Lavender mead, very nice.

Later I will definitely be making a Saratoga. Now we are having a couple of Vespers. Killed the Blackwoods.

I feel your pain Jim - I haven't been able to find any Blackwood's around here.

High Water Brewing imperial IPA

2006 Rutherford Hill Cabernet Sauvignon

Smith & Cross Navy Strength Grog

Miller Lite.....can't wait to get home to get to my beer

Saratoga with 1.5oz each of brandy and rye, 1oz of vermouth, and 3 dashes of bitters. Fuckin' delicious!

*rosemary from the garden purely decorative.

Mikkeller Simcoe Single Hop IPA

Nice Saratoga Al. I just made one a little smaller than yours (1:1:3/4) also taking Shelly's suggestion to go lighter on the vermouth.

I agree 100%, delicious. I knew it sounded great as it is a Vieux Carre without the Benedictine and Peychaud's bitters, which is one of my favorites.

Nice Saratoga Al. I just made one a little smaller than yours (1:1:3/4) also taking Shelly's suggestion to go lighter on the vermouth.

I agree 100%, delicious. I knew it sounded great as it is a Vieux Carre without the Benedictine and Peychaud's bitters, which is one of my favorites.

Beauty, Jim! It's funny you should say that about the Vieux Carre, because the Heaven's Dog bartender said the same thing. I think of it as a 2:1 Manhattan with half brandy or cognac, which is a little easier to order at most bars.

I am now finishing off the High Water IPA, which was very tasty with pizza for dinner.

more grog. This might have just become my summer drink of choice

What do you put in your grawg?

equal parts lime juice, smith & cross, and simple syrup, and 3 dashes of cajun bitters

Thumbs up for the S&C Grog and Saratogas! Both great drinks.

Having a (mini) Vesper myself

3/2 oz Plymouth gin

1/2 oz Russian Standard vodka

1/4+epsilon oz Cocci Americano

lemon twist

Yep a 2:1 Manhattan will work also. These cocktails remind me of living in the south with all the intertwined genealogies

And mini-vesper FTW.

Joe Rickey

2oz rye

Half lemon squeezed into highball glass

Few ounces soda water

Not bad.

Backwoods Bastard -- fucking yum. Far better than Dirty Bastard.

coffee

Miller Lite.....can't wait to get home to get to my beer

Ouch. Be better off with water.

Backwoods Bastard -- fucking yum. Far better than Dirty Bastard.

Bastard! Now I'm really tempted to drink mine after work today

Ouch. Be better off with water.

Indeed. Loading up on water this morning as we speak.

Smith & Cross Navy Strength Grog

Founders Double Trouble. I love this IPA.

Julian hard cider. Very dry with the appearance of water.

Double Liberal Cocktail