It's Thursday so that means it's practically Friday so that means it's practically the weekend!What are you drinking this weekend? Trying anything new? Do you care about cocktail glasses or do you only get the most basic shapes?Beginner FAQ: https://pastebin.com/6Y1EeiZn
>>21881910might be Adam Sandler and my cup is Pink Panther
>>21881910you only need one glass for any drinks. that glass is a halfway between a high ball and a rocks.
>>21881910I have only ever used double old fashioned glasses since most drinks I make are either rock or shake and dump. I thought about buying some coupes or Nick and Nora glasses for the occasional non-rocks or non-tiki drink that I make since those look really awkward in an old fashioned glass and warm up in them really quickly.
Just got 2 of these Glencairn crystal glasses for free; the Red Breast distributor dropped off a box of them at our store in preparation for St. Patty's day
>>21882062did i get mandela effect'd? i swear glencairn was a brand of whiskey too
first time i got into cocktails i thought you were supposed to make martinis with the martini bianco bottle and not the martini extra dry oneto this day i still prefer the taste of the bianco martini. sue me, it's distinctive, the flavors stand out
>>218821681) it's the Mandala effect2) it is a brand of whisky
I like knowing the shapes and what everything is for but all I have at home are Delmonico aka regular drinking glasses, a few rocks glasses, and a few snifters
>>21882415>>21881910this is all the home party thrower needs(the solo alcoholic only needs what they use)
>martini but instead of gin and vermouth it was vodka and lillet blancextremely disappointing. maybe if i use gin which has its own character instead of vodka it'll be better
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>>21882418I prefer the rocks/snifter hybrid. my brother got me one that says "jingle juice" on it and some holly. I like making rum eggnog in it
https://youtu.be/Ja3FPq3f9fEMade this and it was yummers
>>21881910its a sidecar kinda day for me, might switch to calvados applecars later if im feeling cheeky
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>>21882509i think i've seen other recipes from this guy and he didn't seem to yap so much. this is full blown logorrhea. i see it's an old video so maybe he's improved since then.anyway, when he poured the drink i was in awe of the texture. loooks gr8
>>21883588He still does that in his videos today; he will get into back and forth banter with the cunty cameraman for 3-4 minutes before even making the drink kek. I only posted the video because I was too drunk and lazy to screenshot the spec or type it out. The drink really is insanely good though. It has a very similar initial feel to either a Jungle Bird or a Bitter Mai Tai, (two of my favorite drinks) but then then you get the elderflower and the hogo of the Jamaican rum and it makes it really great. I want to try it with Cynar 70 if I ever manage to find a bottle of that.
>>21881910Continued from a previous cocktail thread. I asked for vodka or whisky under $5. Anon asked me the quantity. I want a full 750ml bottle. It shouldnt eat my stomach and guts. It shouldnt taste and smell of rot.
>>21883725I should add Im a consummate drinher. I spent all my money on drink and am drinking through the night. Need to go back to work in a few hours.
>>21883725If you want whiskey for under $5/750mL you are going to have to travel to Western Africa
>>21883736>>21883725i just checked my local store and we have a bulgarian whiskey for 8eur/1lhttps://meik98.bg/en/spirtna-napitka-uiski-savoy-1-l.-karnobat.htmlhope this helps anon
>>21883726Oh man I wish I could get that jug. Will last me about a week.>>21883744I found it after sneaking through the back of a liquor store. He said it is much better than the garbage I usually drink. Thanks anon.Since this is a cocktail thread here's mine:60ml whisky of any kind60ml of lemon/lime juice15ml vinegarBlack pepper powderWater to taste.And here's some unsolicited advice:Dont drink. My life is destroyed because of liquor. Its not worth it.Thanks again.
>>21883704i've never tried cynar period. saw it on a shelf in the liquor store once, took a note of it because i had my hands full with other stuff and then when i came back another day it was just gone and hasn't come back.>bitter mai taithat sounds crazy good, you might convince me to get off my ass and make orgeat. seems from looking at the process in recipes i can just get a carton of decent almond milk and then just boil it with sugar right? a few of the recipes i found have you boil almond crumbs in sugar syrup but that sounds more messy than i want to deal with.
