Maurice wrote:Winter cocktail of choice: the Cable Car. As I've probably said here before, very tasty and relaxing...but just make sure you don't have to go anywhere afterwards.

Huh, so like a Sidecar with cinnamon and rum instead of cognac. Cool.

More Campari games? The Blood Orange.
2 parts gin
2 parts orange juice
1 part Campari
1 part dry vermouth (Noily Prat, seriously guys)
Shake with ice and strain. Good introductory Campari cocktail for wussy friends.

Antero wrote:

Maurice wrote:Winter cocktail of choice: the Cable Car. As I've probably said here before, very tasty and relaxing...but just make sure you don't have to go anywhere afterwards.

Huh, so like a Sidecar with cinnamon and rum instead of cognac. Cool.

Exactly. I didn't have any cognac on hand, and consulted DrinkBoy for something that could use Cointreau. Turns out, we had rum, so why not? And yeah, very warming.

Traditional Champagne cocktail.

This can be made with varying qualities of sparkling wine and still tun out fine, but the constant must be quality cognac: don't even think about messing with any cheap shit. You will want to use less cognac with better wine.

Pour up to an inch (to taste) of cognac in your champagne flute.

ONE drop of Angostrua bitters on a sugar cube. Add to glass. Top up with the fizz.

There is nothing I know that will get you as rapidly and, more importantly, as pleasantly drunk as this drink*.


*the time I threw a tree out of the fifth floor window notwithstanding.

Christopher J. McGarvey wrote:

electrons wrote:Eagle Rare 17 year.

I've only had the 10 year.
That 17 year shit must be good.

It was amazing. Like a sexy candy giving my tongue a stellar blow job.

nick92675 wrote:

electrons wrote:Anyway, the final bill, 2 Eagle Rare 17yrs, 2 manhattans, 4 miller lites and 2 shots of Petron Silver was a $36 tab. Love it.

you threw back 10 on a wed night - or was that for two people?

salut!

Haha. It was for 2 of us, but all within about 2 hours. I was a little stressed out and it was my buddy's 36th birthday.

madmanmunt wrote:Traditional Champagne cocktail.

I think the traditional traditional champagne cocktail skips the cognac and is heavier on the bitters, but that also sounds tasty.

But okay, if you're down with that you'd like the Seelbach Cocktail, which is old school as hell.

Take a champagne flute and add 7 dashes each of Angostura and Peychaud's bitters, and twist and twirl the champagne flute to coat the whole interior with the bitters. Discard the remainder, though really there should be enough in there to do a second flute, and why the fuck would you be drinking this alone?

Add 1 oz bourbon, 1/2 oz Cointreau, and fill with champagne.

My crew did these recently, and believe me it'll fuck you right up.

Ty Webb wrote:Kate, I'm a fan of that Farmer's Gin. Great for a martini, though I usually like a little more flavor and bite.That drink sounds very similar to one I had at The Hudson in West Hollywood just this past weekend, but it had simple syrup and lime juice with no soda. Pretty damn good.The dominant flavor is definitely the cucumber juice!

Kate, I'm a fan of that Farmer's Gin. Great for a martini, though I usually like a little more flavor and bite.That drink sounds very similar to one I had at The Hudson in West Hollywood just this past weekend, but it had simple syrup and lime juice with no soda. Pretty damn good.

Tommy wrote:No idea what it is called, but we've been enjoying this mixture in a highball or pint glass.2 oz or so Old Overholt Rye3 dashes Peychaud's Bitters (optional)Juice of 1/2 limeFill glass with iceTop with Goslings Ginger BeerAfter some tweaking we've settled on this better version in a rocks glass:1.5 oz Old Overholt.25 oz Herbsaint2 dashes Fee Bros Old Fashioned BittersJuice of 1/2 limeFill rocks glass with iceTop with Goslings Ginger BeerIt is so fucking tasty I suggest transposing the proportions to a pint glass.

There is a drink called the Antibes, and it is amazing.1 1/2 oz gin1/2 oz Benedictine2 oz grapefruit juiceShake, strain over ice in an old fashioned glass.On paper it looks like nonsense, but it's amazing.

Antero wrote:There is a drink called the Antibes, and it is amazing.1 1/2 oz gin1/2 oz Benedictine2 oz grapefruit juiceShake, strain over ice in an old fashioned glass.On paper it looks like nonsense, but it's amazing.I distinctly remember making a variation on the Negroni with Benedictine in place of the vermouth. Can't for the life of me remember where that idea came from, though. Google search brings up nothing.