it went louche - it's always pleasing when that reaction happens but I don't think that was what was intended, doh :wink:

Besides that, as a drink it is... a bit of a bruiser! I like the Sazerac & Corpse Reviver #2 but these contain much less absinthe. I found the brandy gets pushed back & the drink has 2 flavours: absinthe &... more absinthe.

Oh well, it was fun to try! :)

A good introduction to Aperol is. . . the Introduction to Aperol - a cocktail by Audrey Saunders of NYC's Pegu Club.

http://www.drinkboy.com/Cocktails/Recipe.aspx?itemid=248

It's very light and pretty orange-inflected, but it's a balanced drink and a good craft cocktail gateway drink.

Having a 151 Swizzle. Disregarded the instructions to flash-blend Donn style and instead swizzled with the perfect bois lélé swizzle stick from Cocktail Kingdom.