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Nice Spritz Shelly. The Sparkling water is a nice tweak. Decided to try a Barbara West Cocktail 2 oz gin 1 oz sherry 1/2 oz lemon juice 1 dash Angostura bitters Shake in an iced cocktail shaker and double strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist. About as good as its name, mediocre.

Been wanting to try an Arnaud's Special Cocktail with the Compass Box Asyla ever since Marc's glowing recommendation. So 2oz Asyla, 1oz Dubonnet Rouge, 3 dashes Fee Brother's Orange Bitters Recipe says shake but I stirred and garnished with an orange twist. If I had three thumbs, they would all be up. Marc has good taste.

The absolute strap from Tom Bihn is the schiznit. It makes the airboss perfect. The standard Red Oxx strap works great on the gator and metro but was not that great on the airboss. The Tom Bihn absolute strap fixed that.

Blackwoods Gin, Dolin dry Martini, 6:1 It is not crap.

G & T - Junipero and Fever Tree

Mmmmm ... Stagg. Nice.

Tom Bihn: Absolute Shoulder Strap, Side Effect and Snake Charmer. Emotiva: XDA-1

Almagoozlum comparison using Boomsma Oude (left) and Anchor Genevieve (right) same recipe as previous but reduced the gum syrup from 3/4 to 1/4 oz. As far as I can tell no difference between the two. Makes sense given some of the other highly flavored booze in there. Still a bit sweet but definitely not a pansy drink based upon alcohol content. I want to order one of these in bar, perhaps soon. What did you think of it Al?

Old curmudgeon ale

Since you guys are out west of here you may want to give the rendezvous rye from High West distillery a try. Just sayin'. The alamagoozlum is a bit sweet but it is pretty layered in tastes and goes down pretty easy. I want to compare the Oude and Genevieve in it side by side. Maybe tonight if I get home at a reasonable hour.

First did a quick comparison of the Boomsma Oude (old) and the Genevieve The Boomsma Oude is more subdued than the Genevieve and has less bite. To be expected given the oak barrel aging of the Boomsma. Nevertheless, the Genevieve appears to be a true Genever as the basic flavor profile to me is about the same. Next a cocktail I have been wanting to mix for a while The Alamagoozlum Cocktail 1/4 egg white 1 oz genever (Boomsma Oude) 1 oz water (ddi) 3/4 oz Jamaican rum (Smith and Cross Navy Proof) 3/4 oz yellow Chartreuse or green Chartreuse (Green) 3/4 oz gomme syrup (Scrappy's) 1/4 oz Curaçao (Gabriel Boudier Dijon) 1/4 oz Angostura bitters Shake hard and long (no comments) with ice in a cocktail shaker. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. (I cut the recipe in half as it was supposed to make three)

Heh, I thought the warning was nice so I left it on. I missed the knife earlier Shelly and agree with Al that it does not look gaudy. I love the handle.

Nice! I noticed the ingredients for a few other Anvil cocktails have also been acquired.

Pink Gin Definitely better with Plymouth. As for the Genever, I am going to look for the Boomsma Oude and the Genevieve and do a comparison. Now who can argue with that!

So now that I almost have my life back there are a few cocktails I would like to mix up that call for Genever. Any favorite brands?

^^^ This. Also used to be a matte fanboi, but now it's glossy FTW.

Happy Birthday Mike. Wishing many more birthdays with copious amounts of malted grain beverages. And some hops.

No the palm was only for the fact that she immediately had us wrapped around her paws. We only do rescues. Our current dog is a 14 year old Rottweiler/lab mix, who just happens to also be the world's most laid back canine. When we got him he had mange so bad that his blood went sceptic. At that time he fit in my hand. Now he weighs 92 lbs.

Well even though it is costing a bit, technically we just filled out the paperwork to adopt a female German shorthair pointer from the Coles County animal shelter.

Damn I've been away too long. Congratulations on finishing the list Al. That Zombie picture is epic! When the fuck did they change the software? And what happened to my Last.FM list?

I use the gator as my daily carry bag to work. Holds my iPad, MBA, s95, pico amp/DAC, sunglasses, water bottle, plus an insert for a few pens, MBA power supply, etc. It is a great little bag.

Happy Late Birthday Wishes to You John.

Marc just wants everybody to buy Bihn so his first FOTM gets even bigger.

FFF Alpha King