grawk Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 rum swizzle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 First Manhattan with corn fields and lightening bugs. Second Manhattan with Hasil Adkins. Third Manhattan with Charles Foster Kane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 I was thinking about a manhattan and now I feel compelled to try to catch up, even though Giants baseball will have to sub for The Citizen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessingx Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 (edited) Both gargantuan. Fourth with Mike Vargas & Captain Hank Quinlan. Edited August 9, 2011 by blessingx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 I went with a Perfect Manhattan and it is quite light and refreshing with the unaged rye. Cheers to Ric and Mel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Peralta for me Triomphe Cocktail (with green instead of yellow chartreuse) for my friend Both excellent, chartreuse FTW, pictures tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymad Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 A lot of wine with my Mom, Bother, and sister in law... it's all good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Aura Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 cool points for tha more badass label raffy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Gougenheim malbec last night -- now that's a spicy malbec! But still...likey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 Got my Boker's Bitters today! What should I make? There is a recipe on the back of the bottle that calls for Drambuie, Laphroaig 10yr, Bokers and sweet vermouth. I don't have any "classic" sweet vermouth. Do you think Bonal or Dubonnet would be better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 OK, decided to go for the Dubonnet. 40ml Drambuie 25ml Dubonnet Rouge 10ml Laphroaig Quarter Cask 2 dashes of Boker's Bitters This drink is actually pretty nice. I love the Boker's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 Last night's drinks: Triomphe Cocktail for my friend as suggested by Al. 3/2 oz Luksusawa Vodka 3/4 oz Lemon Juice 1/2 oz Green Chartreuse (recipe called for yellow chartreuse) 1/2 oz Simple Syrup Shake well with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon peel. Very yummy Peralta for me - really really good 3/4 oz Wild Turkey 101 Rye 3/4 oz Cynar 3/4 Green Chartreuse 1/2 oz grapefruit juice 1/4 oz lemon juice 1 dash Angostura bitters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphsci Posted August 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 That sounds like a good drink and an excellent substitution. Many pre-prohibition cocktails originally called for Boker's bitters but Angostura bitters was substituted when Boker's was no longer produced. You can pretty much substitute the Bokers for Angostura and should probably up the amount as Angostura is a stronger bitter. Al's Remember the Maines looked so good the other night that I decided to follow suit tonight. Though my glass is nt nearly as nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 The Remember the Maine looks very nice (I do have to agree that Al's glasses are awesome!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvdunhill Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 Too many cocktails last night with Al at Smuggler's Cove followed by Jaspers. The former is a Tiki bar with the largest rum collection I've ever seen and innovative ingredients like nerves of steel and monkey brains. Here is one Rum that Al tried that took them a good 15 minutes to find and the another 5 to remember to pour St. Nicholas Abbey - Barbados Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphsci Posted August 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 ^^ That is awesome in so many ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadhead Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 Sounds like a good night. I have a bottle of that rum. My family actually knows the people who "make" it. It's actually custom mixed for them at the Foursquare Rum Factory I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aura Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 ^^ That is awesome in so many ways. This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 (edited) Beautiful drinks in some lovely glassware Shelly and Jim! I don't remember making the Peralta before and it looks/sounds great. Adding to the list. Marc is right, there were lots of notable features and interesting ingredients at Smuggler's Cove. I can't believe he didn't mention the Hellfire Tincture and the Pine Tree liqueur or whatever that was. Good stuff. Chris, we got the Barbados rum in your honor and I toasted the health of your child in the womb. Glad you know that rum (and even its makers), and kind of figured you would. I really enjoyed it. They say they have 300 rums, some of which are in the vault for special initiates and celebrities only. I got the tasting card with the first 20 needed to join the Rumbustion Society as a Disciple of the Cove, but the St. Nicholas was not on it so it didn't count. Oh well, better go back again sometime.... Jasper's Corner Tap & Kitchen just recently opened in Union Square and is a nice simple layout without a lot of pretension. Their gimmick is good beer and beer cocktails, but they don't take it too seriously, and their cocktail list is nicely put together. We were assisted by the man running the bar, Kevin Diedrich, who just left another hot SF spot, The Burritt Room, and he was helpful and very cool. I started with a Belgian Sucker Punch, which I think was Duvel Green, Plymouth Gin and a bit of lemon/lemon wheel. It tasted like a beer, but the sucker punch is the extra kick from the gin. It was fine but Marc's Weissen Sour -- a whiskey sour with bourbon and then a floater of Hoegarden wheat beer -- was very tasty although it should have come with a stirrer or straw so that Marc would not have slurped off most of the beer in his first sip. Marc said he was interested in trying something with the Gran Classico bitters, so Kevin poured us a taste and then whipped up something with it. I can't recall what it was but it was tasty. I had a rye/applejack/benedictine/yellow chartreuse drink from their menu called a Grand Promenade and it was great. The last feature of our evening was meeting Camper English, a cocktail blogger found at http://www.alcademics.com/. He sat down near us and was chatting with Kevin. His article about Jasper's was where I heard about it and got curious. He was pleasant enough and we chatted about the menu and his impending trip to Poland to check out Zubrowka Bison Grass Vodka's distillery. It was fun to rub elbows with the cocktail cognoscenti. Come to town more often, HC cocktailians! Edited August 10, 2011 by Voltron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 Back on the Bain's. Getting quite a taste for this. Helps that it's 1/3 the price of import single malts. Apparently also won "gold" for the last two years running at the International Wine and Spirit Competition -- though I have no idea if that's a legit event or another "pay money, get medal" industry marketing circlejerk. Anyhoo, this is what the critics said: Complex yet refined nose with sweet corn, raisin, apple and pear aromas. Hints of vanilla and barley sugar . Excellent, clean, lively entry into the mouth with sweet grain firmness and beautiful balance. Just a touch of balancing oak. Feather light and elegant yet powerfully determined. Full fruited finish. Satisfying and very drinkable. I would have to agree that it is making excellent, clean, lively entry into my own gob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 But do your mid and low regions turn glossy with a thickness, and your low region shut lightly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duggeh Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 Pint of Lia Fial at my local, which now has wifi. No photo because I don't have a new enough ipOd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltron Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 Pint of Lia Fial at my local, which now has wifi. No photo because I don't have a new enough ipOd Doug would have like this one. The reason Camper English was at Jasper's last night was because they were featuring Negronis on tap, which seems like a wickedly easy way to get snockered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadhead Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 Al and Marc, I appreciate the toast(s) That really thoughtful of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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