Time for a cocktail! (3 Viewers)

[Mrs Poker Zombie]

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

It's pulled back at the nape of his neck. When it hung down freely with that hat he looked like a beatnik.

 

[Big Jilm]

 

[Big Jilm]

 

[Indyscammer]

 

[BlueChipSpecial]

Breakfast martinis also make a fantastic dessert:

(not my photo)

 

[Mongoose]

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A delicious looking Bloody Mary @Big Jilm! The shrimp are a nice touch. Did you drop in the Secret Aardvark to make it a spicy mary?!!!

 

[RichMahogany]

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

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Here’s recent pic of mine from a few weeks ago

 

[toothpic]

Here’s recent pic of mine from a few weeks ago

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Now I really want a drink. Recipe please!

 

[RichMahogany]

Now I really want a drink. Recipe please!

For this one it was:

1.5 oz bourbon
0.75 oz. fresh lemon juice
0.50 oz simple syrup
One egg white

Dry shake, wet shake, and serve. To get the “garnish” on top to look right, you need to use a dropper for the bitters. Used these specs because that coupe is actually meant for champagne and is a bit small.

 

[toothpic]

For this one it was:

1.5 oz bourbon
0.75 oz. fresh lemon juice
0.50 oz simple syrup
One egg white

Dry shake, wet shake, and serve. To get the “garnish” on top to look right, you need to use a dropper for the bitters. Used these specs because that coupe is actually meant for champagne and is a bit small.

The egg white wasn't an ingredient I expected. Is that what gives it the extra volume of foam? What does it do for the taste?

 

[RichMahogany]

The egg white wasn't an ingredient I expected. Is that what gives it the extra volume of foam? What does it do for the taste?

There would be zero foam like that without the egg white.

It doesnot really add much flavor to the drink, it’s mostly for presentation and texture. It’s not the same without it.

There’s also aquafaba or whatever it’s called that’s a vegan alternative but I’ve never tried it

 

[Brandon]

Winter truffle infused Bulleit Rye, Luxardo blend, Pecan, honey, 24 K gold dust

 

[Big Jilm]

A delicious looking Bloody Mary @Big Jilm! The shrimp are a nice touch. Did you drop in the Secret Aardvark to make it a spicy mary?!!!

Indeed I did!

 

[SteveEH]

Here’s recent pic of mine from a few weeks ago

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Nice artwork with the bitters!

 

[RichMahogany]

Nice artwork with the bitters!

Thanks! Just made 3 more

 

[Poker Zombie]

I have not been a fan of the egg white cocktail - it's just a lot of extra work (separating/saving yolks) for very little payoff.

@RichMahogany has just changed my mind.

 

[jpd527]

Anybody here make their own bitters? Got into it a few years back - it's surprisingly easy and opens up a lot of options for cocktail variations. Habanero bitters and tobacco bitters are especially fun ones.

 

[Mrs Poker Zombie]

Anybody here make their own bitters? Got into it a few years back - it's surprisingly easy and opens up a lot of options for cocktail variations. Habanero bitters and tobacco bitters are especially fun ones.

I'd like to know how, please.

 

[jpd527]

I'd like to know how, please.

Here's a recipe for the habanero bitters: http://cocktailhacker.com/?p=954 the only change I'd recommend is not using the powder form of the chinchona bark because straining will be more difficult with the powder. They're great in a tequila sunrise or margarita.
Here's a recipe for the tobacco bitters: http://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2011/03/smoking-ban-bitters.html?m=1 but do NOT NOT NOT use the bay essential oil at all, it will ruin the whole thing and I think it was mistakenly added to the recipe post. They're great in a Jack and Coke or any whiskey cocktail.

The jist of most bitters recipes is just adding a main flavor ingredient or two, a couple complementary flavors, and some roots or barks for the bitterness all to a mason jar, add two cups of a strong (usually neutral) alcohol, shake daily for two weeks and then strain with cheese cloth. Mountain Rose Herbs carries some of the harder to find ingredients, though you can find a lot of them at places like Mom's Organic or H-mart.

This is where I like to get the dropper bottles for my bitters: https://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=32476

 

[detroitdad]

 

[SteveEH]

@RichMahogany my bitters art is not happening with shaky hands. Maybe this one will "straighten me out" and the next will be better

 

[RichMahogany]

@RichMahogany my bitters art is not happening with shaky hands. Maybe this one will "straighten me out" and the next will be better

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It looks good to me

 

[Big Jilm]

 

[Beakertwang]

Old Fashioned variation from a nearby restaurant: bourbon, earl gray honey syrup, chocolate bitters. A bit sweeter than I prefer, but still really nice.

 

[detroitdad]

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I like that presentation!

 

[detroitdad]

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I like that presentation

 

[WedgeRock]

Orange Crush

• Rocks glass with crushed ice. Windy Crest glass works best.
• Cut an orange in half and then in quarters, squeeze the juice from the orange into the glass (get all the oils and zest and pulp), leave the peels inside. In a pinch, you can use 2 oz of OJ, but it's not as good.
• Add 2 (or 3) ounces of bourbon
• Splash with ginger ale

 

[Irish]

Margarita night! Currently on #3...

 

[RichMahogany]

Coruscant Cooler

 

[detroitdad]

Five o'clock somewhere

Strawberry margaritas