>>21883918For the orgeat I made, I just did a 2:1 syrup of white sugar and almond milk then added a few drops each of almond extract and rose blossom water. It honestly tastes nearly identical to the Fee's orgeat I can buy at the grocery store. The more involved method requires you to buy almonds, roast them yourself, then make your own almond milk by blending them with water and straining through a sieve or a nut milk bag, before finally making the syrup from this homemade almond milk.
>>21881910>you should start with these because they're the basics>cognac (but you can just as well get something that's not cognac)>vermouth (martini rosso, martini extra dry)>triple sec (grand marnier)>bitters (you can make a cocktail with pink gin and bitters)>if you've got all that you can buy the following>brandyWhoever wrote the pastebin?An LLM with access to the internet wouldn't get this much stuff wrong.
>>21884071am i missing something here? it says you can make thishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_gin
>>21884146That one's my bad, pink gin usually refers to pic related and I interpreted that line as "you can make a cocktail by mixing pink(flavored) gin and bitters".
>>21884185aren't those things supposed to be imitations of the original cocktail? i've never bought one so idk how it tastes.
>>21884204Can't say whether they're supposed to, but the few I tried were, and tasted like, bad gins infused with berries.I can't recommend them.
>>21883736Has anyone had it? Is it truly premium quality?
>>21884185>Gordon's >Premium anything gin
>>21884146This was my understanding as well. I've had it. It's ok. I think I'd use tanq 10 instead, but perhaps angostura + that citrus bomb might be too much on the nose.
>>21884626i've had it with etsu double orange and it seemed to mellow out the citrus flavor, which i thought was pretty strong. i liked it, wish i wasn't towards the end of the bottle when i discovered that.before that i was doing it to beefeater from time to time and it was nice too. reading the wikipedia article it was intentionally made with plymouth gin in mind so i'll have to do that sometime too.
I made myself a gold rush and loved it.Gold rush/bees knees is an amazing cocktail and more people should try it.
>>21885062shite this anon gets it add some salt to it before shaking and try dark colored honey
>>21885062I can't believe I have never heard of this before since my favorite drink is my personal whiskey sour made with rye and maple syrup. I'll make some honey syrup and probably try this today. I have some organic dark wildflower honey that will hopefully work well.
>>21885062i'm doing it now, no honey syrup on me though so i'll use gold syrup and hope for the best. amen
Well I ended up going on a bit of a honey syrup journey today. I first made two different variations of the Three Dots and a Dash with different rum combinations after going down the rabbit hole of how the original "Martinique rum" called for in several classic tiki drinks is not the same as modern Rhum Agricole as it is often translated in modern recipes. The first time I made this drink I didn't find it to be anything special, but for whatever reason today I absolutely loved the version that I made with 1.5 Bharbancourt 8 year and 0.5 Plantation 5 year. Then since I have been on an amaro kick I decided to make another honey syrup drink I have seen floating around but never from any official sources: The Michigander. This bizarre combination of 1 oz applejack, (Laird's BiB 100 proof straight apple brandy) 1 oz Cynar, 0.75 oz lemon juice, and 0.5 oz 3:1 honey syrup is insanely delicious. I don't know how to describe it other than it tastes like the best version of southern American iced tea you can imagine. I have no idea who came up with this or how it got its name but I think this should be a more popular drink.
>>21885564>>21885062started with a little squeeze from my golden syrup bottle at the bottom of the glass + a little boiling water from my kettle to mix it in, followed by ice cold rye and lemon juice. it was solid m8
>>21884071>>21884146>>21884185I made the FAQ, I'll accept any corrections but why bother being so aggressive about it if your own knowledge is imperfect too. Just tell me what you think is wrong, what the correct information is, and I'll double check it and correct the FAQ.
>>2188238890% of the "culture" and discourse surrounding martinis is highly pretentious and paper-thin cover for people who refuse to admit they spend all evening downing glasses of straight gin and vodka.
