how does it age?

Boont Amber Ale

how does it age?

Very well IMO.

Unfortunately, I haven't found any recently so I won't be able to compare it directly until then.

Edited May 31, 201115 yr by shellylh

A Blackthorn Cocktail (this one from "Vintage" and quite different from the Anvil-Irish Blackthorn). Not really sure how I feel about this drink yet.

2 oz Old Raj gin

3/4 oz Dubonnet Rouge

3/4 oz Schwarzwalder Kirschwasser

Poured out the Blackthorn and made myself a Boulevardier:

3/2 oz Rare Breed Wild Turkey (barrel proof) bourbon

1 oz Campari

1 oz Carpano Antica sweet vermouth

Mmmmm much better.

Edited May 31, 201115 yr by shellylh

I guess you figured out how you felt about the Blackthorn after all.

I made a Final Word with 1.5oz each of Rendezvous Rye, Yellow Chartreuse and lemon juice, and 1oz of Maraschino.

Edited May 31, 201115 yr by Voltron

Well the blackthorn sounded nice, perhaps the maraschino cherry would have made the difference?

Les Trois Mousquetaires...something -- doppelbock? I forget, has kind of a peach-ish label.

Very, very good.

EDIT: Yes, the unfiltered doppelbock.

Well the blackthorn sounded nice, perhaps the maraschino cherry would have made the difference?

That must have been the problem. I think it is just a tad too warm here to drink Black Forest brandy this time of year.

Eclipse Imperial Stout, Four Roses Cask

niiice...i'm finishing a ccb humidor series ipa....this is what got me hooked on cigar city in the first place:)...

niiice...i'm finishing a ccb humidor series ipa....this is what got me hooked on cigar city in the first place:)...

Definitely one of my favorite CCB brews, if not my favorite.

mojito

Diet Mt. Dew. Went into serious soda withdraw at work today with the machines on both floors being empty. Gonna have to take at least one of the 10 2L's I have here with me tomorrow I fear.

Mmmmm, diet mt. dew...

Edited June 1, 201115 yr by cetoole

one of the 10 2L's I have here with me

That must have been a shitty walk back to the apt

Edited June 1, 201115 yr by Aura

A Cotillion Cocktail

1 1/2 oz Bourbon

1/2 oz Triple Sec

1/2 oz Orange Juice

1/2 oz Lemon Juice

1 dash Rum

Shake and double strain

Edited June 1, 201115 yr by morphsci

Blood and Sand

Very nice Jim! I got my Stork Club book along with a few others in the mail today.

First drink from the Stork Club book is the F.B.I. Fizz - pretty nice little drink.

1/2 oz Cherry Heering

1/2 oz Rare Breed Wild Turkey bourbon

1/2 oz Ron Zacapa rum

top with soda water

Yay, Stork Club! Wish I had seen these in time to make one myself, but I am enjoying some Hanky Panky from the Savoy:

Hanky Panky Cocktail

1/2 dry gin

1/2 Italian vermouth

2 dashes (healthy bar spoon) Fernet Branca

Stir and strain and orange peel twist

Edited June 1, 201115 yr by Voltron

Hurray for good cocktails.

Romance Cocktail from the Stork Club book

1oz brandy and curaçao mixed in equal parts

1oz Amer Picon (Torani Amer)

1oz French vermouth

1oz Italian vermouth

Stir with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. (All amounts doubled)

Edited June 1, 201115 yr by Voltron

A French malbec. It was okay. I drank the whole bottle. Whoops.

Yes, it was one of those sufficiently advanced technology bottles that got better the more you drank from it.

That is a nice haul on the cocktail reference library Shelly. The FBI fizz looks good. I will give it a try tonight.

I also like the look of the romance Al. That will be the second for tonight.

Yay for Head-case cocktails!

I liked the FBI Fizz and the Romance was really tasty. Nice and complex but not high alcohol for those few times that you might not want a big buzz.

Bombay and Dolin martini. On the deck. Fuck work.

Bombay and Dolin martini. On the deck. Fuck work.

Not fair! I want to have a drink and say fuck work too, but I am in court right now! Although our current witness is a gin drinker, the judge is a whiskey drinker and probably wouldn't appreciate a nice stirred martini. :/