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in 2016 my family liked the nog from the Bitten Word recipe but thought it was a little more alcoholic than they preferred. I had used overproof bourbon there, but I decided to dial it back a little in 2017. I cut a cup of bourbon and replaced it with a cup of Sandeman Armada Cream Sherry. I dialed back the sugar to 1.5c on account of sweet sherry and lightly toasted it. Alcohol-wise, it's a bit less alcoholic than the BW recipe, but somewhat higher than the Alton Brown one. It was very well received and mostly consumed. I still have some squirreled away in the fridge to try again when it gets colder.
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Whalley posted:I've done a pretty similar thing with the Bitten Word recipe; used half the bourbon they suggested and replaced it with a port wine. It was pretty good, but I wish I'd just gone into full trashtown and used the butterscotch schnapps a friend suggested, then cut back on sugar a bit more. It's just too alcoholic for most people I serve to to really enjoy. The idea of replacing some hard alcohol with with schnapps or liqueur is really interesting to me. Some would definitely get trashy, but a nut liqueur of some sort might be nice. I can't get the idea out of my head that a pineapple one would turn out like some sort of Dole Whip eggnog. Comedy option: Rootbeer.
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Sep 20, 2018 21:41
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Catfish Noodlin posted:I did that last year and I didn't really come up with any of them I loved. I tried: How much did you go with?
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Sep 21, 2018 16:31
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Whalley posted:I'm really stuck on the idea of using a peach or a butterscotch schnapps and replacing some of/all of the bourbon with a smokey scotch to balance the extra sweetness, just going ham on substitutions. I just wanna try something different this year. People last year were really down on the Scotch sub. if you try it, I'm real curious.
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Sep 21, 2018 20:33
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Nephzinho posted:Any good deals on jars? I just made my batches for Christmas and realized halfway through that I do not have enough. Threw it in a 4 quart clear cab for holding but probably shouldn't leave it in there (or should i?). Ikea has some swing top bottles pretty cheap. Target has some less cheap. Mostly I've just used leftover liquor bottles.
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Oct 3, 2019 21:08
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I. M. Gei posted:What’s this thread’s opinion on the Jamie Oliver egg nog recipe? I've kinda taken Alton's as the baseline for lower alcohol nog. Most recipes tend to go boozier than he does. I've not tried Jamie Oliver's. If you want Oliver's and less boozy, I'd figure out his ABV, and then just trim a bit, whether it's replacing higher ABV things with lower or just cutting a bit until the ABV is in line with Alton.
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Dec 2, 2019 20:09
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George H.W. oval office posted:Has anyone used powdered sugar instead of granular? I have the former and I'm curious if its going to affect much if I did a substitute since there is a tiny bit of cornstarch in powdered usually. This is specifically for the bitten words recipe Yeah, I'd assume cornstarch = unpleasant there, personally, but never tried.
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Nov 7, 2020 00:43
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I am not sure Smith and Cross was the right option here. It's an odd flavor for nog, but not bad...
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The Earl of ToeJam posted:I have three bottles of 13 month old nog from that Bitten Word recipe in the OP. It's been stored fully refrigerated and shaken up every couple months, and there don't seem to be any off odors. Is there any way to know if it's safe to consume or should I schedule a weekend with my toilet and just go for it? I've got a bitten word nog that's from '21 and it hasn't killed me. I finally decided to nog yesterday, so I'll crack it on Christmas I suppose. Been a bit of a tough year financially, but had enough tail ends of bottles to sort of piecemeal the booze together for the 5 cups for bitten word without hitting the nicer stuff. So it's a blend of Hamilton 86, Hog Bay, Barbancourt, Ansac VS, Evan Williams White, Glenrothes, Jefferson Ocean, a good whack off the infinity bottle, and then a half cup of madeira for the optional extra brandy. Did a "natural" sugar, so more of a turbinado sort of thing. Looking forward to it.
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