>>21885650>just tell me what you think is wrong and I'll fact check itIf you're going to fact check stuff to make sure everything's correct then you could double check everything I mentioned and save me and you both some time.>why being so aggressiveIt's a greentext, I don't think it's particularly aggressive.At any rate, cognac is a type of brandy, so it doesn't make sense to suggest purchasing cognac if you're writing that 1. a no-denomination brandy is fine, and 2. you're putting no-denomination brandy among the non essentials list.You could rather put generic brandy in the essentials list and cognac among the non essentials.Martini Rosso and Martini Extra Dry aren't technically vermouths, I seem to remember it's because of the addition of brandy rather than just wine and ethanol, and for as long as I can remember their lower end bottles didn't read "vermouth" anywhere on the label, which was reserved for the special reserve line.That said, I checked their US website and the bottles do read "vermouth"; not sure if that has to do with more lax legal requirements over there or the recipe was changed in recent years, though I'd suggest something less commercial and higher quality like Noilly Prat and Carpano, which, at least here, can be had for similar prices as entry level Martini bottles.Grand Marnier is an orange flavored cognac, not a triple sec, which is an orange flavored neutral spirit.It's not from a higher tier, it's a different product, and it might not work as well as triple sec in a number of recipes starting from the margarita.
I just made up a quick cocktail for my wife for Valentine's Day. Its a dark red color and bretty gud>dealer's choice bourbon 2oz>.75oz lemon juice>1oz Chamberd black raspberry (any berry liqueur will work)>.5oz simple syrup>2-3 dashes grapefruit bitters (any citrus bitters will work)Shake with ice and serve. I am calling it the Soured Love
>>21882456Absolutely subhuman behavior
>>21886063>cognac vs. brandyI've seen cognac appear in more recipes than generic brandy, that's why I put it at the beginning. I'll edit the mention of brandy at the end. However Metaxa definitely has a similar flavor profile to actual cognac, unlike say something like pic related. Personally I put Metaxa there because it's anywhere from half to a third of the price of cognac AND it's stupid easy to find here AND it works well enough for cocktails, unlike the bottle in pic related.HOWEVER if it's not easy to find for other people, I'll edit the mention out, just need more people to confirm. Main idea here is for the stuff mentioned to be accessible.>Martini Rosso and Martini Extra Dry aren't technically vermouths>the bottles do read "vermouth"Well are they or aren't they? Can a second person confirm? Main reason I included them there is again because they're the easiest to get and at the same time all other brands are absent from supermarkets where I am and you'd need to order online. But if they aren't vermouths I'll remove them. When I check the wikipedia article, it counts them there as well for what it's worth.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermouth#Notable_brands>Grand Marnier is an orange flavored cognac, not a triple sec, which is an orange flavored neutral spiritFixed this, thanks, wasn't aware.
>>21881910looks like i've been sneeding with a snifter for a decade now
>>21886534>>21886063Huh, just checked my own bottles. Interestingly the Extra Dry and Bianco say vermouth while the others don't. I'll just touch up the FAQ again.
>>21882456I prosecuted a guy loke this when I interned at a district court in MA. he got arrested for drunk and disorderly (something he'd been arrested for 125 times previously). he blew .688 on the breathalyzer and had to detox for over a week before his blood alcohol level was low enough for him to legally appear in court. he had apparently drank at least a bottle of whiskey a day for the past 30 years. I often wonder what he's up to these days. probably being dead.
>>21886559Fuck it, they call it vermouth on their Italian website as well so I'll leave it in the FAQhttps://www.martini.com/it/it/products/martini-rosso/
>>21886561surprised a guy like that survived a week of cold turkey
>>21886561the human body is fucking insane
>>21881910What's usually served in a snifter? I saw a dude drinking froma glass like that at the bar a few days ago and wondered what it was
>>21886659cognac probably
>>21886561>>21886593>>21886653That fucking crazy. I drink a 6 pack and I have a 2 day hangover.
>>21886534>>21886586>are they vermouth or are they notVermouth is a generic enough name and its definition can vary, so it depends on the specific definition you're using.For the longest time all of their entry level offerings read "l'aperitivo" instead of "vermouth", so I suppose they've changed something in how they make it and now it's a low end vermouth instead of a low end aperitif even by EU standards.
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>>21887215I would just give it the ol' "close enough" treatment. The vast majority of people cant tell and don't care. I enjoy making cocktails and will substitute whatever wines I have laying around for the vermouth that I didn't buy and they usually come out pretty well regardless
>>21888885what do you do for sweet vermouth? dry vermouth i can sort of see with white wine but sweet vermouth is pretty different.
>>21889126You can add small amount of simple to a recipe to make up for the lack of sweet vermouth or you can use a different sweet wine like Moscato
>>21889155but sweet vermouth is also a bit bitter
>>21889253Yeah and so are a lot of sweet wines. Im not going to say its the same drink because it's not but it will sqeak you into the same vein that's close enough (or better)
