Still trying to work my calendar to make this happen!
Time for a cocktail! (5 Viewers)
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Still trying to work my calendar to make this happen!
Klobberer
Full House
Does anyone else get pissed off at cloudy ice?
Poker Zombie
Royal Flush
Does anyone else get pissed off at cloudy ice?
I only get pissed when there is ice in my drink.
Nex
Flush
Seeing all these fancy drinks and ingredients... I don't fit in here at all 
I'm drinking at home way more often than at a bar, so it's mostly me who has to prepare the drinks. Being a software engineer and hence lazy by nature (what can be automated gets automated!) I'm of course going for the easy-to-make drinks with easy-to-buy ingredients that still taste good.
Summer time - El Cheapo Mojito. Peppermint plucked from the ever-regrowing supply on my balcony garden, ice cubes instead of crushed ice 'cause I don't have an ice crusher. Limes luckily are among the few exotic fruit my small local supermarket carries, and they have brown sugar as well. 5€ El Cheapo white rum 'cause you don't taste it in the mix anyway.
Winter time - Dude's Laziest White Russian. There's no such thing as half'n'half milk/cream here so I just go for straight milk - cream goes bad way too fast. Getting hold of a bottle of Kahlua is not that easy but with my preferred mixing ratio (1 Kahlua : 2 Vodka : 3 Milk) one bottle lasts for a good while. Vodka is a 5€ El Cheapo brand (I call it "Below Russian Standard", lol) that tastes like glass cleaner when drinking pure, doesn't matter in the mix though since the Kahlua flavor completely runs over it anyway.
In before potential drinking problem comments.
(do keep in mind I live in Bavaria where beer is considered staple food)
I'm drinking at home way more often than at a bar, so it's mostly me who has to prepare the drinks. Being a software engineer and hence lazy by nature (what can be automated gets automated!) I'm of course going for the easy-to-make drinks with easy-to-buy ingredients that still taste good.
Summer time - El Cheapo Mojito. Peppermint plucked from the ever-regrowing supply on my balcony garden, ice cubes instead of crushed ice 'cause I don't have an ice crusher. Limes luckily are among the few exotic fruit my small local supermarket carries, and they have brown sugar as well. 5€ El Cheapo white rum 'cause you don't taste it in the mix anyway.
Winter time - Dude's Laziest White Russian. There's no such thing as half'n'half milk/cream here so I just go for straight milk - cream goes bad way too fast. Getting hold of a bottle of Kahlua is not that easy but with my preferred mixing ratio (1 Kahlua : 2 Vodka : 3 Milk) one bottle lasts for a good while. Vodka is a 5€ El Cheapo brand (I call it "Below Russian Standard", lol) that tastes like glass cleaner when drinking pure, doesn't matter in the mix though since the Kahlua flavor completely runs over it anyway.
In before potential drinking problem comments.
(do keep in mind I live in Bavaria where beer is considered staple food)
Does anyone else get pissed off at cloudy ice?
Yes... Been working on my ice technique. Do you just freeze a block and cut them?
links_slayer
4 of a Kind
Recently got turned on to the “transfusion”
Vodka (double)
Fill glass w/ ginger ale almost to the top of the glass
Splash of grape juice (or cranberry juice)
So goddamn good.
Vodka (double)
Fill glass w/ ginger ale almost to the top of the glass
Splash of grape juice (or cranberry juice)
So goddamn good.
Klobberer
Full House
Wintersmiths did it first, but is very expensive. Others are doing it cheaper now. Trick is to freeze from one direction with a heat sink so the air bubbles can be forced out of the mold.
Experimental Lagarita
1oz lime juice
2oz tequila (I used Jimador repasado)
.5oz Cointreau (triple Sec)
.5oz Harlequin (curacao'ish)
.5oz agave syrup
Float 4-6oz Mexican lager
It's a bit heavy on agave flavor...I think I need to use a Blanco tequila and maybe only .25oz agave, or use simple instead.
1oz lime juice
2oz tequila (I used Jimador repasado)
.5oz Cointreau (triple Sec)
.5oz Harlequin (curacao'ish)
.5oz agave syrup
Float 4-6oz Mexican lager
It's a bit heavy on agave flavor...I think I need to use a Blanco tequila and maybe only .25oz agave, or use simple instead.
RichMahogany
Straight Flush
Liquid lunch
Klobberer
Full House
This is why mint juleps are served in silver cups, looks like swamp water...but soooo
good!
RichMahogany
Straight Flush
Mezcal Last Word with a side of Fernet Branca
I need to spring for some green chartreuse.
Drinking a couple of maple old fashioned to start the evening, but I'm going to cap it off with a Trinidad Sour...looking forward to trying it.
RichMahogany
Straight Flush
Oooooh! I love egg white cocktails! Post pics if you can
Will do, unfortunately I don't have coupe glass...won't look as pretty in my stemless martini glass but it'll do the trick.
RowdyRawhide
Full House
I'm not sure I could drink a drink based in angostura bitters. Dont get me wrong I like using them for other drinks and I have some orange and cherry bitters as well. Does the egg white just make frothy or does it add something else
. Dont get me wrong I like using them for other drinks and I have some orange and cherry bitters as well. Does the egg white just make frothy or does it add something else
RichMahogany
Straight Flush
I'm not sure I could drink a drink based in angostura bitters
Mostly adds a silky texture
I'm not sure I could drink a drink based in angostura bitters
You ought to try it, it's actually quite sweet and smooth up front with a finish that lingers and becomes more sour and bitter over time. It's less bitter than a Negroni/Boulevardier, I feel like the Campari in those smacks your pallette up front. I think the egg white helped with the mouth feel as well.
Klobberer
Full House
Just tried one with the egg white...a little dry on the tongue for me. I'll save my bitters for my old fashioneds.
Yeah it's definitely a dryer drink
RichMahogany
Straight Flush
Just got back home from making a cocktail on live TV. Damn, it was nerve wracking! Feeling a little shakey from the experience.
What did you make?
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