Post: #26

Two of my three favorite mixed drinks have been mentioned; "greyhound/salty dog", "old fashioned", and "vodka gimlet" was the missing one. I usually order one of the three if they don't have a good single malt scotch.

Any of you have another suggested drink with lemon/lime or any sour citrus that's not too sweet?

Post: #27

(12-25-2012 09:27 PM)Katatonic Wrote:  Two of my three favorite mixed drinks have been mentioned; "greyhound/salty dog", "old fashioned", and "vodka gimlet" was the missing one. I usually order one of the three if they don't have a good single malt scotch.

Any of you have another suggested drink with lemon/lime or any sour citrus that's not too sweet?

have you tried a pisco sour? its mad exotic outside of peru and pisco shouldnt be too much even in liquor stores in us or europe.

heres the recipe
ingredients
.1/4 cup (2 oz.) pisco (see notes)
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
1 teaspoon pasteurized egg whites

Preparation
In a blender, whirl 3 ice cubes, pisco, sugar, fresh lime juice, and egg whites. Whirl until smooth (you'll no longer hear the ice cracking against the side of the blender) and serve straight up in a martini glass with a dash of aromatic bitters and a wedge of lime.
Peruvian Pantry: Pisco. A brandy distilled from several different grape varieties grown in South America, it is the national drink of Peru and comes in many styles--from smooth and sippable to rough and fiery. (Chile also produces pisco, although Peru contends that the Chilean version is not real pisco but a Chilean brandy that needs its own name.) Pisco became popular in California during the Gold Rush, when Peruvian miners there extolled its virtues to fellow fortune-seekers.

Post: #28

(12-25-2012 09:27 PM)Katatonic Wrote:  Two of my three favorite mixed drinks have been mentioned; "greyhound/salty dog", "old fashioned", and "vodka gimlet" was the missing one. I usually order one of the three if they don't have a good single malt scotch.

Any of you have another suggested drink with lemon/lime or any sour citrus that's not too sweet?

A "Sour" is a class of any cocktail with a base spirit mixed with lemon or lime juice and usually a small amount of syrup or sugar. Like a Whiskey Sour. Sometimes egg white is used, but not often.

In your case I'd recommend a "Ward 8". Classic cocktail that's standard repertoire for any good cocktail bar. It's a variation of a whiskey sour:

2 ounces rye whiskey
1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice
1/2 ounce fresh orange juice
1 teaspoon grenadine

Shake the rye whiskey, lemon juice, orange juice, and grenadine with ice; then strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Sometimes garnished with a maraschino cherry. (i prefer amarena cherries)

Post: #29

Whatever cocktail you preffer, no matter how common or ordinary it is, you can make the difference with stuff like this (caviar dices):

Post: #30

This time i want to add some cocktails for the ladies, one so easy you can mix yourself, the other can be easily ordered at a bar, even if the bartender has never heard of it.

Also added some interesting manga chapters for flair. Enjoy.

Screwdriver

One part Vodka
2-4 parts Orange Juice to taste

Manga to read - http://www.mangareader.net/bartender/72/20

So simple you can make it yourself. Nice and refreshing when served over ice, but still has the kick of alcohol.

Cardinal

4 parts Red Wine
1 part Creme de Cassis

Manga to read - http://www.mangareader.net/bartender/64/20

One pet peeve i have is that a lot of bars don't know how to properly keep their wines. What ends up happening is that bottles end up being open for a couple of days and the wine begins to sour. This is especially evident with red wines, as they're usually kept in the open, not in fridges as whites are.

Adding one part Creme de Cassis takes the edge off the red wine and gives the ladies something classy-looking to sip on, because if you want some eye candy hanging off your arm, you want to make sure she looks the part.

Post: #31

(12-10-2012 09:36 PM)MSW2007 Wrote:  Behold: The Gin & Tonic



I stick with Beefeater gin and Schweppes tonic water unless I feel like spending a few more dollars on Fever Tree tonic. I stay away from Canada Dry.

Also, I usually squeeze in fresh key lime juice instead of adding a slice of regular lime.

Yeah, G+T is my staple. People forget about it. Simple, easy, great.

Gin & Tonic + Dunhill Cigarette = Awesome

Post: #32

A good summer drink is a Michelada. Basically beer and tomato/bloody mary mix. Customize it from there on.
I usually add fresh cut peppers and a lemon wedge. Very quenching.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelada

Post: #33

I order my G&Ts pink, or loaded with bitters. Same with rye and tonic. Really soothes the stomach while kicking off the buzz nicely. But when I want to drink something entertaining, I reach for a cocktail of my own design...

