Cocktails Please

[C.Dyer]

Old Pal last night:
1 oz Rye, 0.75 oz dry vermouth (Dolin dry), 0.75 oz Campari (actually, I used Gran Clasico), stirred, served up with a lemon peel

I think it's my favorite of the Negroni variations.

[Too Tall]

We wants this so bad RIGHT now and JJmstang left some applejack in my fridge. Hmmm

Making my wife a Marconi Wireless

1 3/4 oz Applejack
3/4 oz Vermouth

2 Healthy Dashes of equal parts Fee Brothers Orange Bitters and Regan's #6 Orange Bitters

Stir, serve up with a flamed orange peel

[ron l edmiston]

--my granddad made some mean applejack..
use to tell me it was for medicinal purposes only.., damn i don't know what's ale'n me..

chugga-lug,

ronnie

[AJPM44]

We wants this so bad RIGHT now and JJmstang left some applejack in my fridge. Hmmm

It is a really good drink, and an extremely fitting name. Always cool when the names of drinks are well thought out.

[zetroc]

I don't know the exact recipe but I had a Bijou in Denver at Le Grand Bistro that was incredible. Gin, vermouth, Chartreuse, citrus. Could drink fifty in a row.

[AJPM44]

Pretty much equal parts of the first three, then a lemon peel garnish with Orange Bitters

[JonSnow]

Ryes:

Michter's
Rittenhouse
Templeton
Willett
Old Overholt (the classic)

Knob Creek has a rye now, too, but I haven't had it.
I'm sure that once I've had coffee I'll think of some more.

For the $ Bulleit is hard to beat.

[GWColo]

I agree with Bulleit value. I just finished a bottle of the Knob Creek, which was pretty good, but not a noticable difference to me. mmmmmmmmmm thinking ahead to tomorrow FAC at home to have a nice Perfect Manhattan. Better get some time on the spin bike tonight to prepare. Way too cold and windy this pm to be riding outside (at least for me).

[Brandon White]

I went back and forth between Bulleit, Knob Creek, and Makers Mark awhile back. I prefer Bulleit. and need a fresh bottle of rye too.

[AJPM44]

Two new drinks this evening.

The May Daisy:
2oz Cognac
1oz lemon juice
.75oz simple syrup
.75oz Green Chartreuse

shake, garnish with mint. This drink is delicious, a new spring/summer favorite.

The other one is a bastardized version of the first one because I put gin in instead of cognac (I had only had one Lagunitas Sucks prior to this, so this is only chalked up to me being a moran). This drink is really good, too. Not as smooth, but a little more biting for people that like more tart drinks.

[C.Dyer]

Two new drinks this evening.

The May Daisy:
2oz Cognac
1oz lemon juice
.75oz simple syrup
.75oz Green Chartreuse

shake, garnish with mint. This drink is delicious, a new spring/summer favorite.

The other one is a bastardized version of the first one because I put gin in instead of cognac (I had only had one Lagunitas Sucks prior to this, so this is only chalked up to me being a moran). This drink is really good, too. Not as smooth, but a little more biting for people that like more tart drinks.

That sounds mighty fine. It's remarkably similar to a Champs Elysees, but absent bitters and with the addition of the mint garnish.

The Champs Elysees:
1.5oz Cognac
0.75oz lemon juice
0.5oz Green Chartreuse
0.5oz simple
Dash or two of angostura
Shake, serve up, lemon twist garnish

A couple nights ago we did some Alt-Fashioneds.

Oaxacan Old Fashioned:
1.5oz Reposado Tequila
0.75oz Mezcal
0.25oz agave syrup
A couple dashes of Mole Bitters
big rock, old fashioned glass, flamed orange peel


Old Tom Fashioned
1.75oz Ransom Old Tom Gin
0.5oz Maraschino
0.25oz simple
Regan's Orange Bitters
big rock, old fashioned glass, orange peel and a cherry

[Todd Amunrud]

2oz of Grand Marnier with 10-12 frozen blueberries as a nightcap. The berries are great if you leave the drink sit for an hour.

[crumpton]

dreamsicle

3 part vanilla stoli
2 part orange liqueur
1 part orange juice(or more for some folks)

shaken with ice

cocktail glass with a bit of orange peel

[sladejw]

For the $, Old Overholt *really* can't be beat.

[C.Dyer]

Made a Chauncey last night, quite enjoyed it.

0.75oz Rye
0.75oz Old Tom Gin
0.75oz Cognac
0.75oz Sweet Vermouth
Orange bitters
stir and strain, up, orange peel garnish.

Yum.

[AJPM44]

That looks like a grown up version of a Long Island Ice Tea. I'll have to try that one once I get another bottle of Hayman's.

[EDS]

Penicillin - 2 ounces blended scotch, 3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice, 3/4 ounce ginger-honey syrup and 1/4 ounce Islay scotch.

[crumpton]

pisco sour last night

2oz pisco(peruvian brandy)
bit of fresh lemon juice
whites of 1 fresh egg
bit of simple syrup

shaken mad with ice

serve in cocktail glass with a few drops angostura bitters

if you do a good job and use a very fresh egg, you will get basically a lemon meringue pie in a cocktail glass.

very nice stuff.

most call for lime, i prefer lemon in this one.

[AJPM44]

Was going to make some Clover Clubs for my wife and brother in law yesterday afternoon, but had no raspberry preserves; so being my wife and family are from Maine, I used blueberry preserves instead.

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[AJPM44]

Cooked up some bacon tonight. Rendered fat went in a mason jar with some Old Overholt. Couple hours later I took some maple syrup that my mom just boiled down, mixed it with the bacon infused rye, added a dash of bittermans coffee bitters, and drank a red eye cocktail. I don't like to "invent"* cocktails, but this is pretty tasty.

*PDT has a Benton's Old Fashioned very similiar to this. But I like red eye gravy, and I have some coffee bitters... so