Time for a cocktail! (5 Viewers)

[MatB]

Can’t find my old recipe.

Winging it for a sidecar

 

[MatB]

Ok. 1st was great but missing simple syrup

I remember now I modified Bills lemon drop cocktail to bourbon.

Round 2 ( with simple syrup and better proportions)

2oz bourbon
1oz Cointreau
1.5oz fresh lemon juice
1oz simple syrup
Dash of orange bitters

 

[TomC727]

Words cannot describe how wonderful this Manhattan is.

 

[MatB]

Words cannot describe how wonderful this Manhattan is.

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I have the ingredients.


What amounts of each? Stirred/ shaken?

 

[TomC727]

I have the ingredients.


What amounts of each? Stirred/ shaken?

I made a double.

Standard...

2oz rye
1oz vermouth
3 dashes bitters.
stir over ice and pour over a single ice cube.

 

[SteveEH]

Words cannot describe how wonderful this Manhattan is.

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I always make my Manhattan's with bourbon because I can drink the rye ones like a glass of water :|

Obviously, that won't end well...

 

[SteveEH]

 

[Klobberer]

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Normally I'd day if there are no pics, it didn't happen. In this case, if there's no recipe, it didn't happen!

 

[MatB]

Have a head cold and minimal ingredients so I’m improvising

2oz Bourbon
1/2oz black currant liquor
2 luxardo cherries and little bit of the syrup

Stir with ice.

Not bad

 

[SteveEH]

Manhattan with my last luxardo cherry and my last bottle of carpano antica is 1/2 gone :|

Apparently both ingredients are "on the boat" when I ask around...

 

[Klobberer]

Manhattan with my last luxardo cherry and my last bottle of carpano antica is 1/2 gone :|

Apparently both ingredients are "on the boat" when I ask around...

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If you can't find Luxardos, try Amarena Fabbri. I think they're better. Available on Amazon.

 

[Skoshy]

Vodka Blush

2 1⁄2 ounces vodka
3⁄4 ounce fresh lime juice
1 dash grenadine

Fill shaker 2/3 with fresh ice.
Go light on the grenadine, it's more like a few drops. Maybe 1/4 tsp?. Look at the picture, it's very pale.
Add ingredients.
Shake and strain into chilled cocktail glass.

“Originally appeared in the 1968 film, "Rosemary's Baby," Be sure to spill some on the carpet in memory of Roman Castevet.”

 

[SteveEH]

Another Manhattan with the rye instead of bourbon.

 

[AlbinoDragon]

Another Manhattan with the rye instead of bourbon.

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Easily my favorite cocktail!



Maybe it's apocryphal, maybe I remember the quote incorrectly, but I recall hearing/reading once that a proper Manhattan is made with rye as "no Yannkee would have a drink made with that southern whiskey."






I have a love/hate relationship with this thread. Not that I need reason, but it makes me want to make damn near every drink people post here.

 

[SteveEH]

After a big night of oiling and rubbing (My new chip. Only my new chip.), this sour is well deserved.

 

[Schmendr1ck]

I may or may not have made a @Leonard margarita tonight.

 

[bergs]

Got me a big ole citrus press and also made some Leonardritas.

 

[Schmendr1ck]

Got me a big ole citrus press and also made some Leonardritas.

I just use this style and it seems to do well.

I'm afraid if I get anything easier, I might start drinking these all the time.

 

[bergs]

I just use this style and it seems to do well.

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I'm afraid if I get anything easier, I might start drinking these all the time.

There is something weirdly satisfying about pulling the handle on the big press and looking forward to the tasty beverage that will assuredly ensue.

 

[Billy Baroo]

Isn’t today’s choice obvious?

Absent from the pic are the brave limes that sacrificed their lives so I could make a proper margarita!

 

[Big Jilm]

Isn’t today’s choice obvious?View attachment 906720Absent from the pic are the brave limes that sacrificed their lives so I could make a proper margarita!

My blue agave expired in 2020, lol. I dropped a sugar cube in instead. Not as good, but It'll do. I've got Don Julio Silver, Grand marnier, 1/2 lime, splash of water, and a salt/tajin rim. Happy CInco de Mayo!

 

[Billy Baroo]

I just looked…my blue agave expired a few months ago lol

It’s still a great margarita!

I used the Cabo anejo because the only other bottle of tequila I currently have is a private barrel Don Julio extra anejo and I refuse to use that in a mixed drink…REFUSE!

 

[Mrs Poker Zombie]

My blue agave expired in 2020

my blue agave expired a few months ago lol

Expired?? You all are not drinking fast enough!

 

[Billy Baroo]

I only drink tequila a handful of days each year…Mrs Baroo says I get mean on tequila so I predominately drink bourbon/rye lol

 

[Big Jilm]

Expired?? You all are not drinking fast enough!

I bought my blue agave at Costco. Never again.....it comes with 2 HUGE bottles!!

 

[Big Jilm]

I only drink tequila a handful of days each year…Mrs Baroo says I get mean on tequila so I predominately drink bourbon/rye lol

Yo tambien

 

[DoubleEagle]

Derby day.

 

[Big Jilm]

Too lazy to polish the cups, lol. Maybe next year!

 

[Mrs Poker Zombie]

 

[Schmendr1ck]

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@Poker Zombie is your hair tucked under your hat, or did you have a moment of weakness and visit a barber shop?