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I got a nice bottle of Italian mirto and want to know what to do with it. I tried it on the rocks and it is too syrupy and sweet, almost Jaeger-ish but I think it has a good flavor that could work well in a cocktail. Anyone know a good cocktail recipe that uses mirto?
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Klauser posted:Knowledge Bomb Klauser, I was recently gifted a bottle of Italian "mirto" and a bottle of Benedictine. Any recommendations for cocktails that use either of those?
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Dec 18, 2012 04:58
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Vegetable Melange posted:Mirto is good stuff, elderberry liquor. I mix mine with fernet and mulled cider with five spice powder. Good holiday juice. Interesting...to me it tasted nothing like St. Germaine. More syrupy, sort of like Jaeger.
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Dec 18, 2012 05:19
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I finally got the supplies and made a variant of The Last Word that was given to me at a local restaurant. 1oz Bluecoat Gin 0.5oz Yellow Chartreause 0.5oz Galliano 1oz Lemon Juice 1oz Orchard Pear Combine with ice, shake, strain. Delicious.
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Dec 18, 2012 23:58
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So I accidentally bought Cynar when I meant to buy Maraschino. Can anyone (Krauser) recommend any good cocktails that use Cynar? Ideally with Gin as well?
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Apr 9, 2013 23:30
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Klauser posted:Cynar is amazing, one of my favorite bottles. It brings a vegetal funky bitterness that really can't be duplicated. It goes in one of my favorite drinks: Tip o' the cap to you. I also read about the Cynar Flip and want to try that. 2.5oz Cynar, 1oz simple, 1 whole egg. Shaken like the dickens. Random question: whats the rule of thumb on shelf life for homemade simple syrup? Refrigerated obviously. Can it be extended with some sort of preservative?
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Apr 10, 2013 23:43
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Invalid Octopus posted:I usually add 0.5-1 oz of vodka to it, that keeps it good for ages. Whats the ratio of vodka to water (assuming 2x sugar to water)? Edit: Salvor_Hardin posted:I also read about the Cynar Flip and want to try that. 2.5oz Cynar, 1oz simple, 1 whole egg. Shaken like the dickens. I just made this sans simple and it is loving incredible. I heartily endorse this product and pray to stave of salmonella. Salvor_Hardin fucked around with this message at 01:37 on Apr 11, 2013 |
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Apr 11, 2013 01:10
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Request from my girlfriend: anyone know any good cocktails with grappa as the main ingredient?
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Apr 14, 2013 03:45
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Happy birthday to me... I am thinking of kicking things off with an Aviation.
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May 16, 2013 23:16
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Chuck Biscuits posted:Alcoholic gifts are the best gifts. Good call, thanks to you and Krauser. Tonight with the new bottles I have tried a Last Word, an Aviation, and a Vieux Mot which was incredible.
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May 17, 2013 04:03
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My current bar: From left to right: New Amsterdam Gin (bulk gin for G&Ts) Uncle Val's Botanical Gin (good gin for cocktails) Carta Vieja (Panamanian Rum) Luna Azul (Tequila) Two different grappa bottles Woodford Reserve and Russel's Reserve bourbons Benedictine Luxardo bitters (cheap Campari) Galliano Maraschino Cynar (the M.V.P.) Green Chartreuse Creme de Violette St. Elder Fernet Branca Mirto Lillet Home-made Creme de Menthe Razzmatazz, Blue curacao, and 95% grain alcohol Feeling pretty good but I still want to get some Aperol and a variety of bitters.
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Jun 1, 2013 19:12
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Chuck Biscuits posted:I heard about the 'Art of Choke' from a couple different sources and figured that it was sign, so I went and bought a bottle of Cynar and tried it out. Definitely will be trying that. The best Cynar drink I've found is very simple; the Cynar Flip. 3oz Cynar, 1 whole raw egg, shaken like crazy with ice. Salvor_Hardin fucked around with this message at 21:13 on Jun 8, 2013 |
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Jun 8, 2013 21:07
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For my birthday I got a nice looking bottle of El Buho mezcal. Any good mezcal cocktail recipes anyone (Krauser) can recommend?
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May 16, 2014 23:21
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Since we're doing gin chat, New Amsterdam is a very solid workhorse gin for G&Ts and other cocktails that benefit from a citrus-y gin. I pretty much always have a 1.75L of that and a smaller bottle of nicer stuff (Bluecoat was a great recommendation) for nicer cocktails. Also, for Christmas, I got a bottle of this from the in-laws:  Not really sure how to describe it but it's quite nice.
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Feb 17, 2015 03:15
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Phfff, Everclear. Get on my level: As an aside, anyone got some cocktail recommendations featuring Galliano? I'll offer up one I coaxed a beleaguered waitress into divulging: Next Word 1 oz Gin (Bluecoat pref) .5 oz Galliano .5 oz lemon 1 oz Orchard Pear Shake, strain into coupe
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Aug 20, 2015 05:51
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I wanted to share a drink I've come to adore: Corn and Oil 2 oz Dark Rum 1 oz Velvet Falernum 0.75 oz Lime 4 dash Angostura Bitters Shake, Coupe (or maybe bigger than coupe) It's very sweet but interesting enough to not be cloying.
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Nov 7, 2015 03:53
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My sister got me a bottle of pomegranate molasses for Christmas and I'm trying to figure out how to incorporate it into cocktails. It has the consistency of warm honey and a color of day-old blood. It's sweet but not like grenadine and it doesn't seem to do what I want it to do when added to drinks. Is there some minor prep I can do to turn this into a good grenadine?
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Jan 8, 2016 03:46
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Carillon posted:Honestly on the water front, if you have good water it's super easy to carbonate your own. I held off a long time thinking I didn't have the space or whatever, but it's been a game changer. I can get super sparkling 2 liters of water when I want! Plus if you've never had a carbonated Manhattan they are amazing. Just to add to this, if you already have a Sodastream (or can buy one on Craigslist like I did) you can buy an adaptor on Amazon for like $40 that will let a standard industrial CO2 tank plumb in. I got a 20lb tank and it lets us do like ~3 liters of seltzer a day for 9 months between refills which are like $40. 
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obi_ant posted:This seems like a total overkill, but at the same time pretty cool. Yeah you can use a smaller CO2 tank as needed. We just go through a ton of seltzer and the sodastream refills are crimal levels of rip-off. (also their production plant is on occupied territory in the West Bank)
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