Have to say that I love the Luxardo cherries...very interesting waxy/candy texture. The Toschi are pretty powerful. Have to try those Griottines next.

Having my other bottle of Pliny the Younger....

Cheers

Edited August 6, 201114 yr by raffy

Lucked out on a Nov. 2009 vintage of Oak Age Yeti at my local. Pretty smooth with a really nice bitter chocolate taste; I'm sure almost having 2 years on it helps.

Edited August 6, 201114 yr by raffy

Couple bottles of middling Shiraz. Drunk enough to seriously consider buying a ZD off some mook on HF and posting a WTB here for some HPs. WTF?

Peach milkshake

Mikkeller Funkyⓔ★

Mikkeller Hoppy Easter earlier and now a double Negroni

An Everyman / Cajun Negroni

lemonade

Survived Lolla Day 2 and celebrated with my friend by opening a FFF Behemoth.

Pagosa Brewing Company, Pagosa Springs, CO

Flight of:

Wolf Creek Peach Wheat, Powder Day IPA, Poor Richards Ale

I am little behind on my drink postings.

From Friday night, a Martilla, following Al.

• 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
  
• 1 1/2 ounces añejo tequila
  
• 1 ounce dry vermouth
  
• 3 teaspoons maraschino liqueur
  
• 1 lemon twist, as garnish
  

A little too lemon-y for me. I would probably only use 1/2 tsp of lemon zest next time.

Last night:

I made this for my friend who is visiting. Don't know the name - we made it up. She really liked it. It was a little too sweet for my taste but if you like that sort of thing, it was good.

3/2 oz Luksusowa vodka

1 oz St Germain elderflower liqueur

1/2 oz Mathilde pear liqueur (I either used 1/2 oz or 3/4 of an ounce but I forgot to write it down)

1/4 oz lemon juice (either used 1/4 oz or 1/2 oz)

I was in the mood for tequila so I decided to make a Margarita with elderflower liqueur substituted for the orange liqueur. It was a bad idea, the tequila and elderflower liqueur didn't go too well together. Still drinkable though.

3/2 oz Herradura tequila

3/4 oz St Germain elderflower liqueur

1/2 oz lime juice

Homemade fruit smoothie

A few hundred miles North (wish I could do in person) and with very limited resources, but a toast to Jacob.

Edited August 7, 201114 yr by blessingx

Ballast Point Sculpin IPA

Edited August 7, 201114 yr by raffy

I'm increasIngly skeptical of bartenders that recommend Old Overholt.

I'm having a Bonal and Rye with the above at the Clock Bar.

Lots of good drinks. My favorite so far is Diplamatico Rum, Kirsch and Orange Juice.

I'm increasIngly skeptical of bartenders that recommend Old Overholt.

This is not without reason.

Love the Diplomatico Rum. Since you're the Clock Bar regular, hopefully you can introduce me this week. But if anyone suggests Old Panther Piss, I'm walkin'!

It's been a long weekend in which my daughter returned from NYC after three weeks away, my nephew got married, I attended a mass in honor of my mother who so wanted to be at that wedding, and I saw the Giants win finally with a different nephew. After passing out upon returning home this afternoon I woke up in time to make cocktails for dinner. First was a round of Remember the Maine cocktails with Claire, according to the Regan recipe:

And after dinner I made myself a cocktail from the PostProhibition.com website but I don't have Death's Door gin to make the name make sense:

Death's Door Cocktail

2 oz gin

.75 oz Lillet blanc

.50 Averna

.25 oz creme de cassis

orange peel garnish

Not bad, but nothing special.

That looks like a specimen in a jar...

Finishing a bomber of Firestone Walker Abacus that I opened up yesterday for my friend. Good shit, especially at 2 pm on a Monday.

Finishing a bomber of Firestone Walker Abacus that I opened up yesterday for my friend. Good shit, especially at 2 pm on a Monday.

I wish I was drinking beer at 2pm on a Monday.

Fabre Montmayou 2009 Malbec Reserva

Rye Blinker

1 fl. oz Bulleit Rye

.25 fl. oz Raspberry Liqueur

.75 fl. oz Fresh Lemon Juice

1.5 fl. oz Fresh Grapefruit Juice

.5 fl. oz Simple Syrup

Shake all ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker and strain into a Collins glass with new ice. Garnish with a grapefruit peel.

His & hers. Went down nicely on the front porch in Mayberry on a warm evening.

Green Flash West Coast IPA on draught.