Welcome back Naaman. I'm toasting your return with a Diet Coke. You'll just have to imagine there's lots of Rum in it, or Jack.

Well, thank god that's all over.

Woohoo, congrats on a safe return; I raise my glass to you good sir.

ReplicAles from various Indiana Breweries using an old recipe from an Indiana brewery that closed in 1935...love the idea...

That punch looks very good, much better than the name.

Check out the write up in the book, nice read.

I'm lamenting the fact that I cannot use the sloe gin due to being out of dark rum. So more punch. It's very nice. I'm not sure the right mixture of the bubbly though, I'm trying 2:1 and it's nice.

Bog standard Blue Paradise

2 oz Maison Surrenne

1 oz Dubonnet Rouge

1/2 tsp Brizard Parfait Amour

Stir, strain and garnish with lemon peel.

The Parfait Amour has a vanilla flavor that the Creme de Violette lacks. Nice, I like vanilla, especially with a little cognac.

Nice Jim! Nice research!

Eagle Rare. Medium Rare at this point I'd say.

A Vesper

3 oz Blackwoods Gin

1 oz Luksusowa Vodka

1/2 oz Cocchi Americano

Stirred, not shaken, strained into a Martini glass and garnished with a lemon twist.

I think I actually like Vespers better than Martinis, which is big for me.

Cheers Naaman, from Ric and Al

x2 on the cheers to Mr.Naaman, just having a GuldenDraak right now!

Cheers Naaman, from Shelly!

Dang... looks like I am going to need some Parker's around here... was that a group buy? )

I, too, am toasting Naaman's safe return with a beer (Smuttynose pumpkin ale).

The Fish House Punch was an ambitious undertaking Marc, and it sounds great. I have to try some of the alcohol alchemy you are getting up to.

I think I actually like Vespers better than Martinis, which is big for me.

I feel the same way. A nice martini works sometimes but a Vesper is what I prefer more often.

Cheers Naaman, from Shelly!

That is one bigass pic there, Shelly!

Dang... looks like I am going to need some Parker's around here... was that a group buy? )

Naaman started it, actually, but no formal group buy. I cracked a new bottle last night, so maybe you should just come over sometime and knock back a couple.

aquafina.

i am in need of suggestions for red wine. i was told red meat goes with red wine and white meat with white. the interwebs seem to concur. if this is crap suggest something. was invited to a "steak dinner" and was told to bring wine. as you probably all already know, i know nothing about alcohol other than the few sips ive had of the tasty stuff at meets. any suggestions for a bottle i could procure locally? not enough time to place an order online. i dont even know what something like this would cost so keep suggestions sane - south of say $150. i dont know if thats too much or too little or about right. budget is flexible but not $900 flexible. dinner is quite important so id like to stay away from the "bourgeois crap." personally i dont think ill be able to tell the difference between $2 vs $200 wine but the hosts seem to be discerning wine drinkers.

Edited February 24, 201115 yr by crappyjones123

torbreck run rig

That is one bigass pic there, Shelly!

Well, err umm, it is because I am lazy and go to the upload page on imgur where I can reduce the picture size when uploading. If anyone knows who to make imgur automatically always reduce pictures to a reasonable size, please let me know. Thx.

Does not look like it Shelly - you have to keep choosing it... |

(at least chrome resizes it for me when reading)

Edited February 24, 201115 yr by mikeymad

called around. that particular wine isnt available. anything else?

Does anyone have a recommendation on a soda siphon?

yes, I am thinking about trying DIY tonic.

Does anyone have a recommendation on a soda siphon?

yes, I am thinking about trying DIY tonic.

We have an iSi syphon like this one, and quite liked it when we were actively using it. Maybe this is another reason to buy some CO2 cartridges and use it again.

Yes, that looks nice. Added to my Amazon list. Now if I can dodge the crazies at these witch doctor sites and grab me a few ingredients I'll be set.

Looking at the ISI siphons myself. Need to make some foams.

Some Fade to Black Vol 2 with dinner (grilled cheese made with Cabot private stock extra sharp white cheddar, tomatoes, caramelized onions, grilled garlic, pesto, and goat cheese... unfortunately not on very good bread though)

Savoy has some strange ingredients... fun stuff to research when the time comes:

Prunelle Brandy

Hercules

Groseille

Caperitif

Sirop-de-Citron

Byrrh

Lithia Water

Charbreux

Rock Candy Syrup

Oxygenee Cusenier

Eau de Vie de Danzig

Pricota

Forbidden Fruit Liqueur

Edited February 25, 201115 yr by luvdunhill