The Kitchen Soda. Highball glass, over ice. Top with lime.

2 oz vodka
1 oz Chambord
Sprite

7up can be subbed for the Sprite. For some reason, tonic doesn't work as well with this one. It's sweet but not disgusting, it's a beautiful shade of purple that girls love, and it feels nonalcoholic enough to sip through dexterous labor (it got its origins, and name, in massive all-day cooking jags for these huge dinner parties a friend of mine used to throw) but rather insidiously puts you on the train to Shitshowville.

Post: #34

ABC - Amaretto/Baileys/Cognac

ABC is a strong, creamy and tasty cocktail that girls usually love. It's not very popular and I discovered in Tashkent (go figure). Mix Amareto, Baileys and Cognac, et voila. It's simple as that.

It's deadly efficient and powerful as it's 100% alcohol, but very easy to sip. For me, one of the Top 5 cocktails to make a girl drunk.

In this video, they prepare it as a shot and non-mixed, which can be fun, but I prefer it mixed and in an old fashioned glass type. No need ice cubes, or maybe just one.

http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make...r-cocktail

Post: #35

Ti punch, the french caribbean version of the brasilian caipirinha.

Rum (preferably a strong one), sugar cane sirup, lime et voila. No ice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ti%27Punch

Got drunk on it last week in my fav cocktail bar with a russian girl. We had each two mojitos, then four Ti Punch (that she drank without flinching), one ABC, plus two Black Russians for me. We later went to a brasilian party where we downed some caipirinhas. Finding a russian girl who doesn't drink like a cossack, although presumably possible, is difficult. Not that I am looking for (smilie).

Rum that was used for the Ti Punch:

   

Post: #36

White Russian using equal parts vodka, baileys and kahlua.

Post: #37

74° rum. Ouch

Post: #38

The Mikhail

2 parts coffee vodka. Example
2 parts Stoli Vanil
1 part Amaretto


Shake with ice.
Pour into martini glass.
Garnish with coffee beans if you have them.


Epic

Post: #39

Single malt scotch(glenlevit) if we want to have a genuine drink in hand.

Manhattan/ 7&7 are my go to drinks. I usually supplement the Seagrams( which taste like crap to me) for black label or dewars. Wouldn't waste good whiskey on a mixer however.

Post: #40

Blood and sand is one of my favorites: equal parts scotch, OJ, cherry heering and sweet vermouth shaken vigorously with ice and served in a cocktail glass or up. Lots of speakeasy joints have been gaining popularity the past few years and most bartenders at these joints know the drink by name.

Post: #41

I need to switch up my drink because it gives me a wicked hang over. I almost always drink jack and Ginger or jack and coke and all the sugar fucks me up. My drink of choice is cognac, but at the moment I can't afford to constantly drink it and even if I could I wouldn't to save money.

Post: #42

(10-26-2013 11:37 AM)InternationPlayboy Wrote:  I need to switch up my drink because it gives me a wicked hang over. I almost always drink jack and Ginger or jack and coke and all the sugar fucks me up. My drink of choice is cognac, but at the moment I can't afford to constantly drink it and even if I could I wouldn't to save money.

Jack & Coke will give you a worse hangover than almost anything else. I used to like them but that ship sailed long ago when it realized the devastating effects the next day and add to the fact once you are over 23yo or graduate college you should not be caught in public ordering one. All about efficiency in everything I do, so if I am going to go out and get lit, I need the most minimal effects the next day.

Vodka, soda, 2 lime wedges squeezed.

Multi Vitamin and/or MSM before bed. Regarding MSM. Alcohol blocks your cells ability to retain water, leading to the dehydrated/hungover feeling often the next day. MSM allows those same cells to retain water and flush toxins from your system, letting you rehydrate and not feel nearly as bad.

I swear by this shit, it really works.

Post: #43

(12-10-2012 02:10 AM)Tengen Wrote:  I've been to this bar for years, and every time i order this it never fails to get people's attention. I suppose the attention-getter is the ice sphere, which is actually pretty easy to replicate at home - just freeze a couple of water-filled balloons.

You can actually do this at home with ice molds. In fact, you can make cocktails INSIDE of the icemolds as well! See pics on my site, Bourbon of the Day

My drink of choice? Michters Manhattan Up with Orange Bitters

Post: #44

For all you G&T lovers out there, you have to try this:

Hendricks Gin + fever tree tonic + cucumber garnish.

