So, I've been on a gin kick recently, and along with it I've discovered the world of classic cocktails. My question to you is, what is your favorite cocktail, of any variety? Any concoctions of your own invention?
Personally, I've found myself enjoying aviations most recently, but it's hard to find a place that makes good ones and most people, I've found, don't make it with creme de violette. I find this to be quite a bummer. I don't think the creme de violette particularly adds to or detracts from the drink taste-wise, but it looks damn cool.
I no longer drink PTSD drugs for the rest of my life...and chemo killed whatever little urges I would ever have in my life. I am allowed though a swallow from my wife glass of wine
Gin martinis. Given the choice, I take them with a twist, rather then the olive, but am not that fussy. I prefer a milder gin, like millers or hendricks. I drink a good number of beefeater gin martinis, as that is the preferred gin of my father-in-law, so it's what he hands me when I'm over there.
Dark and stormies (rum and ginger beer) or rum and cokes are also quite good.
From time to time I have a bourbon on the rocks. I blame the time I spent in Kentucky, even though I wasn't drinking then.
If we have a bottle of sparkling wine, The Wife and I sometimes have kir royals, which is creme de cassise and champagne (or the local equvialent)
Gin and tonic, heavy on the lime. I also love margueritas and a little concoction my friend made as an after dinner drink: milk, Baileys and Disorono. Failing that, give me a nice stout beer!! If I have any west coast friends who plan to travel east and will pick me up some Terminator stout from MacMinamens in Portland, I will love you forever-they don't export the damn stuff!!
I'll second a Dark and Stormy, had some good ones in Bermuda years ago... More traditionally, I'm good with a Dirty Martini or better yet, a good single malt with just a splash of water...
But most of the time, I'd just go with a beer (easier on the wallet and during the morning after the night before)
White Russians, Rum/Whiskey and Cokes, a good Redheaded Slut is a delicious drink but man you can get funny looks ordering one. (For the record a Redheaded Slut and Coke is called a Lindsey Lohan. I am not kidding)
My favorite mixed drink is called a "Coping Mechanism". You take a large glass, throw in some ice, dump those out and fill it up with cheap whiskey. Drink till you can cope with the universe.
I enjoy a nice single malt neat or on the rocks, kind of depends on my mood.
When out drinking with friends, a nice jack and diet coke (normal coke is too sweet for me).
When I want to get obliterated, I make something called "Hawaiian Screw" which is 3 shots of 151 Proof Rum, a splash of Grenadine Syrup, a shot of pineapple juice, and enough SunnyD to fill a 16 ounce water bottle...
Buy lots of skittles.
Sort into colours.
Place each colour in a bottle of vodka (put all the red in one bottle, all the green in another etc)
Shake
Seive
Shake
Seive
Put in freezer overnight.
Purple rain
- 2 shots of vodka
- 1 shot of peach schnaps
- Top it up with lemonade and Blue Curaco
- Splash of grenadine over the ice to give it the melting purple look.
My go-to is a rum and coke. I'll drink a Seven and Seven or a gin and tonic on occasion. I'm also a big fan of margaritas, especially when enjoying some mexican food. Vodka and cranberry juice is also good....but I only make those when I'm at home by myself
When I want to get obliterated, I make something called "Hawaiian Screw" which is 3 shots of 151 Proof Rum, a splash of Grenadine Syrup, a shot of pineapple juice, and enough SunnyD to fill a 16 ounce water bottle...
See, that's too complicated for getting wasted. My preferences for that purpose are:
1) Grape Gatorade and vodka. I discovered this horrible melange when the only chaser at my disposal was grape Gatorade powder.
2) Everclear with Raspberry Ice Crystal Light. Raspberry Ice will cover the flavor of damn near anything, and stain damn near anything.
My recipe is the precise version of that drink. We usually eyeball it when we drink it, or make it in large batches before hand and then refrigerate it.
You don't taste the alcohol and it'll get ya drunk...
Personally, I prefer a good single malt scotch, neat.
But when I do waste time getting things mixed (or having others mix for me), I do enjoy the Old Fashioned, the Manhattan (thank you Mad Men for informing me of these great old school drinks)
Or a simple rum and coke, Irish Car Bomb (what do you call them in Ireland, since I already know you shouldnt say that there), or beer, again because beer is easy to get and easy to drink.
