Interesting drink Jim.

Earlier @ Alembic: anchor brown & an 'orange & black', which was actually pretty good considering 1/2 ipa; tried Al's pale horse & vow of silence (cocktails), both of which were good, but the pale horse was superb

Now: some malty dubbel @ Toronado

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This will come as a surprise to everyone, but I'm drinking Sierra Nevada.

I need to find S&C. Pussers is good tho.

I'm drinking heresey

Air Mail, made with Smith and Cross. damn good.

Yeah, that does sound good, damn good.

Air Mail, made with Smith and Cross. damn good.

I really like S&C. Try it in an old-fashioned, once you get used to it, it's a very complex rum and goes perfect here.

Ok, I lied. After seeing that Marc already tried the HV I reverted to my original plan and made a top shelf Saratoga. i had been meaning to find a reason to open the Cocchi vermouth and wow is this good! I will sample the vermouth solo later but this is an excellent manhattan variation.

The Saratoga

1 fl. oz. Rye Whiskey (Van Winkle Family Reserve)

1 fl. oz. VSOP Cognac (G-R XO brandy)

1 fl. oz. Sweet Vermouth (Cocchi Di Torino)

2-3 dashes Angostura Bitters (1 Angostura and 1 cherry)

Stir all ingredients over ice. Strain into a cocktail glass.

Oops, didn't realize the pic was awful. Sorry.

Half a one of those!

Either...

Or...

*Anvil*

Ramos Gin Fizz

(Using the recipe Jim posted earlier this year)

Serves 2.

Blend with ice.

2 oz gin

1 oz cream

an egg white

1/2 oz simple syrup

1/2 oz lime juice

1/2 oz lemon juice

1/4 oz orange flower water

2 orange wheels (apply as garnish before serving).

Pour into 2 Champagne flutes and top with club soda.

Fluffy.

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Irish Liberal

1.5 oz Irish whiskey

0.5 oz Punt e Mes

0.25 oz Amer Picon

2 dashes Reagans orange bitters

1 dash Fees orange bitters

Stir!

Irish Liberal

1.5 oz Irish whiskey

0.5 oz Punt e Mes

0.25 oz Amer Picon

2 dashes Reagans orange bitters

1 dash Fees orange bitters

Stir!

Must compare the usual Liberal...

I just made that up, sorry if I implied otherwise It's yummy though!

By the way, in my "spare" time, I have been taking my old posts and putting together my Anvil gallery on smugmug. Not quite done with the old drinks and I have ~20 left to make.

My link

Campari and Soda

2 oz Campari

4 oz San Pelligrino

Ice

Yay!

2003 Cuvee Alexandre Syrah

Dan, is that the Casa Lapostolle? Upping your game eh what made you go Chilean? I need to try some more Chilean and Spanish reds, yummy.

Dan, is that the Casa Lapostolle? Upping your game eh what made you go Chilean? I need to try some more Chilean and Spanish reds, yummy.

It is. We found a deal on that and bought out the store's stock. That was the last of it. Was a tasty syrah.

I need to make one of these. I love science!

http://www.kaiserpenguin.com/everlasting-gin-and-tonic/

Now drinking Bellhaven Wee Heavies while waiting to see Zoe Keating.

Killing an Avery White Rascal from the can.

oddly enough, I'm drinking a heresey

pics'd just be rubbin' it in @ this point...

FFF Cortez American Pale Ale...meh...kinda like a sparkling fruity wine left overnight...

FFF Zombie Dust Citra Hop Pale Ale...that's more like it!...looking forward to bottles...

Sun King Cupcake's Revenge Bourbon Barrel & Tart Cherry Aged Double Chocolate Stout...a lot going on here...all of it good:)...

Sun King Wee Muckle Scottish Style Wee Heavy...basically their Wee Mac doubled...definitely approve of this...

Sun King/FFF Three Kings American Pale Ale...as good as I remembered...

FFF Arctic Panzer Wolf Giant IPA....splendid...I love what they do with IPAs...

all on tap...long walk home...

Raspberry Margarita

2 oz Casa Noble Anejo tequila

3/4 oz Grand Marnier

3/4 oz lime juice

1/4 oz Monin Rasberry syrup

I'm finishing drinking a G'KNIGHT. Its fitting.

Finished off the LaJota Cabernet and since I read a nice article on Ports decided to crack open a Jecklin Port that was given to me three Easters ago-----

Nice color, strange bouquet of tire and hubcaps. Not bad, sort of like Port with training wheels; nice starter on your way to a 2007 Dow or a 1994 Quinta do Noval.