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
Division Bell! It’s punchy and tart with the citrus and slightly bitter aperol, and the mezcal gives a really welcome smoky flavor. I add just a quarter oz simple to the standard recipe, otherwise I find it a little dry.
-1 ounce mezcal -3/4 ounce Aperol -1/4 ounce Luxardo maraschino liqueur -3/4 ounce lime juice, freshly squeezed -1/4 ounce simple syrup
-Add ingredients to a shaker with ice, shake well before straining into a coupe and garnishing with a grapefruit twist
Well,
99,9% Ethanol, for cleaning and extracting shit.
I dont drink poison lol
I’m a big IPA guy. Especially at 99% great to clean 3D printer bed and flux from PCBs.
And for extracting Terpenes and Cannabinoids ;D
Old Fashioned, when the bar is stocked enough and the barman knows, then Smoke & Cigars
Black Russian is my thing most of the time. Also gin sour without egg is great.
Anything spicy or peppery. I’m pretty basic. Jalapeños are enough, but if you’re creative about it, so much the better.
Mai Tai. All the joy of vacationing on a beach, without the beach.
Lots of good cocktails in here. Going to plug !cocktails@lemmy.world for everyone to check out and contribute these cocktails, too.
I’m partial to the New Orleans cocktails. If I’m making a Sazerac, I like this variation.
On the whole, though, my favorite has to be the Vieux Carré
- 3/4 oz rye
- 3/4 oz cognac
- 3/4 oz sweet vermouth
- 1/3 oz Bénédictine D.O.M
- 2 dashes Peychaud’s bitters
- 1 dash Angostura bitters
- Optional absinthe rinse (I usually keep some absinthe in an atomizer because I refuse to throw out perfectly good absinthe)
Serve in a rocks glass with a lemon twist
At the same time, though, my love for bitter sometimes draws me to a Bonsoni:
- 2 oz Carpano Antica vermouth
- 1/2 oz Fernet Branca
Replace the Grapefruit from your Paloma with some Japaleno brine and it’s my current go to
I quit drinking a while ago, but before I did I was exploring quite a few different things. Kind of amazing how much different alcohol there is.
Some highlights:
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Belgian beers. Trappist stand out in this field but it is very difficult to go wrong. This encompasses very high quality beers (best in the world, IMHO) of dizzying variety. Sour (NOT bitter like an IPA…SOUR), fruit beers (lambic), wheat, doubles, triples, reds, browns, and more. Here is a nice guide.
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Rye whiskey. several varieties exist and most of them very unique tasting. Search enough and you’ll find some very unusual ones.
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Vodka martinis. The drunk’s drink.
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Sipping tequila. Costco had some sort of house brand that was amazing. I only recommend agave but there are less good varieties.
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Bloody Marys. Some places make these with so much food in them they could be a meal. I like spicy.
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Ouzo chased by Coke is an amazing taste. Try it sometime if you never have.
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Pepper vodka. I had some I bought in Ukraine (years ago) that was amazing. Pepper meaning spicy pepper not black pepper. Do not buy the absolut version it is shit.
No shit that Kirkland brand añejo is absolutely a good sipper!
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Visit us at https://lemmy.world/c/cocktails
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.
Dark & Stormy is my favorite, from what I’ve tried
A Right Hand.
You have to make it yourself though because unfortunately no one knows what the hell this delicious drink is.
Scotch and soda.