But when I do waste time getting things mixed (or having others mix for me), I do enjoy the Old Fashioned, the Manhattan (thank you Mad Men for informing me of these great old school drinks)
Or a simple rum and coke, Irish Car Bomb (what do you call them in Ireland, since I already know you shouldnt say that there), or beer, again because beer is easy to get and easy to drink.
One of my worst experiences with drinking involved manhattans. I just assumed anything served in a glass as big as was handed to me was going to have some sort of mixer in it. Nope, just a tumbler full of whiskey and vermouth (and cherries) Can't stand them to this day.
I like a good MaiTai, or a Long Island Iced Tea, Margaritas (non frozen) are all good.
But if I am drinking a nice glass of Fighting Cock Bourbon on the rocks does the trick. (These rocks Frozen for 3 hours usually does the trick they do not water down the drink, but still keep it cold).
PredaKhaine wrote: Buy lots of skittles. Sort into colours. Place each colour in a bottle of vodka (put all the red in one bottle, all the green in another etc) Shake Seive Shake Seive Put in freezer overnight.
Enjoy as flavoured vodka or as a mixer.
You forgot to tell them to train the skittles out of the Vodka with a coffee filter.
PredaKhaine wrote: Buy lots of skittles.
Sort into colours.
Place each colour in a bottle of vodka (put all the red in one bottle, all the green in another etc)
Shake
Seive
Shake
Seive
Put in freezer overnight.
Enjoy as flavoured vodka or as a mixer.
Yes! I did this for a New Years party for a few years ago. I let the Skittles dissolve for about 4 days (shaking periodically) before I filtered it out with coffee filters. But that point, it tasted like liquid Skittles, and you could drink it straight from the jar...which is both a good and bad thing
Beerlao with redbull. Awesome to keep you going all day. About 70-30 mix is best. If you are in the unfortunate situation to not have access to Beerlao, most beers make a good substitute. Try it out. Serious.
DeathReaper wrote: I like a good MaiTai, or a Long Island Iced Tea, Margaritas (non frozen) are all good.
But if I am drinking a nice glass of Fighting Cock Bourbon on the rocks does the trick. (These rocks Frozen for 3 hours usually does the trick they do not water down the drink, but still keep it cold).
I'm not sold on using just Whiskey stones. There is a certain benefit to them, but at the same time, a little actual ice doesn't hurt the scotch (whiskey, bourbon, etc...), because it helps open up the bouquet of the booze, and opens up the flavors... too much ice, and yeah you'll water down the drink too much... I tend to do about 1 to 2 ice cubes and then like 2 to 3 whiskey stones... Works great for me, but again, different strokes for different folks.
Manhattans. Will have them with either traditional bourbon, Canadian whiskey, or as a Rob Roy (scotch). I do not care for them dry though. That one is a little beyond me.
Bailey's on the rocks is my go to drink, aside from beer. Irish carbombs used to be my "I don't want to remember whatever happens in the next 8 hours" drink, but for the last 10 years or so, I've switched to simple shots of Jaeger for that.
I gotta admit, there have been times when my S/O & I have been out, where I'd order a Jack & Coke, and she'd order something served in a pineapple with crazy straws and umbrellas.
dogma wrote: See, that's too complicated for getting wasted. My preferences for that purpose are:
1) Grape Gatorade and vodka. I discovered this horrible melange when the only chaser at my disposal was grape Gatorade powder.
For me, I've very fond of Jack & Coke, despite the fact I like neithr Jack Daniels nor Coca-Cola. For some reason, when mixed, they both neutralize the parts of them that I dislike. It's inexplicable.
We also have one of those Ninja Master blenders, so I like making Pina Coladas; with Coco Rico and canned Pineapple juice, maybe some Malibu coconut rum. The only problem with these is that as pleasant tasting as they are, Malibu doesn't seem to actually be an alcoholic beverage. But, my wife likes them, so I make them, and then drink the leftovers.
