Favorite two ingredient cocktail?
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Luksusowa is an under-rated vodka for the price. I am draining my 1.75 liter bottle by making Cosmos consisting of Luksusowa and Pama pomegranate liqueur!
Thats my go to. Very, very underrated.
The Paloma is my go to.
Tequila and grapefuit Soda (Squirt if you have it) It does need a squeeze of lime but its not essential.
I prefer Grapefuit Juice and a splash of clubsoda but if I don't have club soda I'm ok with just Grapefuit juice.
If you can find it Tobasco in the green bottle (includes horseradish) makes a really good Bloody Mary mix.
LOL. I'm not a fan of Vermouth either. I think i may put a drop or 2 in sometimes non at all.
If you get a chance try a Mexican Mule with Tequila. I like the ginger beer from Aldi. Its much cheaper and not as sweet with a bit more bite.
Thanks to a thread a week or so ago on this board, I scored a few bottles of Legent bourbon. It is sublime. I prefer it over Pappy. An ice cube is my second ingredient.
And I love me a dry martini. I'm using Japanese Raku gin with a drop of sake as my Asian martini, garnished with a slice of cucmber. My regular martini is Hendrick's gin with a drop of vermouth, garnished with olives.
And I love me a dry martini. I'm using Japanese Raku gin with a drop of sake as my Asian martini, garnished with a slice of cucmber. My regular martini is Hendrick's gin with a drop of vermouth, garnished with olives.
I tried to find Legent locally (South Jersey) but to no avail.
Try the Hendrick's Gin martini with a drop or two of St Germain and then garnish with a cucumber slice or preferrably, some small diced cucumber in the drink. It's my go to breakfast.
Assuming garnishes do not count, I'd go with the "Jose's Way" Gin and Tonic:
In stemless cabernet glass, place one jumbo size ice cube, one slice lime, lemon zest or lemon verbina leaves, and several gently bruised juniper berries. Add one jigger Hendricks. Add one bottle Fever Tree tonic water.
Or, subject to the same caveat, the only permissible libation for the first Saturday in May:
1. On Friday, take 12 fresh mint leaves and place them in a mason jar; gently bruise with them with a wooden spoon.
2. Add 3 oz simple syrup, which can be made by combining equal parts water and sugar over low heat until the sugar dissolves.
3. Add 8 oz bourbon.
4. Refrigerate the mixture overnight.
5. At approximately 5pm on Saturday, fill you silver (pewter, if you must) Jefferson Cup with crushed ice, which facilitates a more rapid cooling of the beverage.
6. Garnish with several fresh mint leaves.
The recipe multiples well if more than one is to be served.
In stemless cabernet glass, place one jumbo size ice cube, one slice lime, lemon zest or lemon verbina leaves, and several gently bruised juniper berries. Add one jigger Hendricks. Add one bottle Fever Tree tonic water.
Or, subject to the same caveat, the only permissible libation for the first Saturday in May:
1. On Friday, take 12 fresh mint leaves and place them in a mason jar; gently bruise with them with a wooden spoon.
2. Add 3 oz simple syrup, which can be made by combining equal parts water and sugar over low heat until the sugar dissolves.
3. Add 8 oz bourbon.
4. Refrigerate the mixture overnight.
5. At approximately 5pm on Saturday, fill you silver (pewter, if you must) Jefferson Cup with crushed ice, which facilitates a more rapid cooling of the beverage.
6. Garnish with several fresh mint leaves.
The recipe multiples well if more than one is to be served.
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I've tried several ginger beers but keep going back to Cock & Bull as my favorite.
Vodka & Cranberry.....The first destroys my liver and the second cleanses it.
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Beer and tomato juice or a good Bloody Mary mix is super underrated. Tastes great
And doesn’t hit as hard as vodka. My Army buddy from Cali called them bloody beers, but you can find on a lot of menus as a michelada variant...
I think I’d drink 9 of these in the 19th then fall over dead.The ole' Greyhound. Fresh squeezed Ruby Red and Absolut. Used to have members bringing us bushels. Now I would need a bottle of Omeprazole too though.
I've never seen that around here. My favorite for all tonics and ginger beer is fever tree but they are a little pricey.
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Smirnoff & ice with a Resin back.
Holy sh*t dude.
Gotta say, when I was in Madrid, they have bars that just serve Vermouth and I grew to love it.
It is more of a drinking vermouth rather than a mixing one, and it was great.
I love Spain, and miss it. We have lots of friends there, luckily all are ok at this time.
All I know is that I have a feeling I am gonna get hammered tonite -looking at all these recipes
Nice attention to detail. I find that often it’s the quality of the mixer which is more important than the quality of the booze. A good tonic makes for a good G & T
I used to drink Captain Morgan and pineapple juice in my early 20s when I worked at a liquor store. I loved that one but don’t think I’ve had it in 25 or so years.
If a can of that stuff can be one ingredient I’d mix with vodka and enjoy a John Daly.
Many years ago my dad frequently tended my uncle's bar. He had a perfume atomizer filled with dry vermouth. For a dry martini he'd pour gin or vodka into a shaker filled with ice, shake it until cold, then spray a mist of vermouth into the air and run the glass through the mist before straining the alcohol into the glass.
Boodles Gin, lemon-lime seltzer and extra limes, along with a good view of the sunset...….