Something different from your regular G&T, but very refreshing.

Post: #45

I have a home bar stocked with bartending books, cocktail guides, and the like.

For the ladies, the Cosmopolitan can't be beat (source: The Little Black Book of Cocktails)

2 oz vodka
2 oz cranberry juice
1 oz fresh lime juice
3/4 oz Cointreau (I make mine with Grand Marnier instead of Cointreau; it has a touch of cognac so it does alter the taste a bit)

If you want something strong with a hint of fruit influence, though, you'd want to go the route of an AMF (Adios Motherfucker). The blue curacao adds to the flavor and texture. It's a popular drink and usually pretty cheap depending on where you go. If you mix it yourself it's practically a panty-dropper.

http://www.drinksmixer.com has an incredible set of resources for cocktails and recipes if you're looking into a big known database.

Me, though? If I'm going for a cocktail I'll usually get something simple like a gin martini (stirred, not shaken; if you shake a martini you risk bruising the spirit and altering the flavor in a bad way)

Post: #46

Redbull and Vodka. Nothing beats it.

Post: #47

I was in Prague at the Radisson Blu Alcron's Be Bop Bar and they have a ton of proprietary cocktails, needless to say I tried several (especially since my upgrade came with $50/1000 Crowns in bar credit a night). They have something called The Alchemist.. I tried yo pry the recipe out of Linda, the bartender, but all she'd give me was the ingredients.

Light Rum
Dark Rum
Orange Bitters
Chocolate Bitters
All served over a hand chipped ice rock with the mix in a beaker for you to pour yourself. I know its a lot of show, but damn it was delicious

If anyone has the chance, I'd check Be Bop out. It's off Wenceslas Square. Note, I'd post a picture, but I only 5MB and 20MB versions on my phone. I'll try and post them later after I save them at a lower resolution.

Post: #48

I rarely mix anything with my whisky, prefer to sip it on the rocks. however recently when girls have been coming over, I'll pour 3+ ounces of fireball in a pint glass and a whole bottle of cider, either angry orchards or reds. I have to admit, it's fucking really good, girls love it and it's strong!!! panties dropping in no time

Post: #49

I'm typically a martini guy or gin and tonics in the summer but lately been on a moscow mule kick, only ginger beer I like however is Crabbies, tried a number of others and hate all others. Pretty strong drink as well considering it's a 5% ginger beer plus a double shot of vodka.

Post: #50

(12-11-2012 05:05 PM)Beyond Borders Wrote:  

The Negroni.

Learned this one "the right way" from an Australian bartender I traveled with in Vietnam. Based on the ingredients alone, it sounds pretty foul, but the way he did it created the this silky velvety-textured concoction that was truly unreal.

It is equal parts Campari, gin, and sweet vermouth. The trick, according to him, is that you first mix the campari and gin with ice and then sit there stirring it until the ice noticeably begins to melt. Then you add the sweet vermouth and more ice, if needed, stirring again until it begins melting.

It takes a lot of slow stirring and waiting to do it right, so it's best drunk at home or in a quiet, fancy bar.

http://www.chow.com/recipes/10269-negroni

"Even with equal parts Campari, gin, and sweet vermouth, the bitterness of a Negroni firmly establishes the drink as a Campari-based cocktail. No one is undecided about a Negroni. This Italian big brother to the Americano and distant cousin to the martini is so bitter that its dissenters swear it should be stored in the medicine chest. Its fanatical adherents bask in its ruddy glow and tongue-tingling taste. Some contend that this classic cocktail dates back to Florence in the 1920s, when the flamboyant count—and noted tippler—Camillo Negroni asked for a splash of gin added to his Americano. Others say that the drink, mixed with vodka or gin, has been around as long as the Americano. The Campari company, itself unsure of the origin, eventually decided that the drink should be called a Negroni to avoid confusion with all the other Campari cocktails.

For a longer drink, serve a Negroni with a splash of soda. The cocktail may also be shaken and poured straight up in a cocktail glass."

This is one of my favorite drinks. Its 100% booze, strong enough to be a man's drink but also appealing to women. Most girls have never heard of it. For daytime dates that end up at my apartment I always bust out two Negronis and sit on the deck overlooking the ocean.

Another solid drink is the Moscow Mule. Easy to make:

Cut a lime in half... squeeze the juice into a copper mug and drop the entire half rind in the glass. Fill with ice, add 2oz vodka and 4oz ginger beer. Stir.