I also like (frozen and salted) Margaritas, but don't generally make those at home. I'm the only one that likes Tequila, and I can't imagine blending up a whole pitcher just for myself.
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azazel the cat wrote: I gotta admit, there have been times when my S/O & I have been out, where I'd order a Jack & Coke, and she'd order something served in a pineapple with crazy straws and umbrellas.
Then we trade drinks after the waitress leaves.
The older I've gotten, I've discovered the less I care about what other people think about how girly what I'm drinking is. YMMV
On topic: Vodka martini, dirty, bleu cheese olives where I can get them, shaken, and I swear to god, if you don't strain out the ice, you're losing a couple bucks on the tip.
Coolyo294 wrote: I'm a big fan of the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster.
Wait, aren't you 14 or something? Also I've accidentally ordered girly drinks with little umbrellas and pretty colours, but it tasted good so that's all that matters (well I guess price and nutritional value is important too).
I love a G+T, personally. Not strictly a cocktail I suppose, but I had a really interesting variation of one at a bar called the Whiskey Jar in Manchester's Northern Quarter after work the other day. It was Gin, Apricot brandy, peach bitters, lemon and lime peel, with a bit Laphroaig sprayed into the glass with a little spritz bottle, for a smokey aftertaste (apparently). Tasted bloody nice, in any case...
OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote: My normal tipple is a good malt whisky, the more peat/iodine the better (so Talisker, Laphriog, Laugauvan etc)
but if I'm in the mood for cocktails nothing beats a Harvey Wallbanger (Vodka, Orange Juice & Galiano)
If you ever find yourself with a good strong cigar, smoke it while drinking a dram of Lagavulin... Trust me, it's fething awesome
I recently got ahold of a bottle of Highland Park's Valhalla Collection: Loki, and it's bloody brilliant, I think one of, if not my best scotch in my collection.
Coolyo294 wrote: I'm a big fan of the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster.
Wait, aren't you 14 or something? Also I've accidentally ordered girly drinks with little umbrellas and pretty colours, but it tasted good so that's all that matters (well I guess price and nutritional value is important too).
16.
And it was a joke. I really don't like alcohol all that much.
On topic: Vodka martini, dirty, bleu cheese olives where I can get them, shaken, and I swear to god, if you don't strain out the ice, you're losing a couple bucks on the tip.
Oh, and light on the vermouth,
Garlic stuffed olives are nice as well. Frankly, anything is better then that little chunk of red stuff that's normally used. It brings nothing to the party (except color).
Cosmopolitans are my fruity-girly drink of choice. Real men drink pink cocktails.
Coming up with your own drinks is fun because you get to name them if they're good. One that some buddies and I made up:
1 part vodka, 1.5 parts gin, 2 parts San Pellegrino Limonata, garnished with a chunk of red grapefruit. Preferably in a proper cocktail glass, but it does the job no matter what you drink it out of.
It's very tasty and deviously easy to drink in rapid succession. It was christened "The Tabler" (no relation to the wargaming term, I'm afraid) the night we came up with it after one of my buddies walked into the kitchen table, and having had more than his fair share of the concoction, was carried forward onto the table by his own momentum and remained thus until we transferred him to the sofa.
rubiksnoob wrote:Coming up with your own drinks is fun because you get to name them if they're good.
I've come up with a couple:
Dirty Pirate 5 parts Captain Morgan Spiced Rum
3 parts Kahlua
2 parts milk
That sounds delicious.
Although I hardly ever drink (I abhor the taste of alcohol) this is my drink of choice. But it's a doozy, because you can't even taste the alcohol in it, so it'll really sneak up on ya.
rubiksnoob wrote: Coming up with your own drinks is fun because you get to name them if they're good. One that some buddies and I made up:
1 part vodka, 1.5 parts gin, 2 parts San Pellegrino Limonata, garnished with a chunk of red grapefruit. Preferably in a proper cocktail glass, but it does the job no matter what you drink it out of.
It's very tasty and deviously easy to drink in rapid succession. It was christened "The Tabler" (no relation to the wargaming term, I'm afraid) the night we came up with it after one of my buddies walked into the kitchen table, and having had more than his fair share of the concoction, was carried forward onto the table by his own momentum and remained thus until we transferred him to the sofa.
