2008 Thorne Clarke Barossa Shiraz

with a centipede in it. ugh

There's a tequila joke in there somewhere.

Goose island bourbon county stout.

with a centipede in it. ugh

Gumballhead. What a great summer beer.

Tall glass of Simply Lemonade before some post cinco blackberry margaritas.

Yeehaw.

Bobby T. Bruce

Gordon Biersch Marzen at the ballgame. Willie Mays' 80th birthday today. He's the greatest.

Rum Old Fashioned

Since Marc did not like the Aperol Sour I went with the following.

The Paperol Original recipe by Goncalo de Sousa Monteiro

   1 1/2 oz Aperol

   1/2 oz dry gin

   2 bar spoons Cointreau

   1/2 oz lime juice

Shake with ice and strain into chilled cocktail glass.

Garnish with an Orange Twist.

The idea was putting some more depth into a fine starter, the Aperol Sour. The first step was using Cointreau instead of sugar, yielding an “Aperol-Car.” A splash of dry gin added further depth. Some years later I discovered the exact same ingredients in different ratios on the bar menu of Negroni in Munich: a drink by Mauro Mahjoub, named “Modigliani” and dated 1995.

Nice looking drink Jim.

I am still working my way through Anvil.

Singapore Sling

I used the recipe from "Vintage"

2 oz Bluecoat gin

3/4 oz Cherry Heering

2 tsp Benedictine

2 tsp Cointreau

2 oz pineapple juice

3/4 oz lime juice

2 dashes of grenadine

1 dash Angostura bitters

Splash of soda water on top

The drink is pretty good but nowhere near as good as a fruity drink like the Zombie.

Edited May 7, 201115 yr by shellylh

That sounds good Jim. Maybe an Oz of gin would be even better.

Giants win in the 9th so Willie didn't have to be embarrassed!

Celebrating back home:

coffee...but just you wait...

Congrats on the Giants win Al and an excellent celebratory drink.

Nice looking sling Shelly and I agree the zombie is better.

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Congrats to Al's Giants-

Congrats to Shelly's new guitar-

Congrats to Naaman's beemer-

2005 Pedras, Ristow Estate Cabernet. Now that the formalities have ended I am off to daddy's thoughtful spot in the yard to drink this cab, watch the sunset and look for snakes 'cause rattlesnake season has begun.

Edited May 7, 201115 yr by Augsburger

heresey

Congrats to Al's Giants-

Congrats to Shelly's new guitar-

Congrats to Naaman's beemer-

2005 Pedras, Ristow Estate Cabernet. Now that the formalities have ended I am off to daddy's thoughtful spot in the yard to drink this cab, watch the sunset and look for snakes 'cause rattlesnake season has begun.

Oooh, that looks nice.

Blackthorn Cocktail

2 oz Bluecoat gin,

3/4 oz Schwarzwalder Kirschwasser,

3/4 oz Dubonnet Rouge

Edited May 7, 201115 yr by shellylh

I just googled the price of the Pedras, for 35-$40 dollars this is a really good Cab. After an hour or so it has really opened up, the charcoal and leather has given way to a nice fruit layer and the edgyness has smoothed out. You should check this out and at $35 a pretty good deal!

Highland Park 18.

Had some Amalaya Malbec with dinner (Rum and Coke short ribs). I liked the Malbec but preferred my husband's Cabernet Sauvignon (Barnard Griffin) which was excellent - I am going to buy a few bottles next time I am out.

Greg, I'll keep an eye out for the Pedras.

Edited May 8, 201115 yr by shellylh

colin isn't fucking around. I guess I shouldn't fuck around either.

Talisker 18

Jim, this one is much better than the Aperol Sour, good call. The Cointreau is the key. Still, it's probably not worth the effort over the Aperol and Soda, assuming you like the Aperol taste.

Any other good Cassis drinks that don't involve Champaign?