Or what has been your go to lately? I’m usually a whiskey and ginger kinda guy but I’m trying to branch out a little these days. What’re you drinking?
Currently sipping on a Paloma:
- 1.5 oz Tequila (blanco)
- .5oz lime juice
- 4 oz Grapefruit soda (Jarritos today)
- Pinch of salt
An Ethicurean. I genuinely believe it’s the perfect cocktail but I’ve only ever come across it in a single bar in all my life.
- Serves 1
- ice cubes
- lemon ¼
- thyme 2 sprigs plus 1 to serve
- honey 1 tsp
- vodka 25ml
- apple juice 100ml
I dunno about favorite, but my go-tos are an Old Fashioned in the fall and winter, and a Tom Collins in spring and summer.
Those become a Manhattan or an Aviation if I’m feeling fancy or just want to mix it up.
Gimlets with homemade lime cordial if I’m trying to get hammered. Alternatively: death in the afternoon to black out
Dark n stormy with lemon hart 151 and a couple dashes of ango if I’m feeling lazy
Old fashioneds with a nice barrel proof bourbon to unwind
Amaretto sour for something sweet
Vieux carre if I want vermouth
There’s a whole wide world of fancy booze out there, I couldn’t pick just one favorite lol
All time favorite: Jungle Bird. The perfect mix of tiki drink in spirit but with a punch and grown up flavors!
Also love me a Bee’s Knees with some high quality gin and honey. There’s a fantastic New England distillery called Barr Hill that makes gin from honey, which makes for an extra amazing one.
I’ve really been enjoying the “Sour” format lately, too. Very versatile with all the random liquors or lower-proof alcohols I’ve collected over the past few years making random drinks.
Good whisky, neat
Decent whisky, bitters, club soda, ice in a short glass.
Gin, flavored fizzy (LaCroix etc), splash of lime juice, ice
Gin shaken with ice, small rinse of dry vermouth in glass, 3-4 blue cheese olives
4:3:3:4 añejo tequila, grand Marnier, key west lime juice, honey simple (50/50 honey and water) shaken or blended with ice. (Could sub honey for sugar free sweetener to be “healthy”)
Daytime: Caeser
Nighttime: Negroni or Manhattan
Those are my go to as well, except bloody Mary, but similar to a Caesar.
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I love a Paloma and agree, Jarritos and fresh lime, absolutely.
My current favorite is an adjusted Paper Plane
2 parts bourbon
1 part Aperol
1 part Amaro Nonino
1 part fresh lemon juice
Shaken with ice, served up.
I like the sound of that. Needs to be bitter, otherwise I chug them !
I quite like salty margaritas and dirty martinis.
If you want bitter use fresh grapefruit juice, the sodas have enough sugar for a sweet/tart balance I enjoy but fresh is a lot more “dry.”
Try a salt and pepper martini. They changed my mind about gin
Amoretto sour or gin gin
By far, Negroni.
1/3 dark vermouth 1/3 Campari 1/3 gin
Add to a low and wide glass with a fair amount of ice. Smoked rosemary and orange peel for extra infusion of flavour and stir.
You can experiment with the brands and types of vermouth and gin but Campari stays.
Replace the gin with bourbon and it becomes a boulivardier! That’s one of my favorites.
My house does a lot of Negroni variations. I will often swap the Campari for Ramazzotti or Cappelletti to dial down the bitterness and add some herbal notes. Also works great as a Boulevardier or with mezcal.
You can have my bottle of campari, I LOVE gin but a Negroni? Nah, that shit is like drinking cough medicine from the 1800s sans heroin.
Personally a fan of the Sonic Screwdriver, because I like my drinks like I like my ladies: sweet, bubbly, geeky as hell, and able to knock my ass out.
2 parts Sprite
2 parts orange juice
1 part vanilla vodka
1 part Blue Curaçao
Combine and serve in a highball glass on the rocks.
Is the sun up? Bloody Mary
Is the sun down? Extra dirty gin martini. Preferably Hendricks or Botanist.
I’m sober now, but back when I drank I always loved a martini made with equal parts gin and sweet vermouth with a splash of grenadine and a maraschino cherry.
If you’re ok with bitter flavors, I’m a big fan of the Negroni.
I prefer mine straight up so it doesn’t dilute too much.
I prefer its big sibling the Boulevardier.
- 1.5 parts bourbon or rye
- 1 part campari
- 1 part sweet vermouth. I prefer Carpano Antica
Express an orange peel over and garnish with it
But if I have good rye I’m making a Manhattan so there’s a booze cherry as “dessert”.
I don’t drink hard liquor any more, but even when I did, I didn’t drink cocktails, but did get a tiny bit fancy on straight whiskey.
Rye, mid or top shelf. Chilled glass with a whiskey stone. Sometimes with a beer.
Salmiakki, keep it classic.
Oh look it’s a Finn. The premade salmiakkikossu or home made turkinpippuri infusion?
Koskenkorva, I haven’t tried steeping my own.
