My personal recipe I developed for an Apple Pie Old Fashioned:4 dashes Angostura1 barspoon cinnamon syrup1 barspoon Licor 43 (or vanilla syrup)1 oz Apple Brandy/Calvados1 oz BourbonOrange peel
>>22278876Sounds nice, any brand of apple brandy you’d recommend?
I want a Negroni
>>22278950I highly recommend Laird's BiB Straight Apple Brandy (100 proof) if you have access to it where you live. I actually live near to where it's produced so it's everywhere here, but I don't know if it is accessible outside of Virginia. Just make sure you get the product labeled apple brandy and not applejack: "Applejack" is not a protected term like "straight apple brandy" is, so their applejack is actually mostly neutral grain spirit with a smaller proportion of brandy while the straight apple brandy is 100% apple distillate.
>>22279798I’ll look for it, thanks!
>>22280429There are plenty of brands aside from Bacardi that still sell 151 proof rum
>>22279798Or you just go for young calvados.
>>22281458VSOP and "straight" are both aged a minimum of 4 years so that would probably be the closest equivalent if you are using Calvados
>>22281518I'd go for VS. The younger the fruitier.
>>22279302Eeyore's Requiem has been my favorite Negroni variation:1 1/2 oz Campari1 oz Blanc vermouth1/2 oz London Dry gin1/4 oz Cynar1/4 oz Fernet Branca2 dashes orange bittersStirred, served up with three orange peels expressed over it and discarded. Sounds insane, but it comes together so well if you like bitter flavors. I got some Amaro Sfumato Rabarbaro recently that I think would be really cool subbed in place of the Cynar.
>>22279302Have a Negroni, have two!>>22281396Any rum and rum cocktails recommendations? I usually just buy spiced Captain Morgan, Bacardi or store brand rum and then drink it over a few months with lime juice, cola or other sour juices, but I want to try something new.
>>22281768>Any rum and rum cocktails recommendations?Depends what you aim for. Light white rums for drinks like daiquiris, aged rums for sipping or heavy rums like Demerara or Jamaican. The problem with many rum cocktails is that they're tiki and often call for many strange ingredients. If you want to start with tiki stick with Trader Vic recipes as they're more accessible. Stuff like the Mai Tai or Scorpion.
>>22281768>Any rum and rum cocktails recommendations?Rum is my favorite spirit so I could go on for hours about my favorite rum drinks. If you are new to rum then I highly recommend Appleton Signature; it's a really solid and cheap Jamaican rum with a mild flavor that works perfectly in many different drinks. One of my favorite drinks of all time is a Queen's Park Swizzle, which is basically a slightly fancier Mojito:Muddle 6-8 mint leaves in a glass2 oz rum1/2 oz lime juice1/2 oz simple/demerara syrup8-10 dashes AngosturaFill glass with crushed or cracked ice and mix, then top with more ice. I also have a recipe for rum punch that is similar but I can't actually remember where I found it:Muddle 6-8 mint leaves in a glass2 1/2 oz rum3/4 oz lemon juice1/2 oz simple/demerara syrup2 oz black tea2-4 dashes AngosturaFill glass with crushed or cracked ice, mix, then top with more ice and a mint sprig.
>>22280429Hamilton & Lemon Hart both make a 151.>>22281768I tend to lean towards the Tiki end of the spectrum, but that's a bit ~involved~ for some people. How many ingredients are you willing to use for a cocktail? I'll try to find some good ones in your range.
>>22281806I know it's a personal preference thing, but for your QPS, do you do the Ango float on top (for visual flair), or just put it in normally before swizzling?Not that you asked, but I float it when I'm making it for someone else, but I just add it normally if it's mine.
>>22281768I recommend Appleton Estate Signature Blend for a first "real" rum. It's available even in supermarkets near me, it's cheap, and it's quite good, especially in stuff like queens park swizzles like >>22281806mentioned.On a related note, am I missing something or does mount gay eclipse kinda suck? I see it mentioned as being analogous to appleton in a lot of recipes but to me it just lacks the same oomph.
>>22282524Re: Mt. G EclipseI think it's one of the better rums that is carried at almost all grocery stores. You don't necessarily have to pick it up from a dedicated liquor store (e.g. Total Wine/BevMo).I agree that it isn't a great rum in general though.The Autumn Daquiri is nice though.
>>22281806The Mai Tai can be a bit involved for a beginner. I'd recommend a Painkiller. The only "exotic" ingredient is the coconut cream.
i'm always trying to find new recipes and youtube is usally the easiest way for me. but some of the ingredients cocktail youtubers pull up are so bizarre to me. i don't mean the liquor bottles, but stuff like celery bitters, "alpine" bitters, tobacco bitters, is that sort of stuff actually easy or at least straightforward to get in america?
>>22278876Made your recipe, 10/10 man. Sadly I couldn't find the brandy you mentioned, so I had to settle.for some cheaper stuff
rum for sipping? i cant keep buying grand marnier and limoncello like a pussy
>>22282687Those bitters do sound weird, definitely a specialty store thing
>>22283595Glad you liked it. I have been on a Licor 43 kick recently and thought it would work perfectly in this application as it would add more depth than just plain vanilla syrup. The brandy just makes it apple pie inspired, you could use rye or just all bourbon in its place to make an equally good holiday spice old fashioned. I want to experiment with maybe adding some allspice dram, but that stuff is super strong and I'm not sure if it will overpower the more subtle flavors present and just make the whole thing taste like allspice.