Jihadin wrote: I no longer drink PTSD drugs for the rest of my life...and chemo killed whatever little urges I would ever have in my life. I am allowed though a swallow from my wife glass of wine
That's funny...my doctor flipped me the inverse prescription.
Stiff Manhattan - 3 oz bourbon 1 oz vermouth, 3 dashes of bitters and a cherry.
Or an Old Fashioned - I use orange rind exclusively, no bitters. 1 muddled orange rind, 1 sugar cube in 3 oz whiskey, remove the rind then add ice, an orange slice, and top with 2 oz club soda and a couple of cherries.
How do you make a readheaded slut? Biased on my experience, 12 bottles of alcopop, 10 marlboro lights and paying for nightclub entry... Worked on my wife when she used to drink
Anyway, cocktails. I don't think I have a favorite. Booze and mixer don't count. A cocktail needs at lease three ingredients.
Anything with an energy drink in is just a way to get wasted.
I used to like things with lots of fruit in. Now I like something long, prefrably gin or whiskey based and not to sweet. However, given the right timing I have been known to drink lurid drinks in silly glasses.
Really? I've had Jack & Coke, but never tried Jameson & Coke...I'll have to check that out. Normally, I'm not huge on mixing whiskey, but color me interested.
mega_bassist wrote: Really? I've had Jack & Coke, but never tried Jameson & Coke...I'll have to check that out. Normally, I'm not huge on mixing whiskey, but color me interested.
Jameson and coke, or ginger ale is pretty good
Also ones I omitted;
Baileys and brandy
Brandy and ginger ale
port and brandy - Not really a cocktail but bloody brilliant for a long slow walk to snoozeville.
As a lad me and my mates used to mix nightnurse and Vodka. That was a stonking good drink but looking back on it, what a fething idiot!
I am also a sucker for a decent Bellini. I got hooked on them when me and the future Mrs B holidayed in Florence. Drinking one reminds me of good times there.
Mr. Burning wrote: port and brandy - Not really a cocktail but bloody brilliant for a long slow walk to snoozeville.
As a lad me and my mates used to mix nightnurse and Vodka. That was a stonking good drink but looking back on it, what a fething idiot!
I am also a sucker for a decent Bellini. I got hooked on them when me and the future Mrs B holidayed in Florence. Drinking one reminds me of good times there.
The future Mrs. Burning wouldn't be the lady in your avatar would it?
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mega_bassist wrote: Really? I've had Jack & Coke, but never tried Jameson & Coke...I'll have to check that out. Normally, I'm not huge on mixing whiskey, but color me interested.
Jameson and coke, or ginger ale is pretty good
Also ones I omitted;
Baileys and brandy
Brandy and ginger ale
That's also pretty good. I also enjoyed dragonberry punch and a mint julep recently.
I used to have a mint julep every year on the first Saturday of May (Kentucky Derby day) While traditional, I've yet to meet anyone who likes them; and I lived in Louisville for around 10 years. If you like bourbon, they have too much other stuff in them, if you don't, they have too much bourbon.
I stopped forcing myself to drink them a few years ago. If I'm in the mood for some bourbon, I just take it on the rocks.
Its basically a way of stretching out the wine so everyone can have a bit before going out; the Spanish version of passing around a 40. As such, much like drinking a 40 yourself, its also a good way to sit around and watch hockey.
Nevelon wrote: I used to have a mint julep every year on the first Saturday of May (Kentucky Derby day) While traditional, I've yet to meet anyone who likes them; and I lived in Louisville for around 10 years. If you like bourbon, they have too much other stuff in them, if you don't, they have too much bourbon.
I stopped forcing myself to drink them a few years ago. If I'm in the mood for some bourbon, I just take it on the rocks.
My first time trying a mint julep and I have to say it wasn't bad. The ladies with us wanted them sweeter though
PTSD drugs for the rest of my life...and chemo killed whatever little urges I would ever have in my life. I am allowed though a swallow from my wife glass of wine
Also I've accidentally ordered girly drinks with little umbrellas and pretty colours, but it tasted good so that's all that matters (well I guess price and nutritional value is important too).
