hey look!...New Albanian Yakima Rye's on tap...

Edited October 11, 201114 yr by emelius

2:1:1 margarita with Espolon Reposado, Napoleon Mandarine and Lime Juice. Better.

Absinthe-minded Professor

1 oz. rye whiskey (1.5oz)

1/2 oz. Obsello absinthe

1/2 oz. Aperol

1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice

1/2 oz. agave nectar (.25oz)

Half-slice orange

Ice cubes

Tools: Boston shaker, strainer

Glass: cocktail

Muddle the orange slice in a mixing glass. Add remaining ingredients, shake well and strain into a chilled class.

I didn't have an orange to muddle so I added a dash of OJ. Sweet and absinthe-y is a bit odd. Claire likes it though, so I'm going to makes proper Sazerac for myself.

I'm sure this is another cocktail, but it turned out to taste nice, but kinda smells funny:

1.5 oz vintage bourbon

0.25 oz mandarine

peychauds

lump of sugar

lemon rind

old-fashioned prep

Cardamaro #2: Bols Cardamaro

3/2 oz Bols Genever

1 oz Cardamaro

3/4 oz lemon juice

1/4 oz Cointreau

OK but I like the first Cardamaro drink better.

wildebeest ass.

Dinner time!

Just split some Red Diamond Cab Sav 2008 with the gf and my sister, who's gonna stay with us for the next couple of days.

I had some nicely smoked wildebeest ass, but come to think of it that was food at all.

Enjoyed my sazerac immensely. Another?

Another?

Bien sur.

Edited October 11, 201114 yr by shellylh

Merci!

Tröegs Perpetual IPA....great stuff...

Avion anejo to celebrate the Cardinals *win* over the Brewers.

Edited October 11, 201114 yr by shellylh

12-3 is a pretty certain "win". Cheers to the Cards.

So, shockingly good........

Alaska Cocktail (Stork)

2 oz gin

3/4 oz yellow chartreuse

Stir and serve in a 3 oz. cocktail glass

Also, does Dubbonet in a recipe imply French or Italian vermouth?

It implies Dubonnet, which is a fortified red wine with herbs and quinine (although there is now a Dubonnet blanc also). It is not a vermouth, but I guess I would go with something like Punt y Mes if I didn't have Dubonnet.

Hopstrike Black Eye IPA at Tommyknocker Brewery in Idaho Springs.

I decided (after trying it in several drinks) that I don't like Dubonnet and poured the rest of mine down the sink.

Mikkeller Coffee IPA....the Koppi Tomahawk x Odoo Shakiso this time...not the Tomahawk x Guji Natural...

I think I prefer the Guji....but the first sip of the Odoo was preferable...

Smuttynose Homunculus...good, but better on tap...

I tried the Stork Alaska Cocktail and thought it tasted a lot like gin and chartreuse. Not bad at all, but nothing more than the sum of it's parts for me.

I then made a nice strong Remember the Maine. Very nice.

^I like that beer there.

I was too busy drinking an 8 Wired Brewing Company iStout last night to post about it. I liked it quite a bit and want to buy more. Tasty.

Boodles and Dolin dry martini's. Plural.

I was too busy drinking an 8 Wired Brewing Company iStout last night to post about it. I liked it quite a bit and want to buy more. Tasty.

Damn Al, the description on the back of that bottle makes my mouth water. Was it really as roasty and bitter as the label stated?

had Life & Limb on tap...prefer it in bottles...

also had Sierra Nevada Homegrown Estate on tap...prefer last year's...

bottles of Founders Harvest...possibly even better than last year...

Just had a very nice tripel at the Wild Mountain Smokehouse in Nederland, Colorado.